Wrapping up a Summer of Poker

by Shannon Shorr | Published: Jul 18, '07

With the end of the WSOP Main Event earlier this morning, there will be no more live poker tournaments in Vegas for a while. Yesterday we ordered the WSOP Main Event final table on Pay Per View. We propped just about everything imaginable as we didn't move from the couch for 16 hours. The final table was interesting, to say the least, to watch. I actually don't think this guy that won played as bad as everyone was flaming him for. I can't even remember his name. I lost a little bit on the props but had a running prop with Adam Geyer and long time friend JP "itsthemaster" Painter which made me turn the day into a winner, as my horses did better. Most annoying player at the FT award goes to the guy "Rain" Khan. It makes me cringe seeing the way some of these guys embarras (sp?) themselves in front of the world on TV.

Other than that, we've been lounging around like complete degenerates. I did have a monster Sunday in the online tournaments last Sunday. I probably play the sunday online tournaments once every two months, and this day I just absolutely murdered and cashed in something like 6 of 9 tournaments with two major final tables including a win, and a net of mid-five figures for myself. This helps in recovering about 25 percent of my overall poker losses in 2007, which is nice. Online MTTs are probably the only games on the internet that are beatable right now.

As I type this we are packing up to go on a 3 day/two night houseboat trip on Lake Mead. We had so much fun on The 4th of July that we decided to rent a houseboat for a few days. It will be nice to get away from poker. I am leaning towards playing poker professionally for atleast six more months, but I've still got some time to think. My phone may or may not work on the lake. I'll be back at the house in Vegas mid-day Friday. Hope life is going well for everyone.

Shannon Shorr is a professional poker player from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He finished fourth in the Card Player 2006 Player of the Year race. You can follow his progress at shannonshorr.com.

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