San Remo Day 1

EPT San Remo Day 1
"I'm the worst...oh I guess not" (Me checking down every street with QQ on ace high board to see Italian guy turn up AK on river)
"Naw, you're still the worst."

-Simon Charette and Ben "NeverScaredB" Wilinofsky

Somehow only winning a total of around 15-20 pots for the entire day I managed to end the day with 94k in chips (Starting stack 30k). I had aces twice and kings once and got all the money in all 3 times. The biggest pot being about 110k where a crazy Italian player who stacked off on a 7-5-2-3 board with 88 on the turn against my aces. I wasn't dealt many playable hands throughout the whole day and am really happy on the timing of those pots. I never stopped getting 3 and 4 bet. The whole table was laughing as I opened only 3 pots in the last 3 levels and was 3 bet everytime. It became to be a running joke. But hey, I got 94k and am ectastic to be going into 600/1200 tommorow.

As I type this Mike "Timex" Mcdonald is passed out with his face on the toilet seat sitting crossed legged on the floor. Puke in the garbage can and toilet. I hear a gurgle every now and then. I took some pictures but I'll probably keep them to myself. I'm also rooming with Ch0ppy and are waiting for the breakfast place to open in our hotel as they have the best juice ever. I tried to make a smoking bet against myself with them yesterday and cracked in a mere 8 hours or so after I realized I wouldn't be able to sleep. Sick thing is, I haven't slept anyway and will probably play day 2 with no sleep. Not a big deal as I don't sleep much anyway, I didn't even shut my eyes the night before the Fallsview Classic final table. I actually went drinking the night before with Gavin Smith and Chris Bell too and things worked out. I want an EPT title bad enough where nothing is going to matter. I plan on winning.

Check my twitter page at www.twitter.com/SimonCharette as I'll be doing live chip count updates on the breaks. I expect to roll right into day 3 and eventually to the FT. *loud Snore* I should really move Mike from the toilet.

I like Italy. Biggest difference I've noticed since being here is the girls always smile at me when we catch eyes. It's just a friendly thing but I feel like in North American culture girls often look away as a standard nervous twitch or something. It's a really small thing but the little differences in culture are the most facinating part about traveling I think. One thing I don't like about Italy is that Italian men feel the need to slam the table with their fist when they win a big pot. So unclassy but I guess they just can't help it.

I can't help but be excitied. Lookin' good.

Peace,
Simon Charette