Late last week, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by David Huber for the 7Delux7 podcast. I am about 23 minutes in. Topics David asked me about were how I got started with poker, life in Lithuania, and patrolling the site to site transfer thread as a Moderator. The play now function doesn't seem to be working right, but you can download it as a MP3 and take a listen. http://www.pocketfives.com/articles/...odcast-586121/ Thank you David for having me on.

First 10 days in 2011 have been good for my finances, but bad for my backers. I have been doing quite well in the cash games, up over $3k in this time. I have been doing very well in the 10/20 10 Game, but oddly enough not been doing as well in the 8/16 to 15/30 O8 games which I did fairly well in last year. I know right now its just variance on the O8. I had a great start with the 1/2 and 2/4 NL Rush games, but have since cooled off and running just a tiny profit there. I am being backed now for a $17K SNG stake for 2011 by a few people. I am running about $4k under EV on those and currently showing about a $3k loss in those. So although I am doing well on my own dime, I do feel bad for my backers. I do know though, that 10 days is too early to judge, especially since I am playing games as high as $335s at the moment. I have confidence I will turn things around on this stake.

I am also getting ready for my honeymoon. My wife is having some visa issues, which I hope to be sorted out ASAP or there could be some problems. We are scheduled to go to Dubai on Jan 21st for a cruise on the 24th. It will be great to get out of the cold and enjoy seeing some of the world I have yet to experience.

That's all for now, gl to everyone in 2011!

I had a great 2010 both personally and pokerwise. First off, it was my first full year living in Lithuania, and love most things about living here. I did a little bit of travel including revisiting old friends in London (lived there from 2005-2009), visiting old friends in Brussels (lived there in 2000), a few trips to Amsterdam, a few trips back home to the US, and a trip to Vegas for WSOP. Wish my WSOP was more eventful, but at least my Horses made some money out there. I also got married in Lithuania in August, the ceremony and reception were absolutely perfect. We had a second ceremony in New Jersey for friends and family that could not make it to Lithuania at the end of October. It was also the first trip to the US for my wife's sister and parents! We took my in-laws to Niagra Falls which was a dream of my wife's father. I brought my huge cat over from the US in June, and we got a puppy in May who is a complete joy and bundle of energy. The plan now is to have kids soon.

Pokerwise, I improved alot in my cash game play, especially as it came to all mixed games. I also had a few profitable stakes in SNGs, but focused mostly on cash. In January, I had a final table in one of my rare tournaments in the Sunday Warm-up on Stars, so really there was little to complain about.

For next year, my wife & I are going on my Honeymoon for a cruise in Dubai from Jan 21 - Feb 2. I will head up to Amsterdam sometime in February to visit some friends and have some fun for a few days. I plan to head up to Riga, Latvia in March to play some of the live tournaments relating to the Norweigan Poker Championships. Live poker is banned in Norway, so its actually closer for me to play these events than Norweigans. I just have to double check I am allowed to play even though I am not Norweigan, but plan to see some of my Norweigan poker friends irregardless of this. After that I am most likely heading to Scotland for a few days as well.

Pokerwise it should also be an exciting year as I raised $17k for a stake to play higher limit sngs. I will continue to play cash on my own dime as well. I have been enjoying my semi-retirement the last couple of years and hope to continue to enjoy playing poker while I am living in Lithuania.

That's all for now, will try to update a bit more throughout the year.

Happy and Healthy New Year everyone!

Jaxon

Celebrating my 5 day wedding anniversary today!! :) The wedding itself was held on the ouskirts of Vilnius, in a cool old style building.. We didn't have many option since we decided we didn't want a religious ceremony, but this building kicked ass over having it at town hall.. It rained all morning, but 1 hour before the wedding started, the sun came out to greet us.. Was a quick and wonderful ceremony with some close friends and family that made the long trip out here.. The reception was held in Trakai, a cool old style place with some castles and lakes.. We partied from 5pm to 6am.. The band was great, as was the DJ who came on after midnight! Much love and good spirits around..

I had to take about a 3 week break from poker.. Luckily right before I stopped, I was given a free $25 on partypoker and ran it up to $5k before cashing out and swapping a small amount.. This basically paid for my wedding.. :) As those that know me, I have been focusing primarily on mixed cash games before the wedding plans got more serious and family made it to town.. In September I plan to continue the mixed cash, throw in some sngs, and also play about 5-10 events of WCOOP.. I haven't been playing many tournaments in the past couple of years, but know I will be able to make the adjustment to deep stack and slow blind structure the WCOOP offers.. My choices are limited because I no longer live in the US, so a 1pm tourney on stars starts at 8pm my time.. I will not be able to play any of the evening tournaments.. I have had a great poker year, and look forward to a promising September.. There is an off-chance I might go to London for some of the WSOP Europe, but that depends on a few factors including my planned trip to the US in October for a few weeks for a wedding party there, some travel, and finally our honeymoon..

Thanks for reading, will update if anything memorable happens in WCOOP! :)