First, the very short term: I'll most likely have another article on P5's either this weekend or on Monday. It'll be about Obama and poker - I'll have to post an exact topic and maybe repost the article after I write it, but if you've been reading the blog or my posts on 2+2, you already know most of what I think on the subject. Suffice to say I am optimistic about the chances of a UIGEA repeal under Obama and feel that the game would be better off with him in office. (I also did make a CR video - it should be up sometime next week.)

Second, in a surprising development, the AP/UB story is *still* slated on 11/9 and might actually stay there :) (If not, it shouldn't be pushed back past 11/16.) For the last couple of weeks, I've been working with the Washington Post on the newspaper and online side of the story, and they'll be hosting an online, live Q&A segment for an hour or so the day after it is released. It'll be in an ESPN-type live blog format where people ask questions and my answers are released one at a time; I have to admit I'm looking forward to it a little bit because it'll be the day after 60M airs and seeing myself getting interviewed by Steve Kroft on national television, then answering questions about it is gonna be kinda cool. At any rate, I don't have the URL yet but will post it on the Sunday of the story.

About myself: Unlike Bond, who is a sicko to begin with and who's without a girlfriend for a month, I'm a lazy, lazy man and have my wife with me. Therefore, I'm continuing to focus on Intrade and only play on Sundays until the election. My schedule during this time period is only a handful of the bigger tournaments, so I was fairly sure that I was going to have zero decent results for a while. This last Sunday, however, I did wind up making an FT of a small major, the Cake 50K warmup event. Although I promptly finished ninth and didn't really make any money (and was annoyed with that enough not to post it immediately or on Monday), it's nice that I'm getting there. I also find myself posting on 2+2 again and thinking about hands, which is usually a sign that I'd like to, like, make money and stuff. After my 11/5 post-electoral hangover wears off, I will be spending a lot of time on my game, both on Cake and elsewhere.

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