After lying in bed unable to sleep, I get up and decide to watch some American TV and stay up at late as I can then try and sleep late in the afternoon so I can wake up early in the morning and reset my sleeping patterns in time for the Main Event.

American TV is weird. One channel is running an informercial, featuring a Pastor with a Southern accent trying to convince viewers to purchase a vial of ‘Blood of Jesus’ (it looks like water with food colouring) for good luck. If you order now, it comes with a multicoloured piece of cloth with some biblical quote about wealth embroidered on it which will bring you money. Listening to the obviously fake ‘real testimonials’ amuses me for about five minutes before I change the channel and end up watching several episodes of ‘Angel’ back to back. The advertisements on this new channel are also hilarious. There is one ad for a headache relief pill which lists the possible side effects as ‘stomach ulcers, internal bleeding and muscle loss’ and urgses your the consumer to ‘contact your doctor if you experience any of these symptoms leading to likely side effects including (random symptoms). The ad concludes by stating ‘Product Name isn’t for everyone: Know the risks, know the benefits’. Really? Is anyone going to buy a medical product for something as minor as headache relief with the slogan ‘Our product isn’t for everyone, know the risks, know the benefits’ with side effects including internal bleeding and stomach ulcers?

If I see the ad again i’ll take note of what the product’s name is (I forget) and try and find a link to the ad online.

I also withdraw my 10k in WSOP Main Event funds from Moneybookers to my bank account so that i’m ready to transfer the money to either Mike or Seb or whoever ends up wanting a 10k bank transfer for 10k in cash. I swear everyone i’ve met here is loaded with cash after a great series. It’s going to fell really weird handing over 10k in cash for a tournament buy-in since this will be the first time i’ve bought into a huge tournament without being auto-registered.

By the early afternoon, i’m completely shattered decide to let myself fall asleep. I wake up at 3am, play some poker and decide that Day 20 will be the day I actually final table a Caesars Megastack event and i’m not going to oversleep for a change. Now all I need is to win some flips, flop some sets, find some aces and activate my luckbox. Poker is easy when you flop the nuts. Hopefully it’s my turn today.