I am THE James

It has been a very interesting couple of weeks. For those of you that have not yet heard, I was offered and have accepted a position with Pokernews to help cover this years World Series of Poker. My main job will be blogging on the different events at the Series. Chances are that with my background, I will be covering mixed events. I’m really looking forward to covering the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event. After playing on the circuit for the last couple of years, it will be nice to be at the series without having to go through the pressure of performing.

I have also recently accepted a small contract with another website where I will provide poker article content. It’s a small contract to start with and I am not sure how much I will be providing, but it’s something that I can put on my resume for the future.

Next, I have been talking with a publisher a little about possibly writing a book on Stud 8 or Better. You read that right, I am going to write a book. I’ve already started on the manuscript. I think I am going to focus on basic and maybe intermediate strategy. There is very little out there about Stud 8 and I think another book on the subject is needed.

Also, I have been talking with another company about maybe blogging exclusively for them. Naturally that would be poker related as well. This is in very early discussions and I don’t even know where this will go, but its news about me, so I thought I would share.

I’ve also started playing small stakes cash games again. That’s right, I have started playing cash games again. Right now, I am mostly focusing on Stud 8 and Omaha 8, with an occasional HORSE or Stud game mixed in. Out of about 20 sessions, I have about 12 winning sessions. With the exception of one game where I took a bad beat starting rolled up in Stud 8, most of my variance has been pretty standard, averaging 4 BB per hour one way or another.

I need to get motivated with my normal work and school again. There isn’t much time left in the school semester and I have skipped the last 2 classes. I have done all the homework, the semester project is done, and all I have left to do is a test. I could fail the test and still get a B in the class. I almost don’t care. Ill probably still pull out an A though. My work stuff, I just need to quit blogging so much and focus on making a little money. (Although I am making a little money blogging, but I digress)

Anywho, that’s all I’ve got for now. Talk to you soon.

Tags: Cash games, HORSE, Poker - General, World Series of Poker

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