Sometimes life doesn't go like you planned. I "planned" on spending July in Vegas playing in the Main Event. So far (and with time running out), I have been unable to win a seat. I know, I know. With the multitude of opportunities that PokerNews and all of the online poker sites give me to win a seat, if I can't win one, I must not be the caliber of player that would do well in the Main Event anyway. Well, I don't agree but I'm prejudiced in my behalf. With time running out, I guess I need to come up with something else to do in July. So........

I booked a free room in Biloxi, Mississippi for 3 nights. There's no particular tournament going on but the cash games and daily tournaments should be OK. I'll hit the poker tables as long as there's a good game going on. If the game dries up, I'll hit the blackjack tables. This may not substitute for the Main Event, but maybe it'll ease the pain a little.

But this is how life is like poker. We go into a tournament or session with a particular plan in our heads. But often times, the cards or the other players at our table just don't follow the plan. Our draws don't hit. Our bluffs don't work. Our big hands fail to get paid off. So we have to come up with alternative plans. If our game is TAG and so is the rest of the table, LAG becomes our new game plan. If we're being out-LAG'd, it's time for a good TAG game.

Sometimes you just have to take what life or the dealer gives you and make the best of it.