Adam Junglen

I’ve been home from the Bahamas for about a week now. I didn’t make any noise at the PCA, just a couple of Day 2′s; the main and $5k PLO. I left happy with my play and irritated at Atlantis, which is starting to seem standard.

William Thorson was on my direct left in the $5k PLO and after building his 15k starting stack up to 60k he went on break after 150/300 and sat out the rest of the day (2/400, 3/600, 4/800, 60min levels), coming back to 45k at 500/1k with 16 left (8 paid, 1st 110k) on day 2. I stayed like a sucker and played the tournament, ended the day with 72k. I busted out in ridiculous fashion early on day 2 and William ended up winning/chopping 3 handed. I ran into him at a bar after the event and he explained he was “out buying a suit” while he was sitting out. Then he “ran into some friends” and one thing led to another etc, lol. Nice life, William.

I’m back in Ohio, still waiting on being audited. For some bizarre reason the case seems to be moving at a slower pace now that I’m fairly certain they owe me money. Imagine that?

I’m going to be skipping Biloxi and possibly Borgata as well. I’ll be grinding online tourneys (FTP 2xing guarantees and UBOC) for the rest of this month. Get my audit (aka bank error in your favor) taken care of, then head back west for LAPC and NAPT.

That’s all for now.

Later,

- Adam

This is now the third year I’ve come to Atlantis in the Bahamas for the PCA. I was 19 the first time and it was my first live major event. Right after I flew to Australia for the Aussie Millions. Since then it’s become the second biggest (and juiciest) tournament of the year.

I’m looking to start the year off strong. I’ve done a lot of thinking and analyzing of my play and feel very good coming into the new year. It’s amazing how in poker, the more you learn, the more you realize you have SO much more to learn. There aren’t too many things in this world like that.

After the PCA and side events I’m going back to Ohio. Gotta take care of the audit and then oral surgery. Long story short, since I was born in South Korea my biological parents didn’t have the benefit of fluoride in their water. So I’ve got crappy teeth and need a handful of implants. At this point I practically enjoy the feeling of being put to sleep, it’s just another annoying thing that needs to be done.

In other news, Shaun informed me he’s going to move out in 5-6 months. He’s going to travel Europe or something. He’s still one of the handful of people I trust implicitly, no dramatic falling out (aside from him and tournament poker). I’ve got lots of options, so we’ll just see what happens. I’m definitely staying in the same place in Panorama through the WSOP, but after that I can basically do whatever I want….and I’m a big fan of doing whatever I want.

Later,

Adam