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Wow!!! What a fun week of poker I have had!! I played at PokerCats Arena and BrainMc's on consecutive nights. I donked it up pretty good at the Cat Arena and had a blast. The next night I was in for a real treat at BrainMc's League tournament. The competition in his league in my opinion was the toughest tournament inside or outside a casino I have played since the WSOP Circuit tournaments I played back in September of last year. There were several really tough players and they played like it was their job. Unfortunately BrainMc busted early so I didn't get to play at his table, but I did outlast most of the field for a solid 2nd place finish. I hope to play with those guys again soon!!

I'm sure most of you are already aware but in case you somehow missed it everywhere else:

PokerStars is running the Ocean's Thirteen Darfur Charity Tournament next Sunday afternoon at 3:30pm ET.PokerStars is teaming up with the cast of Ocean's Thirteen to help stop the suffering in the war-torn region of Darfur in the Sudan. If you have not been paying attention, over 400,000 people have already been killed. They launched Not On Our Watch. Their mission is to..."focus global attention and resources to stop and prevent mass atrocities. Drawing on the powerful voice of citizen artists, activists, and cultural leaders, our mission is to generate lifesaving humanitarian assistance and protection for the vulnerable, marginalized, and displaced."PokerStars is donating $1 million and you can help out by playing in two diffeent charity events. You have a shot to win a ticket to the Ocean's Thirteen premiere in Los Angeles. See below for specific details.
Overview of the Ocean's Thirteen Darfur Charity Tournament:These tournaments are special re-buy tournaments - the entire prize pool will be matched by PokerStars and donated to the Darfur relief efforts. At the conclusion of the event the prize pool, which will be temporarily awarded to the 1st place finisher, will be removed from the 1st place finisher's account. The amount will then be matched by PokerStars and sent forward to the Darfur charity. Thank you for participating — go re-buy crazy! — it's for a good cause. Good luck!Date: May 27th 2007, 15:30 ETBuy-in: $10 plus rebuys.Prizes: Top 4 receive tickets to June 5th premiere in Los Angeles plus 2 nights hotel and $2k for travel/spending. Top 18 receive autographed copy of "Oceans 13" DVD. Total prize pool will go to charity. PokerStars will match the donation. The tournament is open to all players. Good luck!

It's for a great cause and it has the Good Doctor's seal of approval.

Have a great week everyone!!!