It's been 10 days since I last played poker. I took the last few days off before I left for a week to go to Cancun, Mexico on a trip with a few friends.

I had a really great time thanks to my boys, D Block, Kyle, and Mackeezy Lite. Big ups still! A special thanks to D Block (Darko) for planning the whole thing and making it happen.

I'm really looking forward to the next 5 weeks coming up because I will be playing a ton of big tournaments. Over the next 5 weeks I plan on playing EPT Barcelona, WCOOP, WSOPE event 3 and Main Event, EPT London High Rollers, and EPT London.

I'm looking to have a HUGE month. A third EPT win would be pretty epic. Going to the same places that I went on my hot streak just one year ago is pretty exciting and I don't think I could be any more pumped.

I am going to be playing online Sunday just grinding all the Sunday MTTs on Pokerstars. I'm leaving for Barcelona on the first of September. What what!!

Has anyone looked at the WCOOP schedule yet? It is going to be OFF THE HOOK! I think there are 47 events this year with even bigger guarantees. I plan on playing around 25 or so of the events mostly during the second half of the schedule as it will be easier for me to play them while I am home instead of in Spain.

One last note, I am going to be taking a full 5 week break from drinking alcohol. Today is Day 2 of my 35 day quest. It's something I have wanted to do for a little while now and feel like now is as good of a time as ever. I also want to be super focused over the next 5 weeks anyways.

Prepare for a lot of blogposts with updates on how all the tournaments are going for me.

-- Jason Mercier