Since the 3-way chop of the first prelim in Barcelona I played Day 1a of the main event. I busted during the fifth level, got cooled off pretty hard. Because I busted the main, I decided I should try to play a lot of WCOOPs and side events.

Since busting the main, I have played 25 MTTs online and only min-cashed in one, along with an early exit in the 1k plo side event in Barcelona.

Yesterday was an overall just miserable day of poker. I busted the 1k plo right after the dinner break which came after only 2 hours because of the late start time. I rushed back to my hotel room to jump in all the Sunday MTTs only to brick everything.

I sat around playing Chinese poker vs. my roommate, who was only 1-tabling, and watched my horses play online. My one horse at one point was deep in 7 MTTs. To end the story abruptly, let's just say he didn't make any final tables, lost every flip imaginable late in the tourneys.

I'm looking to turn things back around today, in which I will be playing in the 2k side event in Barcelona. I will also be playing the 1k side event the following day. I don't think I'm going to play any more WCOOPs until I get home, seeing as how the internet is pretty awful over here and has been giving me a ton of problems.

-- Jason Mercier