Not sure if you've said this before stads, but how did you end up on 2p2?

Are you a poker player?

I am exempt into the US Open, but I would have to qualify. Unfortunately I am exempt into Local Final Qualifying as runner up at the US Am for the British, in the UK...which to me makes no sense given that there is International Final Qualifying and the exemption was earned in the US. So its not worth it to fly across the pond. Originally I thought I might be in the one in Texas, which I would have definitely made the trip for but it didn't work that way.

My friends and I were all like 14-16 during the poker boom on ESPN and a couple of us got into it. One of my best friends did really well from the get go and was playing HSNL and posting on here and he linked me to BBV and subsequently BBV4Life and I just enjoyed reading it for the laughs. I didn't find the golf forum really until after I stopped playing I think.

I would played infrequently, sometimes doing multitable grinding but usually put some money on FTP/Stars and try to run it up fast when I was bored. I guess I just didn't have the patience/desire to get better. It was like I didn't care about the money, the challenge was to see how high I could run up my account in a short period of time before either cashing out or usually going busto.

Very cool.

You should get good at poker -- I bet there are some AMAZING backroom poker games on TOUR.

Damn that is really dumb and makes no sense.

You know you have a good team when you throw out 2 under. Well done today, stads ... slick -7
http://www.golfstatresults.com/publi...0277_4403.html

Looks like he jarred it on a par four. Course must be crazy easy, but 65 is 65. Nice work.

thanks, we had a good round today. the eagle was a putt though, they had the tee up to about 305 and I hit my tee shot to about 4 feet. the guy leading was behind me and hit it to a foot.

I suck at embedding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSLMV_conD4

hey man congrats. I just found the golf forum, which coincidentally was the same time I got obsessed with golf. nice to see a fellow bear crushing it. I was class of 2004.
anyways congrats again on a sick run, gl in the future, and if u ever decide u want to get good at poker I'll happily trade poker for golf lessons.

cheers.

it's sooooooo easy.

just take all the characters to the right of the = and put them inside:

[youtube]sSLMV_conD4 [/utubespelledproper]



voila.

Congrats on all your success...it's pretty cool to pick up Golfweek and read an article that's talking about how well your playing. Best of luck in the future..

Palouse Ridge is one of my favorite courses, gl!

holy crap Sam Smith from USC shooting 62-64 first two rounds.
rooting for Stads but its gotta be tough being -12 after two rounds and still being 6 shots back.

Holy ****, he's -18 through two rounds with three bogeys. Wtf?!?!?!

Sam Smith ghanna Sergio.

How well do you know the Smith kid? You guys have much history. I looked it up and it seems like you two could have had some State playoff meeting and or the chance to meet occasionally. Were your High Schools in the same division? Keep doing work!!

weaver is making a move....only one shot back for individual title with 6 holes to play...get it done

http://www.golfstatresults.com//publ...yers_4403.html

same 3 some

Sam Smith collapsing. Tied with 4 to play.

I see this is the regional? Only one moves on?

Live update from my buddy who's out there watching today, bad break!

edit: tied with 2 to play.

4 teams from each of the 6 regionals advance. They play 54 holes of Medal play and there is a medal play champion. Then the top 8 play match play to determine the M
atch play champion

Tied going to final hole I think?

should have saved my 'one time' for the powerball draw tonite.
you're welcome Stads.

and Cal wins the team title by 20 strokes.
The next 10 teams were separated by 20 strokes.

it is the top 5 teams from each regional that advance. Stads co-medalist of his regional and with a bogey on a par 5 18th...ouch