Ryan Schmelzer

The other day I had two hours off between classes and decided to play an online cash game. I looked at my clock after awhile to discover I still had an hour before my class. I kept playing and things were going real well. I looked at my clock again after what felt like five minutes. 1:20! DAMN! MY CLASS IS STARTING RIGHT NOW! Being a cheap college student, I waited to get the rest of my free hands before my blinds came and then headed to class. This is the first and hopefully last time poker has actually affected me attending class. I guess I could ask the question is poker killing my education or is education killing my poker game? No worries, Ryan Schmelzer will be cool and stay in school.

The school year is winding down and I have a very busy week in front of me. I have a three-page paper to do and a 10-12-page paper. The bigger paper is an analysis on a movie my choice. Of course I selected Rounders as my movie. I realized that Rounders is a pretty realistic portail of the poker world. There are some impossible/improbable things in the movie, but for the most part, it is pretty realistic. After all, they have to add something to the movie to spice it up. I realized that this is the thing that made me dislike ESPN’s show Tilt. I never liked the show, which only lasted one year. It frequently showed hands like 2-2 vs. 10-10. Every time I saw it happen, I just thought how unlikely it was for it to be pocket pair vs. pocket pair each time a key hand happened.

I should have those papers done by next week. This will give me time to finish reading “One of a Kind” and get out a review on it. You should also keep your eyes on the player bio section. I should be adding to that too once I have the time.

Keep hitting the tables and best of luck!