Ryan Schmelzer

Since school has started I have been a ghost on this site and basically everything involving poker. It has been a sad last few weeks.

I am living in a house for the first time and I am loving it. The only bad thing is that it is easier to watch TV and play video games with the guys than to crack open the books. This has caused me to become backed up with my reading. I have never really been ahead in my reading in my first two years, so this isn’t a real big concern as long as I get on pace. However, the faster I get caught up, the faster I can allow myself to play more poker and do more work for this site.

The other problem is that I am working for the school newspaper this semester. This gives me two deadlines a week and normally at least one home game that I have to go to as I am covering men’s soccer right now. The writing doesn’t take much time for me, but going to games and having to sit around to get interviews does.

I would love to be sitting here writing my opinion on the new WSOP episodes and other poker shows, but I haven’t even been watching them. I will do my best to get caught up quickly and start punching the keys for one Wise Hand Poker. We can talk then.