Scott Diamond

I have received a few e-mails on why I have not posted any blogs for a few weeks. So in response to those e-mails I just have not played any tournaments except on-line.

I am usually not an on-line player, however I played three tournaments last week and cashed in two of them for around a 645.00 profit.

I have been busy with setting up the fallenheroesla.org web site that is now up and fully running and if you have not checked it out,please do so.

There is a guest book you can sign as a visitor and there are some pictures of J.C Tran, Quin Do and Nam Le wearing the Fallen Heroes patch at this weeks Festa al Lago WPT Event, at the Bellagio.

I cannot tell you how honored I am to have three of the best Poker players wearing our patch.I will never be able to thank them for their support. Mark Seif was also going to wear one this week, however he never received his and as always Mark supports the Fallen Heroes daily.

On a sadder note last Sunday a former member of my unit who was a Security Assistant that assisted Deputy personnel at all the train and subway stations was shot 9 times at a friends party in Bell Gardens about a mile away from the Bicycle Casino.

Hector had recently promoted to a jailer at the County Jail and was at a family party when an uninvited guest from a local gang decided to show up. He was escorted out by several of the party goers and was furious about having to leave and pulled out a 9mm handgun and began to shoot.

Hector was standing next to his younger brother and immediately stood in front of his brother in order to protect him and was hit.

Hector was rushed to St Francis Hospital in Lynwood Ca and was fighting for his life as it took four days to stop the bleeding from the numerous wounds.

A few days ago we found out Hector is paralyzed from the waist down but is going to survive his tragedy. He has a long road ahead of him but what compounds this incident is even more troubling.

Hectors father was a Policeman in Mexico and when he was two years old his father was shot in the line of duty and paralyzed from the waist down. Hectors father could not live with the idea of being in a wheelchair, so he took his own life.

Hectors mom has since re-married but Hector is the provider in the household and his family depends on his income.

There was a barbq setup for hector Wednesday and nearly 2000.00 was raised. I had my charity foundation donate a 1000.00 even though it is supposed to be for those who give their life in the line of duty.Hector is one of our own !! Also I would like to thank Willing2die from the Poker Road forums who is also in Law Enforcement for sending a 100.00 to Hector. I gave Hector the money yesterday along with a shirt and a hat and coin and although his spirits are low, he was very thankful.

Additionally we had a Deputy Sheriff get hit by a car four years ago while directing traffic in the city of Santa Clarita. He went into a coma and there were some legal issues that were finally settled Thursday and he was taken off of life support yesterday and passed.

The Fallen Heroes Charity will be there to help his family in anyway we can.This is why I and my buddy Craig, work so hard to promote this foundation, so we can help others in there time of need.

I have also been at home with some family issues and it has kept me from playing any of the local tournaments going on right now.I messed around on line to in a few small buy ins and got lucky on some hands and unlucky on others, but it passed the time by and I actually made a small profit.

I have been watching the live updates of the Festa al Lago tournament on-line and as of this morning Nam Le is in the final 12 players along with another friend, Joe Sebok. I wish them both the best today.

Thats what has been going on with me, hopefully I will be back in the next week or so. Until then.........Take Care and Be Safe.....