Who Am I?

my name is glenn graham, dubbed dj zenn, by my friend ray. i moved to costa rica twelve days ago, joining my brother, steven and his family, who are curently living in escazu, a small suburb, just outside of san jose. they moved down here in november of 2005. steven's motives were primarily of a political sort. his world view is libertarian in nature and he has long criticized the american government's extensive intrusions into its citizens' personal lives and affairs. his desire to leave the country was certainly accelerated by george w. bush's re-election in 2004.

i agree with the vast majority of steven's complaints about the american government. i just don't take it quite as personally as he does. my own reasons for leaving have to do with a more simple desire to make a change. i have done more than my fair share of travelling in my life. our mother, margaret, was born and raised in a belfast, northern ireland. she moved to america in 1960 at nineteen years old. i went with her on her first trip home in 1968. i even had my fifth birthday in belfast. since then i have spent time in england, scotland, japan, much of southern europe, and india. i have also lived in six different states as well as the district of columbia. for whatever reasons, good or bad, i don't stay in one place for too long.

the main purpose for this blog is so that our poker playing buddies back in the valley of the sun can keep track of steven and my poker playing results. if it some how picks up some other readers so much the better. amidst the result reports will certainly be comments upon and disscusions of strategy that may or may not be interesting. steven has been making a living playing poker since he got here. he wanted me to join him and play from the same bankroll just as doyle brunson, amarillo slim, and sailor roberts did back in the day. it helps reduce the swings or varience one encounters as a poker player. even the greatest players in the world suffer losing sessions, weeks, or months. it is simply the nature of the game.

we have no intention of soft-playing one another. the only serious impact on playing each other is that it might result in some big calls that we might not otherwise make since the money will stay in the family. i imagine that it will also be good for our table image to have the other players observe us playing some big pots against each other.

ultimately i hope that the process of writing this blog on a regular basis will help me improve as a poker player.