Jena Delk’s Blog

Last night another player asked me if I was getting excited for the start of the main event. I said no and it seems I was lying to myself as well as the guy who was beside him self at the thought of me playing!

For the life of me, I could not fall asleep. Not even with two beers and a sleeping pill. Then, I find myself wide-awake at 7 this morning. Not groggy at all, mind you, just unable to fall back to sleep. So, I called the spa and got their next available massage appointment which was at 10 am. I arrived well over two hours early.

I managed to make good use of my time. Jacuzzi, steam room, fruit plate, and a glass of wine in the relaxation room. All of this topped off by a wonderful massage! Now it’s time to refocus for the long day ahead of me.

I’ll do my best to keep everyone posted via Twitter and the blogs.

Now, time for war.

Jena is chasing me in my dreams

In the past two years I was in Las Vegas for seven weeks to cover the whole WSOP for IntelliPoker.com and PokerStarsBlog.de. I had to write reports about the performances of the Germans and the Team PokerStars Pro players. So every day I had to take pictures of the players with my camera. If you take pictures of the players every day, you will recognize them after a while. I knew that Jena was playing the year before - how could I forget her smile - but I didn’t get to know her in person ;). During the WSOP 2008 we had some nice but small chats.  

This year I’ll be in Vegas for only two weeks (if I don’t qualify for the main event). So it isn’t surprising at all that I catch up every piece from Vegas and the WSOP that I could get. I follow the news, blogs, Facebook and Twitter. I saw Jena’s status reports at Facebook and I was happy to see, that she is also playing in a lot of events this year and not only the Ladies Event like some other female players do. So far so good.

 A few days ago I had a very strange dream, I dreamed that I was already in Vegas and drove in a car through the streets, searching for something I don’t remember. After  a while I saw a highway sign, and I couldn’t believe what I saw – it was a sign of the “Jena Delk Highway”. I caught myself thinking, “Wow, is she so famous that they named a highway after her?”. Then I woke up. It was so funny that I told it Jena at MSN Messenger, and I could imagine her laughing ;). I guess my dream has something to do with her status message at Facebook, but who knows, maybe it is a sign of something special – I wouldn’t be surprised, if they name a highway after the first woman who wins the main event. So go for it Jena, and don’t forget to sell me a share :D. And if it isn’t going to happen, there is still a job for the first female president of the United States of America. If so forget the share, I would only need a Greencard in that case :D. I’m really looking forward to see you in Vegas, meanwhile good luck at the tables.