Monday June 6th

I have yet to officially begin my 100K hands challenge since I still haven't received my cashout from FTP. I've been playing about 2K hands/day so far this month; just enough to continue earning the bonus ironman medals in the hopes that everything turns out OK with Full Tilt.

But the longer this test cashout takes, the more I wonder if I should just throw in the towel and switch sites...because, even if my money finally does comes through after 2+ weeks, I question if I'll have to go through this process every time I need to access life funds. Knowing that FTP has such big issues to deal with right now, I dont know how or when they'll be able to convince me that things are back to normal for us Canadians. And with each passing day it seems more and more unlikely that that will happen before they fix the American cashout problem. So it appears as if we're all in the same ship (The FTPTitanic?) when it comes to Full Tilt Poker...and I think we can all agree that it hasnt been the most pleasant of trips so far.

As far as retaining my loyalty though, Rush Poker was the greatest thing FTP ever did. Every time I think about switching sites I just log on to a couple of other ones and groan at the amount of time I'll have to spend on waiting lists to get my hands/hour number high enough. I think being able to sit down and instantly be playing 1K+ hands/hour is a luxury I've been spoiled by and am having a hard time giving up....so for the time being, I'll continue to be patient with the shitstorm that is FTP right, but I doubt I have much of that left in me, so if you could get your shit sorted ASAP, that would be much appreciated Howie!