Just finished watching the latest WSOP main event episodes and reflecting on the last few months. I haven't taken this long of a break from poker since the year 2000. Since the main event, I followed that up with a 6th place finish in the WSOP National Championship in July, and haven't played since. I did play a couple WCOOPs, but the only live poker I played since July was Vanessa Selbst's charity event in New York for the Urban Justice Center which ended up being a really good time.
When I used to talk about what my dream life might look like, some of the things I wanted in that life didn't seem possible because of all the travel I do for poker tourneys.