France and Portugal Tournaments
After finishing up 3 weeks of tournaments in the Midwest, I decided to add one tournament before Portugal. I had a whole week in between and I thought it was better to get a few more matches in rather than train for a whole week. It’s also tough to find players to practice with if you arrive too early as most players arrive 1-2 days before the tournament starts. I decided to play a $6400 money tournament in Tence, France. It was a cool place to play as it was held in a small town and a lot of people came out to watch so it was a neat atmosphere. It was a very quick-turnaround as I arrived in Paris Monday morning, took a 3 hour train ride, and then rode in a car for an hour. I had to play my first match the next day. This was a new challenge for me as I had to deal with jet lag and changing time zones with no time to adjust. I tried to not sleep much on the plane so that I would be tired and could go to bed at a normal time in the new time zone. The French