Back in the saddle again

It's been almost three weeks since my last post, and many of you are probably wondering if I've given up on my quest to trade my way from a sixty-cent check from PKR.com into the buy-in for the 2007 World Series of Poker.

Fear not loyal readers, for my quest continues and the recent break is easily explained.

My wife gave birth to our first child, Charles Edward Todd, at 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 25. I've spent the last two weeks being a full-time dad. I must say it's been incredibly rewarding, but also very draining. I did almost no work with this site, nor did I do anything to seek out trades over the last two weeks.

That, however, is about to change.

I'm back to pursuing this trading business full time, and there's a growing sense of urgency. The Main Event begins in less than five months, and I've got a long way to go to get from a set of 500 poker chips from GoldenPalace.com to the buy-in for the WSOP.

I know I've been stuck at this point for a long time. But there's a very good reason.

I agreed to a trade in principle with a guy out in Seattle more than a month ago (which is part of the reason there hasn't been much trading action lately), but it appears that it's going to fall through … I guess someone failed a physical or something.

I'm not going to rule out my Seattle trade yet, but since I've only heard from this guy once in the last month and a half, I'm not holding my breath.

For all the details on what's up for grabs with the GoldenPalace.com poker chip set, check out the trade post. To offer me a trade, shoot me an e-mail at .