So the past few weeks, I decided to take a vacation to my homeland of Vietnam.  Liz put in half of the funds amount with me for the charity plan we wanted to get accomplished.  As much as a vacation that it was for me, it also continued to open my eyes on how poor some of the villages are.  Many families are forced to live on boats even.  My days consisted of trying to visit as many villages and hand out bags of rice to as many families as I could reach out to.  I also visited schools and handed out money to the children which really put a smile on many of them.  I got just as much pleasure seeing them happy.  This really pushes me to work harder and stay more focused in each tournament.  I will continue my promise that I will donate between 10-20 percent of my tournament winnings towards my efforts over there.  Let's hope this is another good WSOP for me!  I also want to wish my best friend Liz Lieu all the best of luck to her as well!  I also want to thank my sponsor, Martin's Poker, and wish the rest of the team best of luck as well!

- John