2009 WSOP comes to a close with huge payouts and new faces

The 2009 WSOP is in the record books and while exciting the final results were predictable. One would expect that with every pro from every corner of the world entering this one tournament that you would see familiar names like Seidel, Juanda, Duke, Brunson, and Gordon but with a pack of 6,494 entrants only Phil Ivey was able to make it to the final table.

It was a fun and exciting tournament to watch and when the dust cleared the 21 year old Joseph Cada took home the $8,546,435 first prize and the coveted braclet while the true amature Darvin Moon finished in second with $5,182,601. The heavy favorite Phil Ivey only managed to get to 7th place before he was eliminated receiving only $1,404,002 for his trouble still better than Jay Chase who was eliminated in 648th place and the first paying position for $21,365.

What makes the WSOP so great? How many times can an average Joe play for the most prestigious prize in any sport? As far as I know poker is the only one. Just try asking the superbowl teams if you can be added to their roster but for as little as $40 you can work your way into the number one poker game of all time. While we do cheer for those names that have made their way into every household at the same time we can secretly cheer for the underdog who is known only as dead money.

So what would have made the WSOP better? I would like to see a woman make the final table. That throws a monkey wrench into a lot of amatures play since for some reason men are supposed to be better at poker so the macho game comes into play. The pros have been around and played enough to understand that the top female players are every bit as good as their male counterparts so they won't feel that same pressure. Another thing is that is always seems that for television they like to highlight the traps where you check a monster hand trying to get your opponent to go all in because they think they have the best of it. Often they don't show other stratagies since there nowhere near as exciting yet often times they are very succesful.

Well love it or hate it the 2009 WSOP is now history the cards hae been put away, the payouts have been made and the lights have been turned off. Now we look forward to the 2010 WSOP and who will be the next champion? Congratulations to all the 2009 players and I hope to join you in 2010.

Massive Clearance

We decided to clean out the warehouse and we found so many items that we just need to get rid of that it's ridiculous. All of these items are going up on the clearance section of UMIdirect.com with markdowns of up to 80%. We have polo shirts under $5 and so much more that it's not even funny. Items are going to be added on an ongoing basis and I wouldn't be surprised if it took months to get everything listed. Take a look at some of the great deals that we're offering just to clean out the warehouse.





Black and White Prisoner Uniform Set
These are made for actual prisons so if you want the real deal for a costume or are a little homesick these are cheap at only $14.99 for the set













Mens Medium Weight Polo
This is a great polo at a price so low that you can't pass it up. The 79% discount makes these only $3.99










Carhartt Heavyweight Crewneck sweatshirt
These are some of the nicest sweatshirts I have ever seen and since there made by Carhartt there is no doubt that they are top quality. These should last for years and keep you warm in some of the coldest weather. At only $10 ea you can't pass this up.





There are many more items being added every day all items are on a first come first serve basis and are limited to stock on hand.

Updates Finally Done

Hi everyone it took a little longer than expected but for those of you who have been asking about the new updates to the website they are pretty much done for now.

The front page has a new design
Item pages are also redesigned
Customer reviews have been added for almost every product
Cross sell up and running so similar items will now show up
We're still adding as many pictures for every item as possible so you get a good idea of what you looking at
The security has gone through a massive increase
More quantity pricing has been implemented to give better deals
The brands list has been redone to make it easier to search


We also decided that since this is a holiday weekend were putting Wolverine boots 20% off for now. We haven't put an end date on this sale yet so it could be over Monday night or next week. We want to see the response we get from it first.

Anyhow take a second and check out the progress. Any suggestions you have would be appreciated.

Top 10 Ways To Tell You Need Bigger Clothes

Hi Everybody,

I'm a big guy and I hate have to get new clothes. I tend to wear everything until I have to go shopping and sometimes I have to go because stuff is just getting a little small on me. I thought I would help everyone out and create the "Top 10 Ways To Tell You Need Bigger Clothes" guide to save you some of the trouble I have been through.

10. You can't clap without ripping the back of your shirt

9. You look like the increadable hulk.... just rounder

8. The waistband on your pants stop blood going to your feet

7. You have less than 1" to tuck in

6. You have to open a button to breath

5. It takes longer to put your pants on than to drive to work

4. You have to use a zip tie (or two) to make the ends of your belt to meet

3. Everyone thinks your t shirt is a tube top

2. Your boxer shorts fit more like a thong

1. Your buttons pop off your shirt hard enough to kill someone

I hope this helps. Good luck

Break time

It seems as though every decade is remembered with a major trend. For instance the 1920's were the roaring 20's of prohibition or the 70's with disco and bell bottoms but the first decade of the 21st century seems to have a strange feel to it. Virtually every major trend from 2000 to 2009 has been a remake of an earlier trend and nothing unique to this decade. It is especially true in the final few years of this decade.

While Hollywood continues to pump out new movies and record labels put out new music at alarming rates everything seems to be a direct remake of the original or a slightly altered version of a previous time. I have been thinking a lot about how history is going to remember this time and what happened.

Here's a list of major events that think we be considered to define this decade:

9/11 and the resulting invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq are going to a topic that will undoubtedly be discussed and speculated about for many years to come. Now that there are so many new conspiracy theories being propagated it is only a matter of time until the discussion intensifies again.

The United States elects the first black president. I don't really need to expand on this much since the media has been hammering both sides of this since months before the election but in the end it shows that, as a nation, we are more concerned with the better candidate than their skin color.

This one may actually be trend for the next decade but it could also be known for this one. Going green(er) in order to stop global catastrophe. If there is a major breakthrough in the next decade that significantly reduces or eliminates fossil fuels then that will be the theme for that decade.

As I see it those are the only three events that are major enough and haven't already been done to define this decade. I know your thinking about the housing meltdown and all the banking issues but in reality they pale in comparison to the great depression that started in 1929. The only other thing that there's even a possibility that this decade could be known for is the current health care reform but considering the growing opposition to it because of the already insane national debt I'm not sure that it will ever get pushed through.

Compared to most decades of the 1900's we have seemingly made little progress towards the betterment of our nation. I think we just needed a break. In 1900 most people rode horses and few people had cars with no road system in place once you got out of town. In 1999 most family's had multiple cars with a massive road system that covered the entire county. In the 1900's we also had two world wars, made amazing advances in medicine, brought technology to a state where people could talk instantly to each other from distant parts of the globe. As a whole the 1900's were really busy.

This decade is coming to a close and our break hasn't been peaches and cream but now it's time that we look to the future again. Start moving forward to the unknown and become the people who lead the way to a better tomorrow.