Update

Well I haven't exactly been very active on the blog front recently, the main reason being that I just can't be arsed! However I'm in good spirits poker wise so I thought it's high time for an update.

Let's see what I can remember. Firstly - The Challenge. Now I did my very very best in order to stick to $50NL, honest I did, but I can say, without exaggeration, that I ran the worst I have ever done in my entire life. I lost buy in after buy in despite being a huge favourite, I saw some incredibly disgusting beats. One outers for a straight flush to beat my made one? No problem. Runner runner straights to bust my sets? Of course! I guess this is what they call 'variance'. Well bah, I call it the withdrawal curse! So I inevitably moved up levels and eventually bust my account. This led to me re-depositing, spinning up in a big room, withdrawing what I had deposited, getting a roll again, then losing it. This whole process repeated about 3 times 'til I thought 'enough is enough'. I guess I have finally come to terms with the fact that I will probably never be a bankroll managed winning player, I can't cope with the ridiculous beat after beat, but hey at least I tried!

I was feeling shitty, I had to pay out over £400 on my car which sucked, I had a holiday to France coming up and my money was dwindling rapidly. I was also smoking too much weed which is something I haven't done since my school days, call it boredom with my job and the fact that it is so readily available from my co-workers, it doesn't take long to get back in the habit. Being stoned can help with poker sometimes however, thinking on another deeper level or something...

So anyway a couple of weeks ago I had popped over to see my Dad after work then back home, I knew I was staying in that night so fancied playing the Daily $17K on PKR. I registered for it, then took my dog out for a walk to have a joint before getting back just in time to see my first hand dealt. Well as my previous post showed, I went on to take 1st place and I was over the moon, I withdrew the lot, my money issues were sorted just like that! It was funny cos I was telling my mate at work that very day that 'I think I might take down the $17K tonight', I might have to start positive thinking more often! I even made it to work the next day despite me telling myself that I would bunk if I took it down, I'm glad I did, money is money after all!

So that Saturday I went to stay in my Dad's place in France. Really really needed the break especially from the boring job, and I had a fantastic time. There is even a new casino literally a 2 minute bike ride from my Dad's place in Lacanau-Océan. We went there a couple of times, it's a pretty small affair, but upstairs they had live cash games! The only problem was the stakes were €2/€4 and despite my recent win, and the fact that French players are often huge donks, I resisted the urge to sit, I'm so un-degenerate!

The break did me the world of good, Lacanau is a nice place, and the waves in the evening get fucking mental right up to the shore I lost count of the amount of times I got taken clean out and slammed into the sand, span upside down with water all around me, shooting up my nose (I hate that) thinking I was gonna drown, it's kinda scary especially the first time! No wonder my step-mum has seen a body being taken out of the sea there once! I have drunk far too much as well, every day for over 2 weeks! I think I need a detox!

On a side note, I finished watching Prison Break season 4 whilst I was away, I love Prison Break it's such a great show and they ended it perfectly in my opinion, although really sad! Also, I read The Time Traveler's Wife, I used to love reading but really don't read anything these days. However I'm glad I read this book 'cos it's fucking brilliant. I strongly urge anyone to read it no matter what your taste in fiction is, it deals with a very complex subject matter so well you just have to go and read it, it's in my top 5 books definitely. I know the film is out right now but it looks gash and lets face it what films are ever as good as the book?

I digress, so back to the poker. Last Tuesday I decided to play again so deposited $500 on to PKR and played some $100NL. I have since withdrawn that $500 and the roll now sits at $1,007. So I've made $1000 in a week, woo! I'm very tempted to just withdraw this because it's not like this is the first time I've won a decent amount, only usually I go on to lose it. This amount 'should' probably be in the region of about $2K owing to some of the horrible fucking dirty beats I've had; one that springs to mind today is me with A10 against some donkey with A4 on an A104 flop, all the money in on the flop and the 4 hits the turn with ease, bye bye $250. You have to laugh really, I've done well not to tilt, toooooooo much... However I know that if i go on a bad run and lose 4-5 buy in's the rest will probably follow, so withdrawing the lot does seem like a good option right now, only I will want to play again, and so the circle continues.

Finally, I want to buy a laptop, always wanted one and I want to treat myself, budget of about £500-£600. I am leaning towards the Dell Studio 17, but have heard mixed reviews of Dell computers. Also I don't know if a 17" screen will be too big, there are so many out there I can't bloody decide! So if anyone has any good laptop advice I would be very grateful to hear it. That's about it for now I think, I'm gonna try and update more frequently if I can. Back to work tomorrow after 17 days off, I so don't wanna go back! Take care people.