..but, I have been pretty ill lately. I went out on Friday to this Shane Warne thing organised by 888.com which was a really really good night. I won a signed cricket ball, and Arsenal tickets, while drinking as much free drink and eating as much free food as I could. I also brought two cricketing friends along to play against Shane Warne, and they loved it, so that was cool. The problem was I had a bad cold (freshers flu?) and it made it worse. I stayed in bed a lot of Saturday, and also played around 500 hands of poker, which I ended +$1300. I'm really unsure as to whether this was a good idea. I felt really bad, and can't have been thinking at my best. I was really bored though, and suprisingly missing playing a lot.
I had a good long sleep and still felt bad in the morning today. I had to go to football trials though which sucks when you feel ill. I got through like 2-3 hours of playing football in the seering heat (prob just under room temperature). Then came back deliberated over whether or not to go out, in the end I couldn't get hold of anyone and felt kinda ill still.. so I decided to play a session.
I played around 1500 hands over 4-5 hours and ended +$3200. Something about it didn't feel quite right. People played worse against me than my results indicate. Also there is one hand that just threw me so much, I seriously had no idea what to do in any way:
$5/$10 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com
Stacks:
| UTG | ($1065.00) | ||
| UTG+1 | ($2122.00) | ||
| CO | ($1129.00) | ||
| Hero | ($4107.00) | ||
| SB | ($880.00) | ||
| BB | ($987.00) |
Pre-flop: ($15, 6 players) Hero is BTN
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $35, 1 fold, Hero calls $35, 2 folds
Flop:
($85, 2 players)UTG+1 bets $60, Hero calls $60
Turn:
($205, 2 players)UTG+1 bets $165, Hero calls $165
River:
($535, 2 players)UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $355, UTG+1 raises to $1862, Hero folds
Final Pot: $2752
UTG+1 shows:
UTG+1 wins $2749 ( won +$627 )
Hero lost -$615.00
Yeah, no analysis, cos, like, I have no idea what to do here, such a tough spot.
My first week of uni has just passed by. It's been pretty cool. There's an annoying factor of living a little bit of a walk from campus with a group of 3rd years. But they seem cool, the room is really new and I'm always elsewhere anyway. I have met lots of new cool people and start my course on Wednesday. I have 3 early starts (is there anything worse for a pro poker player??).
Being at uni around students definately brought up some (problems isn't the right word here, but i'll use it, cos it's nearly 1am and i'm kinda tired and can't think) problems. I was speaking to Brian about this sorta thing earlier:
Hitch says:
well, some of my friends...especially my uni one's think it is wrong that i can make so much money
Robbo says:
that line made me laugh
Robbo says:
its so true
Hitch says:
my friend seriously thinks working at a supermarket part time is tougher than playing poker
Robbo says:
thats clearly untrue. Ask him to lose 10k then see how he sleeps at night
Robbo says:
seriously your friend has a little bit of a skewed perception
After writing that I figured his friend is just a normal person, and probably a lot of people I tell especially young people struggling for money at uni are gonna have the same perception. Being a poker pro is easy, all you do is click your mouse and win a shit load of money while sitting in a nice comfy chair listening to The Thrills (I type that cos I am listening to them, and they are great).
So I'm not sure if I should tell people or to what extent I should tell people about poker. But the more I think about it the more I think it's inevitable people will know. A couple of people know already, along with the facts that I can't lie too well, and I will be getting drunk lots, which makes me talk about stuff I shouldn't!
*one note*: I underestimate playing poker for a living lots, but it's sure as hell harder than working in a supermarket.
"And remember that time when you told me that money wasn't real. Well old man, I'm 42 years old, and I finally realize what you were trying to tell me, so many years ago. I finally understand."
(also Blow...)
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