Disgusting pt 2...

Back at uni, but still going kinda bad! At least I won some money, but as you may or may not be able to see I am $4.8k under expected value today. That sucks cos it makes it around 11-12k under expected value for the last couple of days, which could have boosted the month a lot. There were some really, realllllly bad hands, which I don't have time to post.. but they are horrible.

As it is, I can't really complain. I am up around $33k for the month, having played probably just under half of what I would usually play. Also $33k now = £20.5k because of the pound falling. I hope it continues, really.

This looks like it's the end of my month - I may play a tiny bit more if I can. Tomorrow I have a football match for the uni in Brighton, then am going out afterwards. On Thursday I have an assignment to do and 4 hours of classes, as well as football training and fencing, then on Friday it's a big night out for Halloween at the uni, which will be really cool..

I wont put up my monthly graph yet in case I do play more, but it will get posted.

Gl, Rob.

Disgusting..

Will anotate later..

I'm sick!

I have been pretty ill today (yes again - no idea why?), so played 2k hands in the afternoon (I didn't have class today).

Went well, finished +$4893. I got set-over-setted twice today though, which made earning 5 buyins difficult, though the games were pretty soft. I have no idea why - it was a Monday afternoon!

That puts me at ~28k for the month. A little more of a respectable score coming into the last 3rd of the month. I'm hoping for no downswings, please.

Now I am off out to drink some beers, hoping that will cure my cold? Maybe there is some sort of vitamin C beer I can drink.


Rob

Breakeven week, I guess.

Since last week I think I played 3 days.

The first was Tuesday I believe. That went not so good - in 2k hands I drop 10.1k at 5/10. I'm pretty shellshocked really and just quit. I then realise I have to go to UniSport and pay like £100 to join the gym in order to play football... I was not so happy. So I do that, then get back and decide to play a bit more for the night - I play some 5/10 and 10/20 and claw it back to -$6.5k. I was actually pretty happy about "only" losing 6.5k in the day. I got ridiculously unlucky, it was not pretty!

Then on Wednesday I played a bit and won a small amount - under $2k. I played so little because so much was going on - birthday parties, nights out etc. I also went to Arsenal v Everton courtesy of 888.com - it wasn't great, but probably worth going.

After Wednesday, the next time I played was today (Sunday). I had a Fencing lesson lined up for late at night with a friend from Uni (though she had fenced before so I was kind of anxious about going along), so if I had a big losing session I could stab some people!!

Fortunately I booked a win... just over 6k (was 7k but while typic this I have been playing and lost a little). For the month it's just over 23k which is okay - probably like $1/hand. These are good results, but I really need to put more hands in. Hopefully I will do this week.




I don't wanna miss out on anything
At the same time I feel the need to retreat
Everything is temporary these days
Might as well go out for a fifth night in a row

(The Rakes)

10k day.

I woke up at 2pm ish today cos I had two pretty heavy nights before it. One was in Fabric in London. I got back at 6am, then had a football match to attend in the morning. That sucked. I played kinda well, but didn't actually sprint once I don't think. Then straight after that I went to watch England play and a friend was visiting his girlfriend up here so we went out on the town again.

So got up at 2ish, then decided I would be playing a session today. Knew right from the off it was gonna be my day really. I think I only misplayed one hand today, and that was a bad call on the river in a 3bet pot. But apart from that I was really very happy with how I played. It's not really like I won a tonne of flips either (that's not to say I didn't get on the luckier side of things) but for the most part my bet sizing and general play was good. It also helped that the games were pretty soft today.

For the month i'm around +23.5k which I am pretty satified with to be honest, especially since I have only played around 15k hands. I did have a pretty brutal day where I was down 8k then clawed 3k back before I had to head off to a uni football match. I must say it hit me harder than when I used to lose that amount at home.. i'm not sure why, maybe because I had other things to do and could not play 20 hours straight to get it back or whatever. I'm definitely not looking forward to my next one of those, especially if it's before a lesson!


Good luck.

Rob

Getting money and giving money!

I had half a day free, so decided to fire up a session for a few hours. I played 3.2k hands, it was a pretty crazy day.

Well basically I can't get the image to work (edit: just did.. see below) but in the first 900 hands I went down around -6k.. by the end of the session I was up around 6.5k!

Very happy with how this ended, cos obv I was pretty mad about how it was going. I def felt that I kept my composure while down large amounts, and got on with playing my own game.






Over the weekend I visited a site called World Vision (http://www.worldvision.com).

It's basically a charity site where you give a donation of $30 a month to sponsor a kid from a very poor background. I know poker players who always say yeahhhh I wanna find a decent charity to give to that doesn't take ages to set up. If you are one of those ppl - this is really easy (no kidding, you actually add donations to your basket!). Also under reliable sources found out it's pretty efficient in donating the actual money etc.

So I sponsored a 9 year old girl from Peru with the same birthday as me.. info:

Mary Luz lives with her brother, 1 brother, and 1 sister. Her brother struggles to provide for the family.

Mary Luz is growing up in a poor community in the Latin American country of Peru. Typical homes are constructed of wood, adobe or cement bricks. The roofs on these small homes are made of corrugated iron or straw. Children and their families survive on a diet high in carbohydrates like potatoes, corn, noodles and bread. Peru's terrain is picturesque with its high mountains and deep valleys.

Mary Luz is in primary school and she enjoys mathematics. She helps at home by washing dishes. She likes to play volleyball. She is in satisfactory health.

Apparently they write to you, so that will be fun to see. I always said I'd do it, just guess I decided now I was earning enough money I wouldn't really notice it, but someone else would.

Now if the poker gods want to repay me in karma, thats totally fine with me.



Jin: What's your name?
Mei: Mei
Jin: Mei?
Jin: Every girl here is named after a flower. Why is yours so plain?
Mei: I don't want to compete with those others girls. The flowers here can hardly be called flowers. Real flowers bloom in the wilderness.

(HOTFD)