I'm not upset to the see the end of February. Another cold winter month out the way in which i underachieved at the tables. At least i managed to make sure i finished up a winner, +$5.4K. I've also been playing better since my last post and obviously I'm hoping that i can maintain this.
I've been at home in Broadstairs for the last 3 days and have had a really good time. The four of us haven't spent a great deal of time together over the last couple of years and it's been a lot of fun. We went out for dinner on Saturday to a nice fish restaurant and then for some reason went bowling today with 15 of my parents friends. I scored 106 and 101 but actually bowled quite well and had no luck at all. To make things worse my sister, my mum and my dad finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively. Talk about letting the family down! My sister scored 128 and 134, well played!
I went to the driving range with dad on Friday and didn't hit the ball well at all. My swing is a mess and i really need some lessons if I'm going to avoid the wooden spoon in okey this year.
The plan for next week is some good old live poker action! There is a festival at the international and I'm playing in 4 of the events. It would be really nice if i could make 1 final table because my recent live results have sucked! I'm not going to play at all online until the Monday after the festival. I thought it might be a good idea to take a little break and come back fresh and ready to play like a champion. I'll probably blog how i get on at the festival at some point next week.
I wrote this blog on the train back from London:
http://www.gutshot.com/bforum/blog.php?b=764
I think it might be the best thing I've ever written, exploring new concepts is fun!
Sunday 28 February 2010
Sunday 14 February 2010
I should work in Mcdonalds!!
Unfortunately February isn't going very well. I'm playing with about as much intelligence as someone who works in the fast fast food industry and fittingly I'm earning about the same wage. I'm aware that these break even periods are a part of the game for all players and all i can do is work hard and push through. The thing that bothers me the most is my level if play. If i was playing well and losing then i would be as happy as a Frenchman living next to a brothel. The problem is I'm playing badly, to many poor hands, poor sessions and even poor days. One day last week i lost $4K and played fairly terribly. I think i might have made more mistakes that day than i did in the whole of November; an impressive achievement!
Despite my startling lack of consistency I'm still slightly up on the month. I'm -$1K on live poker outings, thanks to a couple of unsuccessful trips to the international and DTD, but +$2.2K overall. Obviously at the stakes i play this number is fairly insubstantial but it's always nice to be ahead. The plan is to try and grind as hard as i can over the next ten days before returning home for my dad's birthday. I'm pretty much in the routine of going home 3 or 4 times a year now and that suits me just fine. I'll probably post when i get home about how the next week or so goes. It would be nice to keep my streak of $10K + months going but in order to do that I'm going to have to have to maintain a higher level of play and stop tilting it off like a mongoloid!
Despite my startling lack of consistency I'm still slightly up on the month. I'm -$1K on live poker outings, thanks to a couple of unsuccessful trips to the international and DTD, but +$2.2K overall. Obviously at the stakes i play this number is fairly insubstantial but it's always nice to be ahead. The plan is to try and grind as hard as i can over the next ten days before returning home for my dad's birthday. I'm pretty much in the routine of going home 3 or 4 times a year now and that suits me just fine. I'll probably post when i get home about how the next week or so goes. It would be nice to keep my streak of $10K + months going but in order to do that I'm going to have to have to maintain a higher level of play and stop tilting it off like a mongoloid!
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Good month, terrible day.
January is in the books and overall it went quite well. I made $15K online but lost $3K playing live. My volume was fairly decent and i played a lot of solid if not spectacular poker. I'm fairly happy with a +$12K month and it certainly gives me something to build on in 2010.
One particular highlight of the previous month was the birth of Noah Michael Alp. Even though the baby wasn't planned i know Mike will be a great dad and I'm really happy for him. Unfortunately for me the birth of this perfectly innocent, healthy child coincided with the worst day of my professional life. I bent over and took it like a champion on the 26Th January, it was not an enjoyable experience! I lost $4K online running like a fat kid on a hot day and then thought i would party on down to the Vic and play some good old live cash. A very generous £1500 donation later and i was left with that wonderful feeling of disappointed emptiness. I know days like these can happen, they have before and they will again but they still hurt the ego as well as the bankroll.
The other money lost live was at the monthly £300 at the international. I started the tourney playing like a superstar, building the stack up nicely and playing very aggro. I then find AA against Joejoe's KK and obviously we get it in pre. He binks on the flop and I'm left with 30% of my starting stack. I'm in no way annoyed about the hand, just one of those things. I am glad however that Joe went on to win the comp for £7K, well played sir! I even got to watch him take it down at 5am after a heavy night out in Old street for Kips' birthday. The night out was great fun and the Ant and i have both agreed that the Bavarian beer house is the greatest pub in London, what a place for a drinking session!
I'm a blogging machine these days, will try and keep it up.
One particular highlight of the previous month was the birth of Noah Michael Alp. Even though the baby wasn't planned i know Mike will be a great dad and I'm really happy for him. Unfortunately for me the birth of this perfectly innocent, healthy child coincided with the worst day of my professional life. I bent over and took it like a champion on the 26Th January, it was not an enjoyable experience! I lost $4K online running like a fat kid on a hot day and then thought i would party on down to the Vic and play some good old live cash. A very generous £1500 donation later and i was left with that wonderful feeling of disappointed emptiness. I know days like these can happen, they have before and they will again but they still hurt the ego as well as the bankroll.
The other money lost live was at the monthly £300 at the international. I started the tourney playing like a superstar, building the stack up nicely and playing very aggro. I then find AA against Joejoe's KK and obviously we get it in pre. He binks on the flop and I'm left with 30% of my starting stack. I'm in no way annoyed about the hand, just one of those things. I am glad however that Joe went on to win the comp for £7K, well played sir! I even got to watch him take it down at 5am after a heavy night out in Old street for Kips' birthday. The night out was great fun and the Ant and i have both agreed that the Bavarian beer house is the greatest pub in London, what a place for a drinking session!
I'm a blogging machine these days, will try and keep it up.
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