Day Two

Well I’m back so I guess that means my eyes are till intact, score one for me. All I have to say is Daniel was robbed! Although I’m sure as I write this he is sitting in a big office somewhere with Simon Cowell signing a contract for a lot of money so well done him I guess.

FML Of The Day: Today, I got a new smart phone and wanted to surprise my girlfriend with a naughty picture with it. A few minutes after sending it, I got a reply back from my girlfriend. And my best friend. And my sister. And everyone on my contacts list. FML

That should teach said person to work out how to use something before pressing buttons willy nilly (no pun intended).

So upon waking up I decided that today is not only a new day but a new week and therefore a perfect opportunity to start fresh as regards to poker, the yawnsville of last week will be out behind me and I will move forward, this was quickly reinforced when my QQ managed to hold against AT all in on a Qxx flop… miracles do happen people. My high sprits were soon crushed though after finishing 5th 3 times in a row after the blinds got so big and it was just an ultra crapshoot and I ran A4 A9 and QT into QQ AT and KT respectively. This was then followed by losing two crucial flips AQ-88 and TT-QJ with 6 players remaining leading me to 2 bubbles of $50 games. Still in a 3500 f/o on BS, got an ok stack so maybe OnGame server is saving all my luck… or non bad luck for this game, the 1255$ 1st place would be most welcome.

Found out last night that Jimmy Carr is coming to a town near me and the day before my birthday none the less. Trying to book tickets for him ASAP as he is without a doubt my top comedian at the moment, although organising it will no doubt prove to me a chore as does any organisation of any sort. Hopefully hear back from people by the weekend and get it booked Monday morning (note to anyone I have invited who is reading this: please confirm if you are coming).

Once again I have found myself swamped with mentoring etc this week, had to reschedule a guy from last week as he was busy and have a couple more people to talk to/see as well as having one myself with Gav, I tell you trying to find time when both myself and Gav were free I thought was going to be impossible but thankfully he can fit me in on Wednesday.

Random Fact Of The Day: There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.

And people wonder why we are suffering from a recession, unbelievable.

Looking forward the weekend after last weekend’s night out was cancelled due to various peoples circumstances. The lovely Faye and Siobhan have organised a meal and night out after for a big group of us on Saturday so should be a fun night, drinking from about 8pm til the early hours of the morning, food, dancing, girls…doesn’t get much better than that. All I need to do now is find somewhere to stay the night.

I play bad… 30 left from 160 in the 3500 so time to get moving and try and build some chips to make a run at the top money, I only have 3100 and with blinds 125/250 and antes I cant afford to wait around so I get the action going with K9 from middle position and its folded to the big blind who flat calls A93 with 2 clubs, not terrible but not great by all means, he checks so I decide to fire a small bet of 600 which he insta calls…. Interesting. Don’t really give him credit for an Ace here as if he did surely he would just raise me for my stack as I don’t have much left, 2 of dims on the turn and he checks one more time. I have almost half my stack in the pot and I can really only AI or check and fold to his river bet, I pick the wrong choice and move in and he calls with AQ bad play by me I think here, or maybe good disguise play from him, or maybe he’s just a calling station who knows, I do know however that once again this has not been a good day for poker.