Monday, June 18, 2007

Best. Powernap. Ever.

For some reason, I was awake around 8am today, so I decided to fire 5 tables for a quick morning session. I played really well, but broke even after not hitting a single draw/set (which, while it might seem like complaining, really isn't. It's just how it is, so breaking even is all you can really do when it happens).

Then, I went for a quick nap in my hammock. A powernap usually doesn't last two hours, but this was more like 3 back-to-back naps. I think I'll start doing this everyday now, because it feels way more refreshing than just waking up around noon. Wake up early, morning session, hammock-powernap combo, then ready for a new day.

And on a side note, I played some darts with a few friends yesterday. 501 is a pretty easy game. After hitting 4 bullseyes, I only had 57 left to go while they were still well over 100. I threw a perfect triple 19 on my first dart to end the game right away. This throw was so amazing that the dart broke, but the machine still recorded it. Every woman in a 100m radius was probably really turned on by this, but as we were already on our way out, we shall never know. In any case, it's a big loss for them.

I'm probably the best dart player ever. Just in case, I retired after this game so that my amazing performance might go down in history.

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Thursday, June 14, 2007

WhaaaAA?

It sure has been a while.

I kinda lost the need to write recently, not sure exactly why. It probably wouldn't have lasted this long had May not also been my Worst Month Ever(tm). The shit pretty much hit the fan, and I couldn't get any success in cash games or tournaments.

I'm still currently on a 2k$ downswing in cash games (ok maybe only 1600$ now, but whatever). It started off with a few beats, and then I lost confidence in my play, started forgetting everything I knew, and before I knew it, I was pissed off and couldn't win any big pot. I took a break, read a lot, and now my game's back in line, but I still didn't play enough to make up for the loss.

The reason for this is that I started playing a lot of big online tournaments. Sunday Million, Mansion 100k, Party 300k... Over 1000$ in buy-ins every week, even though I qualify for most of them, so it comes down to around 600 or 700$ weekly. Sooner or later, I'll get my lucky day and probably win big. Until then, I pretty much beak-even and get some practice, which is still pretty good without any big finish.

I also try to play many 'smaller' tournaments to try some moves and test some theory. It's kinda hard to play your A game in a 1$-Rebuy tournament, but it's good practice nonetheless, and my RoI is like 2000 fricking percents in these. Ok, that was an exception, I usually gun for at least 10$ MTTs, but anything's good since my current goal is to get first in a 200+ players event, which I haven't done yet (got 2 second places and one third, many final tables, but never first).

Aside from that, the weather's finally starting to be nice, so I fire up my BBQ about 4 times a week. It's tough on the belly, but it also forces me to exercise a bit more, since meat is just so delicious.

Not much happening besides that. I'm still just as lazy, and still working on it. Any hateful comment regarding this is appreciated. Thanks.

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