So the last two months.....
Poker wise it hasn't been great to be honest...
January
February
I also played my first decent sized liveament this month. Played the UKIPT down in Galway, buy-in was 770e. I had a seriously good weekend, although it wasn't the greatest poker wise again. I played alright, made two mistakes which in the end pretty much cost me making day 2. Bust in the last few minutes of day 1.
I was going to do a full blown trip report of Galway but..... Nah.....
I was going to do a full blown trip report of Galway but..... Nah.....
Cliffs;
- Marc is a tall German
- Marc wins monies in 109s
- Fintan does a better German accent than Marc
- Fintan can't handle his drink and shouldn't be allowed near places he used to work drunk
- Hungover, with 20 other poker players = Mega hang over the next day.
- Credit Card roulette is the way foward
- When you've picked up girls, start taken numbers
- Some people are just not what you expect them to be (Mement and p3cr4)
- Old womiiiinz can check raise rivers as bluffs too.
- I owe 2+2 for introducing me to a lot of cool peeps.
- Aces on the river hurt.
I might write a full trip report sometime, but I couldn't really post it here, as I'm not quite sure who knows about this blog etc.
Anyway, so yer. For the first time I find myself in make-up. It's really shit timing, because my contract with 'Gavarov' was just about to be up and have a few different options. One of which was grinding it out on my own. The idea appealed to me after seeing the likes of Marc, Jono and Corry grinding. They all did it on their own at one point at least. I think it could be an important learning curve.
I've decided rather than allow myself to get buried in make-up, I'm going to hit the grind hard for the next 2 weeks and hopefully clear it in 180's. I actually started it in the last 3 days, back at the 2s because havn't dabbled in them in a while. 500 games, dropped 250 buy-ins. Solid effort.
Props to keep me going:
Props to keep me going:
1. And most importantly, volume vs Marc. Marc is 2 for 2 in volume bets vs me. And I can't let him make it a wash. So terms are, I have to play 2500 games in March. If I play more than 2500, he has to pay for a return flight to Malta for me, if I play less I have to pay for a return to Dublin for him.
2. To clear make-up by Friday week. This is vs Abe. I only have 8 days of playing, so this one is looking pretty unlikely but I'm going to grind as hard as I can and I might play mtts on Sunday or possibly next Thursday to try and make it. Loser has to go into the Mttc and announce themselves as the best 2s player to ever play the game and offer 1 hour of coaching to first to claim it. We will also troll the shit out of several members of the community so it could be quite fun :) Awice, shen etc...
3. Profit for exclusively 2s. It's on 2+2, $200 winner takes all. I'm not sure how wise this is as I havn't played 180s lately, but looking up the people I'm vs stats I'm pretty confident. Here's a link where you can follow this bet - 180s 2s bet.
I've joined yet another gym, but this time it's local so I really have no excuse but to go. Kev's a member aswell so should help in getting each other to go. Might think of a prop bet there aswell. Like I said diary from now on, gym and poker will be updated daily.
Other problem with the bet is going to Bristol in 2 weeks, (day bet ends with Abe) so will be taken 4 days off. But who cares. At me you come.
I've joined yet another gym, but this time it's local so I really have no excuse but to go. Kev's a member aswell so should help in getting each other to go. Might think of a prop bet there aswell. Like I said diary from now on, gym and poker will be updated daily.
Other problem with the bet is going to Bristol in 2 weeks, (day bet ends with Abe) so will be taken 4 days off. But who cares. At me you come.
