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Firstly the diet, this started really, really well in the first few days and I actually lost 3 pounds in the first couple of days. Unfortunately it quickly went downhill as I had to go away for 2 days with work which involved socialising with colleagues, meals out in restaurants and inevitably a few drinks at the bar so the initial work was quickly undone! I then had a long weekend away with a group of old friends which is always a recipe for overindulgence and I didn't disappoint, much beer, wine and incredibly fattening food was consumed. On the plus side, I did manage to get out for two mountain bike rides over the weekend totalling around 40miles altogether, so not all bad!
Then, after a great weekend I managed to put my back out messing about trying to jump over increasingly wide sections of a ditch (boys really do never grow up!). So that has put the kybosh on any further exercise for at least a week while I hobble around looking like I'm in desperate need of a long sit down on the porcelain throne as I've been told quite hilariously by my 'friends'. You know what it's like when your in pain and a little miserable about it, the only real way to make it better is to eat pizza.... so suffice to say the diet could be going better!
Starting weight - 15st 4
Current weight (after last nights pizza) - 15st 7 (ooooops!)
And so to the alcohol challenge...... Again, this could have gone a lot better and may go some way to explaining why the weight loss has gone so appallingly. As above, a great start, then I had a works do which meant a few beers on day 2 and 3, then away to Norfolk for a weekend away and ALOT of beers consumed for the following 3 nights. Unfortunately I had a few cans left over from the weekends stocks so also enjoyed a couple on Monday night whilst playing the DTD tournaments on Sky, all of which means that from the first 8 days of my challenge I actually consumed some form of alcohol on 6 of them in a row, who said I have no will power! Tuesday and Wednesday, no beers consumed so hopefully back on track!
So in the 1st 10 days - 4 days without alcohol (I actually feel a little ashamed as I write this)
So overall summary of the 3 challenges after 10 days:
Poker Bankroll: +£71.43
Weightloss: +7lbs
Alcohol free days: 4
If I carry on at this rate, I may need some kind of lifting gear to get me out of the house by the time I complete the challenge!
Hope things go better in the next 10 days.
As for improving discipline, very disappointing, must try harder! Might have to have a beer to make me feel better
But yeah, with the others, it's always gonna be tough with work nights out, and gatherings of any sort. I can't remember, are you playing SPT Dublin? At least ya can't drink at the table there
GLGLGL!!
nuff said fa Now, will look in when I got time!!
PS great support from Forum, N1 all!!
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Really horrible night tonight, just stone cold bubbled a 2.20 deepstack which I played pretty much perfectly, suffered a couple of horrible beats in the late stages and then on the final table and cash bubble this happened which really annoyed me, the two players involved had been chatting like they knew each other, I only folded as I know the limper has to call given stack sizes.
Anyways.... closing bankroll today - £167.85
0 May '13 at 02:43PokerHeads-Up (Hyper)£2.85£0.00Poker AIR clientHand History10 May '13 at 02:38PokerHeads-Up (Hyper)£2.85£0.00Poker AIR clientHand History10 May '13 at 02:23PokerHeads-Up (Hyper)£-2.10£0.00Poker AIR clientHand History10 May '13 at 02:23PokerHeads-Up (Speed)£1.90£0.00Poker AIR clientHand History
Bankroll now - £173.35
Slykllist440087Syndicate FR FinalSlykllist120855.505£2000 Mini B/H
So some free money on the way
I'd also played the Syndicate freeroll earlier and booked myself a seat into Mondays final.
As I like to play as many of the community games as possible, I also registered for the Orfordable deepstack, I find the slow pace of this tournament ideal to have going on in the background whilst I'm playing the min and main so I was set up for a good night in front of the computer.
Well............ Between the Main and the Mini, I played a grand total of 3 hands which in itself must be some kind of record, I just had horrible bad luck in the main, a guy called 3 streets with 99 with 2 overs on the board only to catch his set on the river and leave me with only 610 chips very early in the tournament. I then pick up KK in the small blind, it folds to the button who min raises, I 3bet to about 1/3 of my stack, he dwells and calls, flop comes 884, I open jam, he snap calls with 86off.... fml!
Still steaming form that the mini opens up and very 1st hand a player I am good friends with opens whilst I'm big blind, I know his range is very wide so I flat with 87off. Flop comes 4 5 7 rainbow, I check, he c-bets, I 3bet and he calls. Turn come a Q, I lead out, he calls, river comes an 8 I lead out again, he jams. I convince myself he can't possibly have the 6 here and make a terrible call. Of course he has 5 6. GG UL.....
The Orfordable was going pretty well at least and I'd been in the top few players all the way through the first couple of hours. As it's a long tournament I decided to open up a couple of £2.30 tournaments too, a BH and a £250 gtd speed.
I played well in both of those and mad very few mistakes, however in the Orfordable I managed to throw away all my chips in one hand when I'd raised from the SB, blind on bling with K10 and the flop had come x 10 J, I led 2 streets and he called, when I checked the river he jammed and I just couldn't make myself fold as he won the pot with J4 and knocked me out.
Anyway of the last 2 tourneys I made a couple of mistakes late on in the £250 gtd, but managed 8/192 for a small cash.
Slykllist08£6.53 + £5.11 Head Prizes3
This just about covered all my entries for the night so I finished the evening pretty much exactly where I started but rather more frustrated!
current bankroll - £173.84
Syndicate Freeroll Final: Slykllist362536£4.35
21:45 £2.20 £250gtd speed: Slykllist08£13.52
DTD3 Slykllist03£29.78
Current Bankroll - £218.09
I'm now very close to being rolled for £5.00 games
So..... who voted onme going busto?
Silver lining - What you had came from only £100, so you've only really lost £100 (or £80?) of your own money. By the looks of it, you got £20 left so either rungood and get back on the horse or re-load, and just don't do this again (obv easier said than done).
Regardless of the result there, you messed up as soon as you took your seat you know you shouldn't have been there. Have a think about why you fired up the game, and hopefully you can close it down and start to rebuild again.
Hope you're ok mate.