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N1 teeks
Had a good night at the tables last night & won 18 from 30, which is 60%. Still managed to lose £2.10 though. Bang out of order that.
I shared a table with what was, I assume, a newbie last night. He was rampant, & had 7,000 chips 4 handed. He had not folded a single hand all game.
I potted it with A-A-2-5 DS, & he 3 bet me. In they all go.
He has the O8tastic......
J-5-5-5 rainbow.
So he can't hit a 5, a low, a straight, or a flush.
oioi
Yup, Vegas is the nuts. I'd not say it is the best place I've visited, not by a long shot (St Petersburg tops that list, & it's not even close) but for poker in the summer, & all that goes with it, yeah, I love it to bits & still get as excited as I did the very first time I went. Off the plane, dump the bags in the room, playing poker by 5pm. Can't beat it.
Diet rehaul? Absolutely. Had to cut out all the good food which is bad (sticky buns, lattes & the like), & now I only eat bad food which is good (Ryvitas, white meat, fruit etc). It's easy enough to do though, & we only need to look at half the world who are starving, or don't have running water, & it becomes easy. Must add, this diet will end at 5am prompt, on June 3rd. Latte on the way to the airport, fried brekkie when I get there. Oh yes.
I could not do any walking in Vegas as I can't take more than 20 minutes exposure to the sun, I get some pretty horrid reactions to bright sunshine.
The only place I can stay outside over there is up at Mount Charlston, which is 30 minutes drive from Vegas. 30f cooler up there in the mountains, & it's one of my favourite places in the whole world. You'd enjoy walking around that place, it's just so beautiful, & the air is beautifully crisp. You need a jumper though, it gets well chilly - it snowed there earlier this week. They even have a Ski Resort up there. Hard to imagine, just 30 mins from Vegas, but it's true.
Thanks for the replies Elliott, Ger, Gelders & Stokey, appreciated.
Will I be back on the lattes & sticky buns? You bet.
Have a great trip, can't say I'm not jealous to be there this summer but next summer for sure.
"Ski" not "Sky".
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I just can't refuse a forum tap in.
Now where has Ramblings of an old man gone? So many open goals on that thread.
Seriously, well done on the weight loss
Thanks for the kind comments, Mick, Tom & Phil.
Today is Day 104 of the current diet, & it remains on course. 33 days remain before I revert to type & start eating really bad stuff again. oioi. I may continue the daily walks post-diet though, they have really helped. So far I've walked some 250 - 300 miles in daily walks since January 16th. I've truly never walked that far in my entire life, but I feel so much better for it.
All good.
And in shock news, after a torrid 2016, I managed to turn a little profit in April.
Not much, but at least I'm back on the winning trail, & this week, for the first time I can recall in ages, I won 60.6% of my games over 170 games, so that's very encouraging.
I'm still £30 below my balance as at 1st January, & £80 beneath my all-time high in mid-January, but for context, given I'm still around £2,500 ahead since I began this thing, I'm certainly not complaining.
I am still unsure of the cause of this downturn since January. Doubt it's variance, but there are plenty of other possible explanations - the game has left me behind, I forgot a few basics, lacked concentration, or failing mental dexterity, which is the big worry at my age of course. Big thanks to markycash who has helped me with a few things as to my game.
And that's the great thing with poker, we never really quite know what tonight will bring, do we?
Still loving the game enormously, & look forward to every single session.
See some of you tonight, when I attempt to continue the mini-upswing, & get May off to a flyer.
Enjoy your Sunday.
I am not sure what the games were like before but they seem very 'reg heavy' lately so to turn it round in that context is even more promising still.
I have mentioned Sky poker to long time friend I have played OH8 with for around 10 years who may join the oh8 tables which may help more games kick off if he gets into them. I doubt it will have a positive effect on any of our ROI's though he is an extremely accomplished OH8 player. Arez_One or similar screennames he usually goes by.
Hope May is good to you!
Quick reminder, as many of the PLO8 crew occasionally visit this Diary, that it's "Happy Days" for 48 hours starting at noon today, (Double Points on all SNG's & DYM's) so that should generate more action tonight & tomorrow.
In a bad piece of timing, I'm working tonight, so I'll miss the party, but at least I'll be able to snaffle a few extra points on Wednesday evening.
And in another aside, tonight's guest on the Sky Poker TV Show is ex Leicester player & captain Matt Elliott.
Given that Leicester won the title last night, it should be a fun & celebratory show.
Ryan Spittles, fresh from winning the Reading GUKPT, will be the "Poker Pro" tonight, so that's good, too.
The Presenter will be Richard Orford. Into each life, a little rain must fall.
I will mention again to Arez aka Pat about the games, not sure if he has given them a try yet. I will probably make a post on my FB and see if I can get a few across, the only problem is that the players on my FB are spread across the globe so only a few will be eligible to play on Sky. It's a pity as there are a lot of PLO8 players on my FB...
Hope the show goes well! I will watch it when it gets uploaded to Sky's Youtube account. Have been watching quite a few of them, watched the grudge match with Ian Simpson last night. He came across very well.
Cya at the tables soon!
£90 of profit in 3 nights,. & a 60% games win week was snap followed by Monday, when I dropped a whopping £47.50, & won just 12 of 30.......
Today, I will mainly be re-visiting my drawing board.
"The Geneva of England"........
As it happens, Gill & I visited Geneva quite recently, & it was simply beautiful beyond words. Gill happens to live in Stoke, too.
My main life memories of Stoke - Gill apart - was when I was working, going back to maybe 1980, or 1990, when they were building that wonderful A50 road which bisects the town now. I had to drive through Stoke almost daily, & it used to take 2 hours just to get through the town. Ugh.
£3.30 - P 15, W 6, L9
£5.50, P10, W4, L6
£11, P5, W2, L3
Just one of those nights, I think. I was due a bad night, I guess.