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How's the liquidity at the moment? Many running at £5.50 or £11?
You still getting the lot? I see you won Brian's Hi Lo MTT League jobbie, well done.
I gather Mac sent me a parcel, it arrived at Sky late last week, but I can't trace it yet, it has got lost somewhere in the internal mail system. No idea what it may contain - a pack of Twiglets probably.
I keep meaning to start playing again, every day I think "right, I'll start again tonight", but I seem so tired all the time, especially in the evenings. The Community has been a bit niggly & tetchy of late, too, so come the evenings, I just want to relax & chill, & avoid all that. Poker is just something I do for fun, so all the unpleasantness sits badly with me.
Guess you'll be playing the Colossus?
If so, I'll try & come find you, & post an Update & pic on the Community if possible. Might be tricky, mind, the field will be HUGE.
I do remember that player baiting you for a bit, you dealt with it perfectly I thought, but yeah. best to just ignore. I rarely - almost never - got unpleasantness in the chat box to be fair, other than the occasional bad loser, which is pretty standard I guess. It's just a bit coals to Newcastle at the mo, plenty of poker & forum based work on my hands here & elsewhere, (I'm pleased to say), so I'm just taking a bit of time off in the evenings.
I do miss it though, so don't be surprised if I show up tonight or any other night sometime soon.
I have a little (very little) bucket list item, which is that when I part company with Sky Poker, be it the tin tack or just time to retire, I'd love to just sit & play online all day, 5 or 6 days a week, & try & earn a little pension. I'd probably fall flat on my face, but it is a little pipedream of mine, no worries or responsibilities except to myself, I think it'd be huge fun to try.
I just love the game, the challenge, the fun. All the bad blood, not so much.
Any idea when you will be hitting the tables again? After Vegas? Would be a shame for this diary to fizzle out as it is always an enjoyable read.
Enjoy Vegas anyway. I still have a faint hope of making it, having my second attempt at a semi final on Saturday. They are tough fields though so whoever bags a package has certainly earned it! I have a feeling that at least one of the package winners will be on for a huge score this year.
Just because T(walking ATM for us all)K has stopped playing, doesn't mean we have to.
I'm in Blighty for one more night. Will help to bolster needy BRs today.
Come and have a go!
I said I was willing to lose money, not win it!
I'm off to Vegas shortly, so it won't be before then, though I might just have a dabble this Thursday. All being well, I'll resume playing when I return post-Vegas.
I did enjoy writing this Diary, too. I was a bit fatigued generally after the February UKPC, the UKPC stresses me to bits, so I needed a little break, but I had not intended it to be this long. It's also, sometimes, a bit of a busmen's holiday for me. As you know, there was a fair bit of negativity around after the 861 changes, too, so I just decided to chill for a bit, & turn the computer off in the evenings, & do a lot more reading, as I very much enjoy reading books.
For me, forums are places where I come to enjoy myself, relax, have a bit of a laugh. There's more than enough aggro in real life, without arguing about the game we all enjoy so much. We live in strange times.
Hope you are both still enjoying your poker.
Quick update whilst I'm here.
I'm off to Vegas this Friday (29th), & I've never been so excited, like a little boy looking forward to Christmas Day.
This years trip will be a sort of triple header, as I don't expect to be going to Vegas again after this trip.
I'm playing a whole bunch of Tourneys, all PLO & PLO8, but no NLH, & I'm playing at The Rio (2 or 3 WSOP events), Venetian, Golden Nugget, Binions, PH, & maybe one or two others.
I'm also having a little non-poker adventure for 10 days, including a trip to Los Angeles, Oceanside & San Diego, the centrepiece of which will be a ride on the famous Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, which runs right along the Pacific Coast in places, & a short stay in a place called Oceanside, where I've got a hotel booked for one night right on the beach. The flight from Vegas to LA ($99), the train down to San Diego ($70, Business Class), & the flight back to Vegas ($80), & the overnight stay in Oceanside ($120), totals around £240, which is an incred bargain.
Then, on June 28th, I start "work", with Dan & Sam from Sky Poker, doing interviews & updates. I'll be doing plenty of Blogs, too.
That's the plan, anyway. We shall see.
PS - Five more sleeps.........
Thanks Mick.
You still bashing up the PLO8 DYM's?
Nothing sinister, just age.
Thanks Ger.
Sorry if I'm out of date, but have you - well your wife - had that "special delivery" you were awaiting?
"Orla", that's (to me) an unusual name. Is it Gaelic?
Answering my own question......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orla_(name)
"Golden Princess", how lovely.
On which subject, I watched the repeat of an old HIGNFY last night, dating from 2011, & it was hosted by a young lady by the name of Sharon Horgan. (No, I'd never heard of her).
I checked her out on Wikipidea - I do that with so many people, it's a grand resource - & it seems she has a baby daughter named "Sadhbh". And it's pronounced "Sive", (pronounced like "Clive").
Wonder how often, as she grows up, she'll have to explain to others how her name is spelt?
I generally do OK, I made a profit every year from 2010 until 2013, but last year, I knocked the lot in, & could not do a thing right.
There's always the niggle in the back of the mind that my game has "gone", & I have to be realistic. Whatever happens, I'll enjoy it though.