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1st point is you have got to want to stop. Willpower is a must in kicking the addiction.
I tried gum and lost a tooth in the process lol not recommended, patches did not work for me either.
I don't want to advertise but I found Nico..nell MINT lozenges the best option start off with the 2mg and reduce to the 1mg after 4 weeks. The standard packs are 96 loz's and should last a week at least packs are 9 to £15 depends where you buy them supermarkets I have found have the cheapest prices chemists the dearest.
The advantage of these is that you can just pop 1 in whenever you feel the urge to smoke and they do take the urge away and you don't have to stand outside the pub or workplace to quench the urge lol.
I would also advise you visit your doctor before trying to stop you may well be able to get your loz's on prescription some I have seen will give them free for so long too.
Make sure they are the MINT type the others are bland and not very pleasant obv if you don't like mint try the others.
All the best when you try again but as I said willpower is the most important factor. I tried many times to stop when I didn't really want to so it is a must and just for the record I have been cig free for nearly 10 yrs but feel like I could still light one up in certain situations. GL mate.
I stopped for nearly a year when I bought the car as that was my incentive, but then started occasionally having one or two whilst having a drink, and before I knew it I was buying again.
but thank you for taking the time too post your thoughts and will look into what you have said for when I pick my day.
but back up and running now,
watching the game just now think ill have a look round and see what I fancy playing tonight.
In the middle of a plo game just now, only 9 regged, but do enjoy these, thinking of taking this form of poker a little more serious,
just having a relaxing night and having a think about what im going to do next with my diary, I see a few people make monthly challenges or challenges for the year, such as mrsducks 5k challenge, garylaud's doing well and making monthy challenges and matts, new kid on the block diary, all very good reads and enjoy looking too see how they are getting on.
so thinking of making a monthly challenge .... 11 in now the game is growing... right, back to what I was saying.. setting myself a monthly challenge, going too have a wee think about this after the game, miby start with june. or a few for the remainder of the month as I try and grow my BR at the same time.
anyway ill have a think and post what I decide.
gl
As above I wanted too set myself monthly target and have something else too look forward too in my diary, when im on.
I feel im changing game too game and don't really have much of a target,
mainly increase my BR a little and get more competent in cash game play.
played a few games tonight, a plo game came 8th, 2 all in sats for the 8k primo and a hald hour on a 4nl game as I watched the rest of the football. all negative results apart from the cash where I left with what I sat with.
current BR stands at £32.37 so don't leave myself much options in terms of playing a main event... yet.
CHALLENGES FOR THE REMAINING MONTH OF MAY.
so for the rest of the month I will try and focus on these when I can.
mainly ill enjoy my time playing and not worry if my BR creeps down, will try and keep a clear head play too the best of my ability and hopefully tick that list off over the next two weeks.
tried 2 all in sats for the M.E no luck there,
tried a little bit of cash while it was on 861, lost £1.50
played a £400bh Chris_Mc012£7.17 + £4.69 Head Prizes2
not too bad,
then entered the "CHALLENGE" for the 6 max games, then relised it was only for £5.50 or higher, so played 1,
6MAX and came second, got in with 1010 against K4 hit the K, then i got back up with A10 over A9 but the lost too 55 against my A3s.
end BR £35.53
so a little bit more than yesterday so positive i suppose.
so i think ill play some more of the 6max and see how it goes, but i have no clue on ROI, hopefully ill cash most of them and i get there.
As a 19 year old who knew that, despite it being fun and therefore having to be done, trouble would ensue if anything bad occurred, so, well.... let's just say I was on the verge of needing new pants (and possibly major surgery) after skidding a weighty forklift up on it's side like a car on 2-wheels. It felt like an age before it eventually managed to rock back down on to all it's wheels, surrounded by a mound of chocolate scattered everywhere (failed to get a strike as well - such an amateur). My 'teacher' was as white as a sheet and must have got through most of a weeks medicinal supply round the back of the warehouse that day.
So yeah in summary, don't envy your shift one iota!
Good luck with then NL8, was briefly at your table the other day and out of position to you... seem pretty competent and certainly made me tighten up and avoid getting into too many awkward tangles. No doubt we'll be playing a few hands together in the coming months.
and not a good one, well could be,
so at work and phone rings, its the letting agency, about time I was thinking as I have been waiting for them too install a new fireplace,
"hello"
"hi, chris..... landlord is taking the house back you have 2 months....."
"oh ok"
"bye"
so literally I am getting the living room decorated, as Im on the phone too them. as new suite on the way aswell, too late too cancel the order or change it. I did not need this.
things looking up though, I hope, I have someone moving out too a new house and he is putting his up for rent, an extra £150 a month on top though, that is a lot for I am the main source of income and the wife only works 2 days a week.
so had too figure out where we where getting this money.... simple really,
I have now purchased my final pack of cigarettes saving the 170-200 a month, I also went and looked too downgrade the car....
funny really, I stopped smoking for the car in the first place, lasted a year, now im giving up smoking and losing my toy
looking at nice wee focus, a year newer but for £85 less a month and a lot cheaper a tyre.
never had a chance too play tonight, Missed out on the dtd's, my 6max challenges, and sorry mrsduck,... no link for you as yet as my schedule has just got quite busy I think for the remaining week, but will do as soon as I can.
Positive note.... Game of Thrones about too kick off
gl all and see u at the tables.
and it went like this BLUURRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!....... no but here are a couple of hands,
First exit, reason for the call is I thought my opponent was trying a raise to make it heads up and I felt I was ahead, simple, I thought he was isolating, wasn't too disappointed don't mind a split...
wait what........
Hand History #779951646 (21:45 20/05/2014)PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceChris_Mc Small blind 40.00 40.00 1095.00 Big blind 80.00 120.00 1800.00 Your hole cards J K Fold Raise 240.00 360.00 42.50 Raise 560.00 920.00 2422.50 Chris_Mc All-in 1095.00 2015.00 0.00 Fold All-in 42.50 2057.50 0.00 Call 575.00 2632.50 1847.50 Chris_Mc Show J K Show K 6 Show K J Flop 3 9 2 Turn 9 River 5 xxx Win Flush to the King 2632.50 4480.00
was getting it in with A hoping for a double up, or just too steal the blinds, either or,
Hand History #779952206 (21:45 20/05/2014)PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceD Small blind 50.00 50.00 2620.00 TBig blind 100.00 150.00 1400.00 Your hole cards A 8 Chris_Mc All-in 745.00 895.00 0.00 JFold G Fold tFold D All-in 2620.00 3515.00 0.00 TFold D Unmatched bet 1925.00 1590.00 1925.00 D Show J J Chris_Mc Show A 8 Flop A 10 K Turn 3 River Q D Win Straight to the Ace 1590.00
basically was raising in position if I was on the button with no callers or limpers with quite a wide range,
my first two raises never got through, I was re-raised by BB once and a re-raise after a limp,
sound like simple folds to me, but, if I find this pattern continued, should I make my range wider and believe that my opo is re-raisng me knowing im likely too fold a lot of the range I would raise with on the button????
Nice diary by the way. A good read.
Cheers
Greg.
Not at all, I appreciate any advice as im quite the novice myself, appreciate what you said with your JJ but have had this a few times, just tonight made me think of the question too post it.
thanks for the input though .
have too have a break though from the poker I think with my circumstances with the house,
With my two months notice, I have reduced too 10 days, for the simple reason I do not want too pay anymore than I have too, when I can shorten those two months and get out before the end of the month.
so going too be quite the busy body for the next 10 days, packing, sorting storage, gas, electricity, switching sky, picking up new car, council tax, getting rid of the old stuff we don't need. making sure the house is squared for takeover and so on...
where too next, well never thought this would ever happen, but back too mums
we decided why rent when we could have our own home a lot sooner with putting current outgoings into a savings account instead, so once sorted comp will be set up there and get back too raising this roll.
ok I know I prob shouldn't have, but just again had a read that if I hit one of my outs here would be nice for my stack plus still had plenty left. been running quite well tonight aswell,
still think the other guys play was slightly worse than mine right enough.
Just not a great spot, will bleed chips long term.
Run well
thanks for the input though, always appreciated, and ill take note for future hands.
had a really good night, played 3 mtt's
and had 2 final tables.
£300BH 3rd out of 94
Chris_Mc
3
£25.61 + £18.54 Head Prizes 7 heads.
then The UKPC freeroll, came 18th out of 226
Then got this result in the £5.50 megastack. 3rd - 86
Chris_Mc03£49.02
so all in all a good night, £90+ night
BR £107.69