Continuing the grind...

So I didn't go to Malta in the end. A real shame but I'll be there in September for the PokerIdol Malta Madness, and event I seriously recommend you check out. Sun, girls, free booze and of course some sick poker. What more could you want?

This blog is now going to be cross hosted on itspoker.co.uk. I first started chatting to the owner Ad last year when spotting a thread of his on 2+2 and contacting him. We did some stuff with the site for the Icons players which was cool. The site has changed quite a few times but I think they've got it bang on as a decent blog portal. Cheers for the invite, Ad!

If anyone else wants me to join their site do just ask. I love to write and from time to time can do some exclusive content for you.

Mentioning Icons, I finally got some money through from all my hard work at the 2009 WSOPE. Some exerts from my Twitter:

11:55 AM Oct 1st from TwitterBerry

Its all over. I'm going home.

4:45 AM Oct 1st from TwitterBerry

This is Epic. It's 6:10am, I am wasted from well deserved, but obv premature partying. Waiting on some huge phone calls. No sleep tonight.

10:11 PM Sep 30th from web

Getting punched in the face by at the absolute last minute. GREAT. Diregard my last update? Maybe :(

7:32 PM Sep 30th from TwitterBerry

I just signed one of the WSOPE final tablists (with a pre agreed sponsorship deal). Me. Me. Me. That is big money. Root for Markus Ristola. If he wins I will buy you a car.

I wont say exactly how much it was, but my grand total from doing that job for ~8 months is under £1k. Oh well, it was a crazy and fun experience and has given me the opportunity to be where I am today. Thanks Lars and Per!

Have played a couple of live poker sessions since my last post. One was the Deja Vu cash game, where I had another great winning session. Flopped top two and top set within my first three hands and got paid of both times, it really is an easy game sometimes! The game is sooooo loose and everyone expects you to slow play, so of course a very simple strategy is to fast play. Great fun!

I then played last night with the Phat Dogs which I used to play with every week. Those guys were a big part of my evolution as a player and it was great fun playing with them again. I ended up luck boxing my way to third for a mini cash, but it really made me realise how bad game still is against better players! Think I'll carry on playing the micro limits for now.

I've got into Big Brother this year. I liked it when it started as it was real interesting, almost like a scientific experimentation. The next few seasons were good as well as they had some different ideas on how to mess with the housemates. But as the seasons dragged on they just did the same stuff and threw a bunch of young, hormonal outcasts in there, waking them up at 8am making sure everyone was cranky. This years Celeb Big Brother was great, so I decided to give this one a chance. The housemates are still a little too 'out there' for my liking, but there are at least a couple of strong personalities with opinions I don't mind listening too. They seem to have gone back to basics and focused more on the tasks again which is fun. No early alarmclocks either.

So the plan for the weekend is to watch the football in a few minutes, having a quite one in though all weekend. I basically can't (and don't want to) drink right now, so taking some time to relax.

Once again thanks for reading and as always feel free to contact me.