In this moment, I blog.

It's been a busy week. I'll start with the poker.

I've played some online poker and some live poker. It has not been going well.

I've played a few days online, much more than normal and I credit that to both @mickeydp and WCOOP on pokerstars. It has not gone well. Basically the less said the better. I am currently on a ridiculous downswing online, the type that makes you reevaluate if you are even a winner in the games you play.
I really do think I am, and it's really just motivation that I am using to improve as a player and to work harder as a grinder. Or maybe I'm just decieving myself, who's to know.

Live I still play pretty good, although it's really a lot easier of a game. Mostly because there is more information available and also because it's 30 hands/hr an absolute idiot could get it right. I played the European Championship of Poker £1070 this week and busted close to the money. Then went home and busted the WCOOP main getting relatively unfortuanate in that... even though I got it in bad (bluff shoving QQ pre no good and then losing a flip zzzz).

I've had 2 days off, and then back to the grind tomorrow in a £550 live satellite to the EPT London Main Event. I've virtually never played any of these type of sats but hopefully I just run good in them right off the bat. I am a premium staller....


Today I spent half a day with Mickey Peterson. We went to collect the keys to our new flat next to Hyde Park. It's not the biggest place, but suits our needs well. I may post some pictures if I get time and come back to the subject.

It marks a newish chapter in my life. I've hung around with poker players plenty, and also lived with them for reasonable periods of time. On poker trips, such as San Remo ( or insert one of many major European cities, if there's a major poker tournament) for a week, or the WSOP where we are gone for 6-8 weeks at a time.
However my home, my 'base' has always been with people who don't really play any poker. Whilst it has been fun, it's definitely held me back professionally. If I'm gonna be the illest I gotta be living with people that can make me better at poker and gambling in general.


This upcoming week is EPT London of course. I've never done well at this series, but that's stupid because it's my home town where I know the regs best and quite simply have home advantage. Hopefully I get a little run good and things fall my way this week!