The MTT grind starts here, for the whole month and the foreseeable future!

Well I haven’t written anything for ages but that is sort of because I have been busy doing lots of things, basically all of them having nothing to do with poker. Since my last update I have probably played less than 10k hands. I did maintain SN in June but it fell by the wayside since then, I have about 55k for the year so its not impossible to get it back by the end of the year depending on what I do.
I also did not end up cycling Lands End to John O’Groats due to severe tendinitis caused by a silly training schedule but its not like that challenge will ever go away and it can be done later in my cycling career.
Anyhoo, ill keep it short but I am currently job searching for a grad scheme hard and studying for an extra qualification (an FSA) Financial Regulation course; the exam is in 10 days. Gulp! I hope to slowly return to playing and have dipped my toe back in with a little 50 nl recently but I still don’t have the want to play, so I don’t. Simple.
Gl all and find me a job :)

got a 2:1 at uni woot. now i can concentrate on poker and cycling fully, both of which have fallen to the way side. i need 6k vpp in 5 days to maintain SN as i skipped last month. gonna be hard but gonna try and have a huge day tomorrow to get ahead. lets rock and roll

Hello Blog. Sorry for ignoring you.

In uni terms I had a huge hand in on the 4th, 2 4k essays. Cheers to people who helped proof read etc, I was reasonably happy with them but obv wanted more time, although I did finish over 24 hours early which is pretty amazing for me. The last 3 days I have done effectively done no work, lost money in a casino, drunk multiple G & T’s, a few bottles of wine and seen beardyman live. Great times. In online poker news, I suck and have dropped back down to 50nl for the meantime to grind out 20BI. I tilt withdrew a fair whack of my bankroll as I realised I never spend any of it and it’s the end of time, time to have fun. I also should start to clear the 1.5k bonus this month so that will restore a fair bit of it. I have 1 exam on the 24th so will hope to play a good amount of hands this month.

In cycling news, I did 1 35k ride and 1 50k ride this week, I will prob do another this afternoon. Was quite pleased, did the 50k in 2h 35s (gutted to miss the 2h mark but hey ho), my bike is being fixed until Wednesday so ill have to keep gyming it.

Over and out and come on wigan!

a 20BI down swing has hit me mentally hard but after a chat last night with a mate and a HH review, i think i am playing wellish, obv i make mistakes but nothing awful. The W$SD is hovering around 40 which isnt helpful but i take solace from my redline being B/E for the month, i know its not the be all and end all but it is an indication that i am playing well and not auto piloting. Ill hit 7.5k vpp's again which is good (or i should do) which i am pleased about and i am ahead of where i wanted to be with uni work, which is good. Just disappointing that my red line is B/E but so is my green line, hopefully after uni is done i can get in some serious volume and serious study, maybe try out a euro sight, change things up for a month after i hit the 7.5k vpp.

had my last ever lecture, have 2 4k word essays in for tues 4th and then an exam on the 24th and im outa here. cant wait to take on the big bad world.

My training for the bike ride is sporadic to say the least but I did 30k in an hour the other day and felt ok, uni is crazy at the moment.

I played the GUKPT £330 side event and came 14th/110. Was pleased and gutted, went out shoving a9 into aq from LP to SB or so with 10 BB. 11 got paid. FML. Great experience though, I made some good plays and 1 bad play, I learnt a lot and was pleased with my patience. Cheers to all my backers.

I haven’t been playing much online due to uni and other stuff, I cant wait to its all over now. D-day is may 4th, 2 4000 word essays in, shoot me please.

Threw my toys out the pram last night playing 100nl, which I haven’t one for a while. so frustrated with how i played. i played really badly to start with, only lost 3 BI so nothing big, put my try hard pants on and grinded it back, proper red line and thinking about stuff. Only to have my fucking nemesis (karliban) 4bet shove 88 on me after i squeezed with qq, slightly deep on a euro table and obv he gets there. Whilst this wouldn’t normally tilt me, it did as i was talking to him on Skype at the time, so obv got sick rubdowns :). i sort of have to keep playing a bit, as i need 4k more vpp this month for SN, not too many hands and I cant leave a lockdown day at the end as i have so much work. 750 hands a day or so should do it. i must put my try hard pants on more often, wish i had the discipline to play shorter sessions and after uni is done, actually work on my game more. My red line last night went into freefall after 700 hands, i must stop playing for too long. Playing whilst tired or frustrated by uni life is not good. Ended about 3 BI down, which obv is not biggy and im winning well for the month but feel I constantly have a good start or week, then throw it away with silly sessions and a bit of run bad.

I have not done any training since my last post, which whilst not good has been due to my extremely busy schedule at uni recently and some deadlines. On Monday just gone I had to hand in an essay/project answering the question ‘Who is Iraq(i)’. I mean what the hell sort of question is that? On the same day I then had to give a double period (2 hours) presentation on ‘why women are absent by their presence in the current war on terror’. Again WTF. It’s done now though and onto the next thing on Wednesday, an essay on ‘what are the implications of perceiving international development as a form of governability?’ All the work is starting to get to me but it is nearly over, two months to go.

On the poker front I played yesterday and played really well, I made one bad fold with 2 pair but everyone makes mistakes. I was sweating and unfortunately lost 8 BI which wasn’t great but it was a good learning experience. It means I have played 133k hands at 100NL and won $30 (on PTR). The definition of a B/E player eh, but I feel I am always improving and that the rake back gives me something to smile about. I am sure with some proper volume when uni dies down I can start to win properly at this level. The difference between when I started playing and now is immense, watch this space.

Have a good week.

Did another 10-12 miles just now, my first ride in the rain. I know the distance is tiny but we have to start somewhere. I also purchased a road pump that clips onto the bike as i realised that i have inner tubes etc but no way to blow the tyre up if i get a puncture in Stockport or where ever. I changed my set up today and dropped my handlebars down a bit, which i found uncomfortable. I changed them back a bit and moved my seat forward to take some strain of my arms, i will have to tinker over time to get it perfect for me. I dont know if anyone watched the sport relief bike ride, it looked quite hard, i am excited and a little bit scared. Will not be able to ride tomorrow or monday i think (except in and out of Uni) and i may ride to Old Trafford tomorrow if the weather is nice as i am going to watch Utd vs scouse. Wednesday will be a good day as it is my last deadline before Easter so i can play a bit more poker after that but i still have a crazy amount to do.

Poker wise, i played again last night, a short session of 700 hands i think and ended about .75 BI up. was up 2 at one point but a risky turn bluff where i c/r a gutter didnt work- the card was wrong to do it with as it paired the board and thus overs where less worried but i defo think vs the specific player it was ok. Not needed but ok. Missed a few draws etc but had another B/E red line session, although i was up nearly a BI after 500 hands, so disappointing to not maintain that. Have played only 6.5k hands for the month and up ~8 BI so its ok, i should just hit the 7.5k VPP's i think, probably have to have a lockdown next Wednesday night and Thursday. Friday i think i am going to Liverpool so that fucks up Saturday as well.

OK, off to the library again, then back to watch England beat France, i reckon there is good value to be had in us beating the frogs, they love bottling it on the big occasion.

Here is my training route for Lands End to John O'Groats, just took me an hour. I shall expand it as and when but i think its a good start. Pretty much bang on 10 miles. now i just need to be able to do it 8 times a day, 12 days in a row :). Bad conditions today with high wind and rush hour. Also the roads are awful after the winter. Think i will try and do most of my training on the road as the difference between the gym and the road is immense.

Off to group work now, until 10. FML


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OK, hi dedicated followers, sorry for no update for a while but I have been mad busy and not a lot of interesting stuff has happened. Or maybe it has but it doesn't seem fun to me. whatever. anyway, I haven't been playing much poker, i ran really bad, and prob played really bad for a while but am back at 100 and playing better poker i think.

Uni is mental, have so much to do, so much to read and so on, cant wait for may 4th (2/3 courses finish including handing in essays). Until then not alot of poker shall be played, although i will keep supernova ticking over. Will do a longer update next week, after Wednesday, as i am on Easter then but until then you can feast your eyes on my last session, i was pleased.

I am really struggling at the moment. Have dropped down to 50nl to try and repair some confidence and rebuild. Not on a crazy BI downswing but my red line has gone to pot, back to the olden days and i know i am playing really badly. i have stopped posting hands and havent been watching videos. i am not good enough to neglect these leraning tools and must get back on the wagon. I will 6 table 50nl for the rest of the month and hope to BE at the end.

Also great meet in Manchester, good banter and well played all. Run better though (except Corey)

quick update with the sickest COD 4 montage i have ever seen. amazing editing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh_wYbwwC74&feature=sub

Hello ladies and gentlemen, lots to cover so let’s get on. First and most importantly are University results. I received all 3 back and got..... 62, 63 and 65. For those of you out of the loop 60 is a 2:1 and 70 is a 1st. I’m satisfied with those but there is a hole in me knowing I could have got ~70 with some work and planning, I did not do a lot. At all. But it’s ok, not a disaster and with some hard work I can cruise to my 2:1. I am starting my last 3 modules which are, ‘the politics of hate’, ‘gender in international politics’ and ‘meeting the millennium development goals’ (anthropological view). These should be fun, I chose them as they seemed interesting and have already had 4 of my 6 hours for the week and most importantly the professors were engaging.
In other new I fucking love Wayne Rooney and will probably be calling my first born ____ Kai Wayne.
Also due to my housemates being bored during revision I am off on a romantic weekend with 6 other lads (housemates) to Lisbon on Wednesday, returning on Sunday evening just in time for the Super bowl. Unfortunately I think the game will be a blowout and the saints will be raped.
Onto poker, I haven’t played a lot in the last week due to Uni stuff, a couple of very big nights out and not feeling in the mood. I played in the blogger main event, a8o>kk in the first level AIPF. FML. I don’t want to chase volume so have been playing COD: MW2 a lot. If you haven’t got it, don’t buy it. It’s so frustrating, so many glitches, boosters and randomness, I hate it tbh but keep coming back and for the people that play I am into my 1st prestige, dunno why. In poker I think I am improving all the time although have not done any real work in the last week. Finally I think I just played my best, for a consistent period, I have ever done, onwards and upwards!!!!

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I will do some 4 tabling sessions where i really concentrate and think things through. I shall report back

Despite being 10 BI up for the month I am not playing well and am in a negative frame of mind. I know people say I shouldn’t obsess about red line but I know that I am being outplayed and have little clue as to what to do to counter people constantly floating me. I suppose I could go for the blackshuck ‘just bet until they fold or raise’ line but it seems spew. I might drop down to 50 again once I have made 8k more VPP by Friday, as the bonus is being discounted. I have been experimenting with 3betting recently and have spewed a bit but that is to be expected. I just don’t feel confident OOP to regs; easy answer don’t play OOP I suppose. I can’t seem to find the right spots to pick people of etc etc, I won’t bore you anymore but it is disappointing to me.


In other news I just bought a new screen as a late Xmas present to myself, 23” 1920/1080 Packard bell for 1 fiddy which I thought was a good deal. Also the NFL this weekend was awesome; the cardinal’s packer’s game is probably the most entertaining game I have ever seen.


Anyway, hopefully onwards and upwards and I can push through the final hurdle of making 100nl my bitch.

Short update for the start of the year. It started poorly and I have been running the worst I have ever run. This happens and hopefully I will turn the corner soon. Good news though I feel that I am playing better all the time and my red line is much better, im still –ve but thats to be expected with my style and running bad. Had a +1BI session of red line today over 1k hands which was nice. Now to win at NSD :P. My aim is to play another 30k hands this month which would give me 100k VPP to buy the 1.5k bonus. This is about 2hrs play a day I think at my current rate so I think this is possible and would get the year of to a good start volume wise. I cant do more than 8 table though so it might be a stretch. Also there is no point in trying to run before I can walk, or maybe crawl, I may cut the tables back down to improve. I am posting lots of hands and working quite hard at my game and am confident I can have a break out year.


I will get ½ my finals results in the next few weeks so fingers crossed, if I do will I will treat myself to a balla screen. Apart from that the NFL is hotting up, the cricket is good and im of to some work experience for a trading firm either next week or the one after so that will be fun. Im also going for a house trip to Portugal as they got bored of revising and ended up finding cheap flights to Lisbon just after exams finish.


Also sorry for forum spam but please keep responding, every little helps :)