Pinch Punch! The first day of the month!

Soooooo........... It would seem that this is a Bi-annual Blog and not a daily or even weekly blog....... Should I even bother say sorry?! It's not that I wouldn't mean it but I just don't know if anyone bothers to read it! Ho Hum!
I am just too lazy (actually, I am ill) to write a blog post today but I have posted something for my daily newspaper; The Hackney Poor Boy Digest, news on Travel, Technology, Business, Poker, Arts & Entertainment. Have a look, you might like it!

Hi All,



So....... It is November already!!!!!!! Happy New Month Everybody!

I must apologise to you all for my somewhat invisibility over the past few weeks.... I have been busy at work and am now going through a very bothersome bout of Flu, at least I hope it is...... Before any of you say it; I am booking an appointment with the Doc today!


I hope you are enjoying the paper. Today's edition even has a Liver Lovers club mentioned..... I will be making some enquires! My close friends will understand; See the Lonely Planet video in today's (Nov 1) edition!


My poker has really come to a standstill recently. A combination of time & money have both been a factor but I hope to get back on the HORSE soon..... (see what I did there?) Both London's Calling & The Players Championships are coming up.


Thank you to the 131 people who take the time to read through my newspaper. I will try to be less lazy with the content and am happy to give you what you want, just let me know!

Have a great week and a fantastic November!


Yours,

Hackney Poor Boy!

The Journey

Hi All,

I know, I know...! I was meant to be a better blogger this year and yet this is only my second blog post so far? Sorry!

I am out & about on 'walkabout' at the moment and I thought I should give you all an update on what's been happening so here it is. I am in Austin, Texas at the moment. I am here for work attending HITEC 2011. It is a show that I attend every year and those of you that know me also know that I always go to Vegas afterwards! Yep, I'll be winging my way on American Airlines First Class from Austin to Vegas on Friday for some WSOP madness! Can you tell I am excited?!



Airport Traffic Jam!



Anyway back to the present; I flew BA out of the newly opened LHR T5C on Saturday, it was quite nice actually..... It looked new & smelt new. So there I was sitting on my first flight of the day from London to Chicago and some bright spark decides to shut one of the runways which means a 1 hour delay in London.

When we did make it into the air, the flight was pretty uneventful. I watch three movies but don't even remember what they were! I forgot to get duty free fags too! Oh dear, I'm getting old! I got to Chicago and managed to squeeze a quick cigarette in before making my connecting flight to the 100+ degree f, Austin, where we ended up taking off late, quelle surprise!



Ballers get there!



I got to the hotel and after more than 30 mins & talk of booking me out to another hotel; I finally got keys to my room at the InterContinental Stephen F. Austin hotel. Yep, I did get an upgrade! OiOiOiOiOiOiOi!!! Why can't I get that on planes?!?!

Anyway, I was going to carry on with what has happened since I arrived here but I don't want to bore you any more than I have already & this is kind of a natural place to stop (how else am I going to increase my blog count?!). So I have changed the title to The Journey & I will be writing a few more blogs in the next few weeks but until then, be good!

A Belated Happy New Year!

Hi Guys,

I can see that we have started the way we mean to go on this year!!!! We are already on day 5 of 2011 & I haven't even said Happy New Year!!!!! Well There it is!

I wil try my hardest to be a better blogger this year (OMG, did I just make a new year's resolution?!), there are many things that will be changing in my life; health, weight, lifestyle & poker so I will try to keep you up to date with the gossip!

I did tell myself one thing this year though & that was to try & have something to eat each morning so today I had muesli!!!! I then went onto a coffee no sugar! Only because I had run out though!

Anyway, I have like a million emails to get through after the hols so I bid you farewell! Have a great day no matter where you are & I will blog ya later!

False Start!

Hey guys,

So on Wednesday I left you to go play event number one of The Players Championships at The International and I was really upbeat about my chances, feeling good about myself & game but alas, it wasn't to be!!! There were 126 runners at the end of registration and I finished in about 62/61st. :-(



Elliot in the zone HU!



I feel that I played pretty well all night, bashed up my friend & new Gutshot Pro Sy (Congrats again!), had my other friend Elliot who finished 2nd avoiding me when we were on the same table. I eventually lost a 185k pot against Joe L, who has recently been the bain of my life! AJ vs QQ, no binkage to be found! That was a huge wound to my stack and left me with about 6bb's which I shoved into the eventual winner's AA, Marv!

So that was my Wednesday...... On Thursday I made a last minute decision to enter the first PROPS World Championships! Of course, after a few hours I was sitting behind my lappy playing two $11 rush tourneys! I do love Dealers Choice though! PROPS FTW!

Tonight, drinks with TLD, tomorrow John Legend & The Roots in Hammersmith and then Alexa is back from her European jaunt & Sunday it's the ME...... I can't wait...... What a weekend!

Tonight is the night......

Following on from my last post, tonight is the night I put my theory to the test. I am playing Event No.1 of The Players Championships at The International. Wish me well & good luck ('cos we all know poker is just a game of luck right?!)! If you'd like to follow the action the event will be blogged here and if you want to watch some of the action there is a live stream.

Until later my friends, off to battle I go!

Poker.........

Hhhhhmmmmmm, this year, according to The International 2010 Leader Board, I have won £ 17,702 and am in 6th place, 13th on the ‘Overall’ leader board (very thinly veiled brag!). So why does it feel like I am always losing?! Some will say I have no bankroll management, some will say because I am shit and some will say that it is just variance. These are probably all true but I cannot be losing more than £ 17.5k on poker this year; I must be ahead!

This weekend has been a bit miserable for me...... I have played a couple of live MTTs as well as a few online MTTs and have naff all to show for it! This seems to be the overriding theme the past few months & I don't like it. This is how it should be! It doesn't help when my so called 'friends' give me the rub every minute, e.g this or even  this 'gem' from Value Productions.

I know I can play the game, I know I can win too. I think what I am not doing is playing the right tournaments or putting myself in the right environment or frame of mind to do so. My more knowledgeable acquaintances tell me that game selection is important and if I'm honest they are right! So one of the first things I am going to do is start by playing the right tourneys at the right time.

The plan? To play some of the tour events such as the GUKPT & the UKIPT as well as the EPT & the WSOPE. These are the MTTs that offer the best value and if I were to have been exercising BR Management I could have easily have done so this year but I was too busy treating poker as more of a social thing. Don't get me wrong, it'll still be social but that side of the game is now banished to the rail.....Well, at least until the breaks! I am in it to win trophies & prize money! Obviously I will be satelliting into most of the tour events or playing the side events but play them I shall!

The Players Championships at The International will be my first step to success, proper success! The International is where I have cut my teeth and I will always consider it as ‘home’ but I also need to start to spread my wings I think maybe I am becoming too ‘comfortable’ there.

This year has kind of passed me by but it’s not too late! Henceforth, I shall be putting bankroll management into operation and stick to it religiously, pick the right tournaments to play and make sure I am in the right mindset.

I start winning from now!

Another year, another broken promise & a few lbs heavier.....!

Hi Folks,

Earlier this year I started this blog and promised that I will update it faithfully....... It would seem that I have failed. For this, I apologise and by way of making reparation I am going to try and stick to that promise for the rest of the year; well, what's left of it!

Where has this year gone?! It seems like only yesterday I was working on getting this blog up & running but it has been 6 months already and now we are nearing Christmas and I seem to be rushing headfirst into 2011!!!

Let's take a quick look down memory lane..... What have I done in 2010; Work, Poker & put on weight. Oh dear, that doesn't sound very good & it's even worse reading it! I don't want 2011 to be the same as 2010.

I have a lot to do to turn it around. I think I can be slightly more successful at work. I also need to be slightly more successful at poker and I need to shed the lbs like they are going out of fashion!

Wow, I have a lot to think about! It’s a good job it's the weekend and I am not doing anything. It would seem like a new life strategy is called for. I'll let you all know what that is when I do. Until then, remember, all things lucrative, undertaken!