..well, it couldn't have gotten much worse over past month or so. I've posted some nice winning days, although I had a run of 7 bubbles in a row on Saturday night all with the best hand, including a classic big stack vs. big stack clash AKs vs. AJo in a £200 sixpak with a J in the door, costing me a probable £800. I am sure these things will start going my way though so it's just a case of continuing to hammer it; it is totally frustrating though.
I head off to Tampa Bay on Tuesday, which should be fun. Weather reports are in the 90-100 range, so slightly better than Longridge. Try as I may to get myself in tip-top shape it hasn't worked out, 3 weeks of my new weightlifting and supplementation regime has come too late, but I'll be looking to continue whilst over there as my mate has a gym in his complex. Those of you who have known me for a long time will know I was around 14st, 30" waist when I was 20-ish and a keen bodybuilder, until I went to acting school where I trimmed down to 10st 4lbs (6% bodyfat). I'm now back upto 11st 6lbs, with the aim being to trim up a little more, then work my way upto 12st and see where I go from there. I think it's very important to have something like this in place when you are playing poker as it helps maintain a discipline and focus in your life away from the tables, which can only help on them. I'll be writing a column for Betfair Poker on this in the near future (I'm sure it'll go over well with all the pie monsters LOL).
Oh, and I'm 25 tomorrow. Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
Toodle pip,
JPK
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Stephen Hawking, Johnny Vegas and Jo Brand..
..all collectively run about as I good as I do. I know it's about 3 weeks since my blog entry but I just didn't have the strength. I suffered the biggest downswing/bad run of my 3 years in poker and I'm just coming out of it half-alive and it was no picnic I can assure you. I am just about on the verge of winning back the downswing (not including Vegas, obviously, but for my own sanity I am forgetting about that).
I really have had to earn my crust, and that's just to reclaim losses. Suffice to say I've not been in great moods lately, but I've been okay(ish). That is until some twonk in the gym decided to pick my brains about poker. After about the 20th time of referring to it as gambling, which I kept correcting him on, and him purposely continuing to call it gambling to wind me up in front of his mate I decided to show my maturity and kindly informed him how much I'd earned in poker in the past 2 years. I knew he worked in the local supermarket, which made it all the more satisfying.
However the bad run was a kindly reminder that you can't take your foot off the gas for one minute, which is why I booked myself on a 3 week trip to visit an old mate in the humble surroundings of Tampa Bay, Florida. Recently it's been very tough so I'm taking myself off to a kinder surrounding (I mean it's the middle of fucking August and it's raining in Preston). I'll still play poker in Florida, but it'll be 2-4 hours a day, and not 5-8 hours. I'll be trying to squeeze in trips to Orlando, Miami and some of the main beaches. But in general I'm just going to go to a pressure-free zone.
The aims are in place for the rest of the year and I'm pretty sure I'll achieve them with a few headaches along the way. And life isn't so bad, as I heard that Johnny Lodden and David Benyamine are BUSTO as of recently and therefore I am financially better off than them (until they win a few big blinds). I mean, seriously, WHAT THE FUCK? Just.. how? Benyamine had a $20 million roll, Lodden anywhere between $5-10 million depending on who you talk to. Both frequent the $200/400 NL/Omaha games online (benyamine is often on 1k/2k limit on Full Tilt too) where the buyin is $40k. You can't tell me two players of that quality can go on downswings of 200-400 buyins. Lord knows how they've lost that amount of money, and they ought to be ashamed of themselves. If someone has that sort of wealth, they really should put it to some kind of good measure. Greed is a bad demon, folks.
Anyway, Leeds are on -9 points, they are shit and I've lost interest. So I'm going to start supporting Dinamo Kiev or something.
Adios
JPK
I really have had to earn my crust, and that's just to reclaim losses. Suffice to say I've not been in great moods lately, but I've been okay(ish). That is until some twonk in the gym decided to pick my brains about poker. After about the 20th time of referring to it as gambling, which I kept correcting him on, and him purposely continuing to call it gambling to wind me up in front of his mate I decided to show my maturity and kindly informed him how much I'd earned in poker in the past 2 years. I knew he worked in the local supermarket, which made it all the more satisfying.
However the bad run was a kindly reminder that you can't take your foot off the gas for one minute, which is why I booked myself on a 3 week trip to visit an old mate in the humble surroundings of Tampa Bay, Florida. Recently it's been very tough so I'm taking myself off to a kinder surrounding (I mean it's the middle of fucking August and it's raining in Preston). I'll still play poker in Florida, but it'll be 2-4 hours a day, and not 5-8 hours. I'll be trying to squeeze in trips to Orlando, Miami and some of the main beaches. But in general I'm just going to go to a pressure-free zone.
The aims are in place for the rest of the year and I'm pretty sure I'll achieve them with a few headaches along the way. And life isn't so bad, as I heard that Johnny Lodden and David Benyamine are BUSTO as of recently and therefore I am financially better off than them (until they win a few big blinds). I mean, seriously, WHAT THE FUCK? Just.. how? Benyamine had a $20 million roll, Lodden anywhere between $5-10 million depending on who you talk to. Both frequent the $200/400 NL/Omaha games online (benyamine is often on 1k/2k limit on Full Tilt too) where the buyin is $40k. You can't tell me two players of that quality can go on downswings of 200-400 buyins. Lord knows how they've lost that amount of money, and they ought to be ashamed of themselves. If someone has that sort of wealth, they really should put it to some kind of good measure. Greed is a bad demon, folks.
Anyway, Leeds are on -9 points, they are shit and I've lost interest. So I'm going to start supporting Dinamo Kiev or something.
Adios
JPK
And you thought flying was safe?
Subject: Qantas Maintenance
Remember it takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a high School diploma to fix one. Reassurance for those of us who fly routinely In our jobs.
After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a "gripe sheet," which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form,
And then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight. Never Let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some Actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas' pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance Engineers.
By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never, ever, had an accident. Below is taken from Qantas maintance logs for 2006.
P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit
P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back-order.
P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute Descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what friction locks are for.
P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you're right.
P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.
P: Aircraft handles funny. (I love this one!)
S: Aircraft warned to: straighten up, fly right, and be serious.
P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
And the best one for last..................
P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget Pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget
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Considering I fly 2-3 times a month, this makes me feel so much safer..
Best
JPK
Remember it takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a high School diploma to fix one. Reassurance for those of us who fly routinely In our jobs.
After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a "gripe sheet," which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form,
And then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight. Never Let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some Actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas' pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance Engineers.
By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never, ever, had an accident. Below is taken from Qantas maintance logs for 2006.
P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement.
S: Almost replaced left inside main tire.
P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.
S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.
P: Something loose in cockpit.
S: Something tightened in cockpit
P: Dead bugs on windshield.
S: Live bugs on back-order.
P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute Descent.
S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground.
P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear.
S: Evidence removed.
P: DME volume unbelievably loud.
S: DME volume set to more believable level.
P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.
S: That's what friction locks are for.
P: IFF inoperative in OFF mode.
S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode.
P: Suspected crack in windshield.
S: Suspect you're right.
P: Number 3 engine missing.
S: Engine found on right wing after brief search.
P: Aircraft handles funny. (I love this one!)
S: Aircraft warned to: straighten up, fly right, and be serious.
P: Target radar hums.
S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics.
P: Mouse in cockpit.
S: Cat installed.
And the best one for last..................
P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget Pounding on something with a hammer.
S: Took hammer away from midget
---
Considering I fly 2-3 times a month, this makes me feel so much safer..
Best
JPK
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