clarkatroid is not folding

We thought it might be good idea to host this years gibbon poker cup at the epicentre of the community, the eagle. a good boozer, top landlord,  grub at 2 4 6 quid, and a kareoke competition at night.

This is how we roll on teh flyde coast bitches. who needs monte carlo when you have anchorsholme

And it was pretty successful to be fair. record attendance at a staggering 36, we arrived at noon and left at midnight. Unfortunately, i cant really give a decisive account of the tournament, i other than the silver bear(cecil) knocked out someone when they both held AA and the obligatory runner runner flush came, and i can name 5 of the final tablists, yours truly, kimbotron, rick gilby, JK, banny, and jacko dealing, although im not sure if he made the money. such is life after a mega 9 hours of stella

If any gibbons want to fill in the gaps then go ahead. Anyways i won it. In the past ive donated bigtime and never cashed in one of these so it was nice to get my name in anchorsholme poker history. again it was a bit sketchy how it happened, but i managed to over come jase"the nut peddler" kellly in a mammoth 2 hands, 5 minute hu match.

here was the celebration



rest assured as the new gibbon king i will serve anchorsholme well over the next 12 months, and spend that 450 quid as quickly as possible

having hit a bad downswing at the end of the year, and feeling pretty down about poker in general, i thought it a good idea to publish my year end accounts, figuring it would cheer me up a bit, and help remind that i am actually a winning player afterall

so here they are

ive not decided my new year goals quite yet, but a repeat of this years profits would obviously be tremendous, but unlikely i think due to the changing nature of the games. i think to stay ahead of the curve i might have to deviate from 6 max at some point. 25k down in december and after a few days off ive decided not to play anymore 6 max poker until 09, i need a break, and a 50 buy in downswing sounds too much to blame it on just luck alone. If tableratings covered ipoker, im pretty sure i would be number 1 for biggest losing player of the month at 2/4 and 3/6. That said its been a great year. If i feel the urge to play again, then instead ill watch a few plo vids and make another effort to learn the game between now and new year.

The main reason i started blogging was to keep a permanent online record of my monthly winnings having lost a database earlier in the year. Thus i know exactly where i am, and to keep up my motivation. I am now in a very fortunate position to have some nice winnings behind me from 08, and have decided to share my investments on this blog as an addition to my poker exploits. So for 09, ill be posting monthly updates from this area also.

A lot poker think their skills transfer into share trading. Im not dellusional in this respect, and i know my limitations. Im also aware that by technically gambling with my winnings, and i gamble for a living, doesnt paint a pretty picture of me as a person, pretty degenerate to be fair. I just think that the stock markets are in very interesting times atm and some investment opportunities of a lifetime will rpesent themselves over the next 24 months.

ive taken he decision to reveal exactly what, where and how much im going to invest. So if i go busto, lose or make a fortune, it will be depicted in graphic gory detail here. I believe that the markets are due another tumble in 09, so my portfolio, which ive invested in throughout december is bearish. ie if the markets fall, my porfolio increases, if they go up, my portfolio decreases. Ive have also invested against the £( in a put warrant) versus the euro.

my investments have been in situ for approx 4 weeks. here they are

 


So at present its a decent start, from 50k invested, its worth 52k, in 4 weeks, the selling of the pound where the most of the profits have come from.

well what a depressing end to an exciting year. just when i thought id avoided a really bad run all year, variance finally catches up with me in the worst possible form. its altering my mental state to such a degree that think i need a break. the downswing is 28k and 40 buy ins. which i didnt actually think was possible

if im being honest , i think i have contributed maybe 5-10k of this amount through tilting. its hard not to. im actually showing a loss with all premium hands on my db with the exception of AA in which ive been dealt 34 times and im 124 dollars up with it. so if u cant win with these, then u cant win full stop. it feels like everytime i got kings, someone else got ace. im running ak into aa and kk constantly. my sets are losing. my flushes run into higher flushes and boats, and so on.

its pretty soul destroying and has taken the shine off a good year. i cant decide whether to try and play through it, or take the rest of the year off and hit it hard in the new year with a fresh start. i kinda feel that if i play on then im asking for trouble.

If anyone is looking to switch skins on the ipoker network, or just wants to play poker, i can totally recommend centrebet. its a great site, well run, with lots of great promos and loyalty benefits.

they just sent me some gear to wear at live events.........

from the master

3500 pounds sterling