I was pretty negative about teh pokers after my last post, the poker devil finally catching up with me and variance slapping me around the felt like randy the "ram" , a simily drawn from a terrific film i watched with teh bird at teh flicks last week, called the wrestler starring Mickey Rourke. definately one of my fav films in recent times.
Back to pokers and nothing much has changed. Ive battered the tables this month playing nearly 60k hands, which i need to do in order to hit my 1 million hands this year. And i have S0 profits, . However i do feel like ive turned the corner a little bit. It kinda feels like a victory after dropping 27k last month. my new goals are to make $5k this month which is in itself a really good wage. Ive dropped stakes to playing mainly 2/4 and splitting this volume between stars ftp and ipoker. I decided to do this so i could table select better and seek out some softer spots, but im finding it difficult. Playing 10 games at once and constantly table hopping is really intense, and although ive got 2x30 inch monitors to help. the left monitor has the action on it, the right the client lobby.
Its early days but im trying to swap the lowest vpip table for the highest one in the lobby, and do this every 5 minutes. Ive got a roll on 3 sites and figure its criminal not to try and use this to its fullest potential. My preferred site is ipoker, i like and know the players, we have good banter in the ipoker thread on 2p2, as its mainly brit dominated, i have a good relationship and loyalty deal with centrebet, but ultimately i feel im losing tons of value by staying there exclusively. I was chatting to a friend last night and he agreed that at 2/4 there are more fish quota per reg on stars and ftp then ipoker, and i have to agree.
The loyalty program is not as good on the american sites though, so ultimately i have to find the correct balance between loyalty bonuses and winrate. Is is better to play 10 tables on ipoker but 5 of those are reg on reg, or 3 tables on each sites, sacrificing loyalty bonuses and being a more technically difficult task to deliver. I dont know is the answer but time will tell i suppose
As for the escort project, the respray is finished and it looks the dogs tesicales, which has cost a straight 2k, and its been serviced. the plan is to have the original looks of the 1969 escort, but with some really nice alloys, and modern mechanics under the bonnet. the engine is a 1.8 zetec with twin twin webbers so its gives out a surprising grunt when its revvved up. im trying to strike the balance between it looking classy but slighly understated but with some poke under the bonnet. that means no furry dice and no snakes graphics on the paintwork. clean simple lines. The main problem now, is its been lowered to the point where i literally cant go over a bump in it without metal bashing onto road and im struggling to find a part to sort this out. The interior needs retrimming, and some nice alloys, but financially this cant happen unless i buck up at the tables, so its 60% finished but the project is shelved for the time being to be resumed when if he money comes back in. Cost wise, it stands me at 7k, and will probably end up around the 9k mark by the time im finished.
19 January 2009 14:10
your poker strategy seems sound to me,sit tight until your luck returns,on a lighter note I love the motor, really looks the business
21 January 2009 05:42
nice motor. remember them well. amazing they are still around.
21 January 2009 12:59
The car looks sweet mate! My old physics teacher had one similar except it was just the rust holding it together!
BTW, how do you keep your cool when you play 60k hands and don't win fook all? I kick off if I go a 60th of that!
21 January 2009 13:15
yeah, its coming along nicey m8.
and , no, i dont keep my cool at all, its stressing the fxxk out of me tbh. biggest test and downswing i ever had.
not enjoying it one bit. lol
26 January 2009 02:41
Adam, I hear you have herpes off your dog! never gonna live that down!
did you have a good time at Richies?
car looked better in black by the way
27 January 2009 03:38
hi m8. cars not done yet, bare with it. at the moment it looks a bit timid, but im trying to get some nice 15 inch alloys to fit it, and going to remove the bumpers.
and yet savs got it the itching disease now, he just dont know it yet. lol
27 January 2009 08:46
Take no notice, white is the new black when it comes to cars!
BTW, I gave your blog a bit of pimpage onmy weekly blog round up, hope you don't mind!
30 January 2009 00:38
Troid I'm pleased that your itch is getting better. Since your visit to ours, as adviced we have moved into a local hotel and burnt everything in the spare room. including the towel that you wipe ur ass on!!!
I don't appear to have caught ur disease, but have medics and a priest on stand by....
See you in Austria....