Just want to shout out Stuart for such an efficient staking package.

Everything Stuart did was exemplary plus got us a bit of profit. Very glad i got the Blonde PM! 

Best of luck for next year and hopefully i'll get the chance to be involved again.

[$2500 Omaha/stud hilo]

$2500 Omaha/stud hilo

Day Two wohoo

69k

That was fun but somehow an exhausting day

Back tomorrow

Well done mate! Best of luck tomorrow

[$1500 no limit shoot out]

$1500 no limit shoot out

We're unfortunately gone

Never really truly got going. 21k at 500BB, five handed

UTG, raise to 1.2k, UTG1 3bets to 3.2k

All in, call. He has

The race that we've had twice in other tournaments, but this one brings no drama



Into the Stud/Omaha hilo we go

Bad luck mate. Good luck in the next one

Great work Stu! Best of luck for tomorrow

Ship. He tank calls (Tank doesn't mean anything, it's fair to "slow roll" in this game with a drawing round to come.

Just out of curiousity could someone explain this one to me? What are the spots in 5 card draw where tanking becomes standard?

Nice run Stu, shame about the unfortunate set of hands to bust out but there's nothing that could be done. Well played. 

Did you manage to stick firmly to the 30 minute rule?

Looking forward to the next one

Sounds good to me

I say just do whatever you think is best, no problem

Good Luck Sir

Hi everyone, it's been a while since i've logged into Blonde. Having taken some of Stuart Rutter's action this year i fondly remembered this thread and wanted to check in on you all. Looks like a fair few of the old faces are still occasionally active which is great to see. Hope Sean is doing well, is anyone in touch with him?

For the past several years lifting has been something which has been on and off months of consistency could be followed by months of inactivity. I never completely 'quit' nor did i ever get into a really deep flow with it either. As a result i did progress but kind of jutted along rather than consistently became stronger. I have mostly stuck with 5x5 for the main lifts and never really deviated from it too much.

It is really interesting to look back on when I first posted in this thead in August 2015 where i was a skinny thing weighing about 67kg. My current BW is 82kg which is a bit of an overshoot, think dropping the calories is a bit overdue!

Here are my current numbers (all in kg including olympic bar) - 

Squat: 70
Deadlift: 97.5
Bench: 42.5
Row: 52.5
Press: 40

Current numbers:   

Squat: 120kg
Deadlift: 140kg (1x5)
Bench: 40kg (dumbbells)
Row: 85kg
OHP: 55kg

My strengths have always been my squat and my back and i think i've got good potential to push those numbers up more. I have done 130kg squats before and if i was being really optimistic i think 100kg rows are achievable for me by the end of the year. Maybe not a full 5x5 but i think i could at least get them done a few times.

Weakness have always been shoulders and chest. Weirdly enough i tried for ages to get a good bench press. It's mental but even after hiring a PT i would literally be struggling and straining to do 1 rep of 70kg. I switched it up to dumbbells and suddenly i was making progress. I still have no idea why the bar was so impossible for me. It may be connected to pull ups which i also still cannot do. I have tried repeatedly but they are so hard and i never seem to progress with them meaningfully at all.

I am in a decent flow with lifting at the moment so i will periodically update. I want to get stronger but cutting some body fat off is also a goal for me right now as i'm probably around the early 20%. Be good to hear how the rest of you are getting on too.

That's some really good numbers now, even more at that BW. Cutting is always a tough one because you have to do a lot of effort for what seems minimal results to start with. Even more so when you haven't for a while and are getting stronger. Really solid numbers especially over the last few years with everything thats been going on! Great to see.

Thanks a lot mate. Any tips for cutting at all? Currently my diet looks something like this (on a good day) with cups of tea interspersed throughout. I train mostly in between breakfast and lunch but occasionally in the evenings if i cant get out during the day.

Breakfast -
Oats (80g)
Cup of semi skimmed milk
1 scoop of casein powder
1 tablespoon of peanut butter powder
Berries (150g)

699 calories, 51g protein, 93g carbs, 14g fat

Lunch:
Two chicken breasts
125g brown rice
2 cups of green frozen vegetables

617 calories, 72g protein, 42g carbs, 11g fat

Dinner:
Can of tuna
2 cups of green frozen vegetables

202 calories, 31g protein, 4g carbs, 1g fat.

Before bed:
2 scoops of Casein

240 calories, 48g protein, 6g carbs, 2g fat.

Hi everyone, it's been a while since i've logged into Blonde. Having taken some of Stuart Rutter's action this year i fondly remembered this thread and wanted to check in on you all. Looks like a fair few of the old faces are still occasionally active which is great to see. Hope Sean is doing well, is anyone in touch with him?

For the past several years lifting has been something which has been on and off months of consistency could be followed by months of inactivity. I never completely 'quit' nor did i ever get into a really deep flow with it either. As a result i did progress but kind of jutted along rather than consistently became stronger. I have mostly stuck with 5x5 for the main lifts and never really deviated from it too much.

It is really interesting to look back on when I first posted in this thead in August 2015 where i was a skinny thing weighing about 67kg. My current BW is 82kg which is a bit of an overshoot, think dropping the calories is a bit overdue!

Here are my current numbers (all in kg including olympic bar) - 

Squat: 70
Deadlift: 97.5
Bench: 42.5
Row: 52.5
Press: 40

Current numbers:   

Squat: 120kg
Deadlift: 140kg (1x5)
Bench: 40kg (dumbbells)
Row: 85kg
OHP: 55kg

My strengths have always been my squat and my back and i think i've got good potential to push those numbers up more. I have done 130kg squats before and if i was being really optimistic i think 100kg rows are achievable for me by the end of the year. Maybe not a full 5x5 but i think i could at least get them done a few times.

Weakness have always been shoulders and chest. Weirdly enough i tried for ages to get a good bench press. It's mental but even after hiring a PT i would literally be struggling and straining to do 1 rep of 70kg. I switched it up to dumbbells and suddenly i was making progress. I still have no idea why the bar was so impossible for me. It may be connected to pull ups which i also still cannot do. I have tried repeatedly but they are so hard and i never seem to progress with them meaningfully at all.

I am in a decent flow with lifting at the moment so i will periodically update. I want to get stronger but cutting some body fat off is also a goal for me right now as i'm probably around the early 20%. Be good to hear how the rest of you are getting on too.

All the best mate

Was a bit disappointed at my holiday photos from last week. I've been fairly consistent in the gym this year and you can sorta see it, but my BF is very dominant. I am the epitome of skinny-fat.

I need to clean up my diet otherwise i feel i may as well just give up. I bet i just don't realise how much crap i consume on a weekly basis. I've also got to attempt to stop drinking diet coke. I've never really read anything too scathing about it, but the quantity i drink (at least 1-2 cans a day) can't be doing me any favours.

4 days since coming home and i've just tried to avoid the refined or processed foods as much as i can and have my meals accompanied with greens. Also been having a ton of cottage cheese with just about everything as it seems to be a pretty good accompaniment taste and protein wise, do tell me if this might be bad  

So far i feel this is sustainable and i feel better. I go away again in December and i really, really want to look decent by then! Gl me.

Unlucky, Stu.

Just win the Stud comp instead.

Good advice, or the main events works too

Unlucky bud. Incredible how youre shrugging it off and soldiering onto the next tournament lol. Another big score just round the corner!

bad luck mate

[$10,000 triple draw]

$10,000 triple draw

At the end of an enjoyable, topsy-turvy day, 69,500.

Quite happy to emerge after a day that had me close to gone. In fact, more than close to being gone, I was for half a second in my mind actually gone, because when I called SirWatts, he showed his hand and said a word that I couldn't understand, but didn't sound like pair. So, I half left my seat, and so was happy to be sitting back down!

Restart 2pm tomorrow

Great work. Sounds like the swings were crazy and we finished appropriately somewhere in the middle