Tyty for nice comments. Can't wait to get moved into the new pad.

Vegas has been absolutely brutal so far but enjoying our apartment and some time in the pool. Trying again with the 1k today, and still have a few more mtts before the main. Anyone got any recommendations for stuff to do for my bday? Thinking of going to see Mystere at treasure island and some fancy dinner afterwards.

Suuprlim will PM u details to set up a PLO match when I'm home 👌

What's up Blonde!

Have been really busy over the last few months and neglected updating this thread, but it's the day before I fly to Vegas and thought I'd post a quick update of what's been happening.

Did some travelling and poker in Europe with a couple of buddies, went to Stockholm and played the Nordic masters which was really fun despite the small prizepools and what not. It was more just an excuse to meet up with Scandi buddies, drink and play some cash games. After Stockholm we drove over the border and stayed in Oslo for a couple of days and stayed at my mates girlfriends before flying to Vienna for the EPT. We had a stopover in Munich before flying on to Vienna which was delayed meaning we missed our flight and had to stay in some ridix bowl hotel on the 'foreskin' of Munich. As they didn't take any credit card details when we checked in we attempted to drink both mini bars dry in order to take maximum value/pain on the airline for messing us around.

Oslo - bloody expensive!


We got to Vienna the next day and hopped straight in the Eureka 1k which got loads of runners, i eventually bust 45th or so for peanuts. The main was equally tilting as I got set over setted early on day 2 by Konstantin Puchkov with JJ vs KK on KJx x x . For anyone who hasn't been to Vienna, I'd highly recommend going. It has some great architecture and plenty to do and see. The venue for the EPT was the Hofburg palace which was spectacular and I'll def try and make it out there next year.

Getting some volume in the Eureka


Vienna on the Segway tour



Since getting back, I've been focused on grinding online which has been going really really well. Last year was a big disappointment, which has spurred me on a bit to work on my game and put the hours in. Playing professionally for so long, I'm often struggling for motivation but I truely love the game! Decided to play a little less PLO and work on NL game and have been mostly been battling 5-10 to 25/50 on all networks. Took some time away from the tables to work on GTO strategy and have been slowly implementing that into my HUNL game cos lets face it - the days of 'feel' poker in the online world are well and truly dead.

Outside of poker, i'm in the middle of buying my second house not far from where I live now. Really is a dream house and have to pinch myself to think it will be mine by the time I get back from Vegas on 14th July. Decided to put this house up for rent to earn some income on the side and start building my portfolio for when poker is officially dead! (FWIW I think online cash games will have deteriorated drastically by 2/3 years time judging by trends - iPoker/Ongame/Party all dropping 10/20+ stakes etc etc)

Pics of new house








Off to Vegas tomorrow for 3 weeks with my buddies, renting an apartment 10 mins walk from the strip which should be ideal. Planning on playing 8 events, all NL and then some 5/10 and 10/25 cash games depending on line ups. I've never been one to play huge live cash games - it's normally a pain carrying heaps of money around and worrying and busting and going to the cage to get more money out on cards which charge ridic rates. I absolutely love Vegas and wouldn't miss the WSOP for the world! Walking through the RIO and passing the big name pros is such an awesome feeling for a huge poker fan like myself!

I'll try posting a few more updates ITT, but I started this thread as motivation to do better this year and including live i'm on track from my best year yet! (JINX)

Hopefully bump into some of you in vegas! Good luck at the tables!

I might seem like the biggest pigeon in here but...

I honestly think you'd be making a huge mistake doing this. Playing a huge live mtt schedule after one good Sunday seems absolutely absurd. Yes it could be a great way to spin up and have a shot at a bracelet but you could easily brick the whole trip, feel completely burnt out with poker and need a break when you come home - further interrupting your SNE pace. Playing live for such a long time is damaging for your online game too (just look at Durrrr for example).

Vegas is very full on, playing so much live poker, being away from normality for so long takes it's toll. I'd suggest playing maybe half that schedule over 3/4 weeks and take plenty of time off in between. Stuff like the 10k 6max is not good value (although it looks very fun).

enjoy your stay in motherland Greece. if u feel bit board their are reg games of plo in loutraki hotel and casino, the biggest in the country from 5-5 to 10-20 each day

I would love to play this, but unfortunately i'm in Kalamata - not too close to Loutraki.

Do they let anyone in the game? Just PLO or NL as well?

I'd be up for that, but will have to be when I'm back home in a few weeks. I'm a fan of recording games and then doing audio afterwards, and do it with friends quite often to plug leaks etc.

How was the cash game? Judging by the average punter at DTD - very soft

Today in Greece...

Thanks and congrats yourself.

Had a couple of weeks free and was starting to feel burnt out with the online grind so decided to take a last minute flight to Greece on Sunday evening to visit family. Weather is nice here, not too hot but very pleasant. Ridic cheap food and alcohol too. Four of us went out last night, had heaps of food, wine and beer for around €60.

Got a good internet connection here so won't be able to stay away from the online grind too long. Really enjoying HU PLO this year, NL games are still decent enough just finding the average 5/10 reg at PLO is pretty damn weak in comparison to NL. Def not going to be one of the guys that transitions completely, as HUNL is just too much fun. But I'll def continue to work on my PLO game (might just be a heater!)

Good job buddy!

Will be in Vienna too, see u there

Was nice to meet tikay and Tight end yesterday!

Busted the Sky thingy after a couple of hours, in some pretty ridic beat but I'll spare u the details. After never being to DTD before I must say it was a nice place. Loads of car parking and easy to get to (despite the pretty bad traffic). The whole atmosphere in the room was very jovial and the standard of play was ridiculously poor - so I'll be back!

Not gonna play anything other than the main, online cash games are going really well lately (hence not too many thread updates). Not 100% sure how much I want to continue to post ITT now who I am, as some of the people I play against regularly do read this. I guess I'll just keep it strategy free for the time being.

Laser eye surgery was a massive success and I'd def recommend it. I can now see perfectly without glasses, which is an absolute pleasure. Best £5k I ever spent! I'd thoroughly recommend The London Vision clinic on Harley street and the surgeon there - Prof Dan Reinstein is one of the best in the business. The whole procedure is painless although your eyes are a little sore and dry afterwards, so lots of eye drops needed. As bulldozer said, u can actually smell your eyeball burning for a split second as they turn on the laser - quite disgusting!

Haven't had time or motivation to play poker since getting back to Deauville. Been catching up with a lot of friends and getting back to real life stuff.

Met my laser eye surgeon today, and have booked the surgery for next week. Hopefully all goes to plan.

Considering buying a new place, in either Oxford or London but you don't seem to get a lot of bang for your buck in those particular places. Any experience or tips for buying/renting? Where's good in London etc?

I really don't want to have to give up my car and easyish access back home to Oxfordshire would be ideal. So maybe North/West London. Anywhere central in Oxford.

I have no idea what Mujon is?! Indian I guess - prob my favourite overall.

Rarely eat chinese because it's generally really poor quality, too much MSG and very slimey.

KFC I probably only have a couple of times a year too. But it is damn good.

Stayed with some family in London last night and ate some fantastic Thai food actually. Four of us had 3 courses with wine for £100, which was mind blowing to me! The actual place wasn't fancy but the quality of food was excellent.

The tourney I won was actually during Day 1b.

Don't feel like getting back on the grind for a little while after such a long mtt and decent score.

I recognise your name from the old Betfair, probably played a bit together

Thanks for the nice comments.

Don't know if anyone railed but lost KQ to KJ vs Harry with 5 left for my shot at the win. Personally I think myself or Harry deserved the win most, we actually played to win where I felt a couple of others just played too tight.

Really happy with how I played over the course of the tourney and have no regrets. Pretty gutted with 4th seeing as I don't play many of these things, I might never get such a good chance.

Was a fun trip.

Not sure I want to keep updating ITT after being revealed so early! Was much happier flying under the radar and doing my thing in the online world. Time will tell I guess!

Yeah it was me.

Will post some updates when I'm home

GG WP etc

Well done on your award tonight

Merci Beaucoup!

Both Stars and FTP have been playing up all day for me too and I also have BT Infinity. I was playing cash at the time it disconnected so I mentioned a couple of the hands playing to their support and got this reply...

Hello

Thank you for contacting PokerStars.

Earlier today, one of the major Internet Service Providers (ISPs), which provides a connection pathway to the PokerStars servers, experienced difficulties that caused connection problems for some of our players. As the ISP is a separate company, the issues were not within our ability to control.

However, everything appears to be back to normal at this time, and we apologize for any inconvenience caused by the connection issues.

We have forwarded your email to our Refunds Team for their review and action. You will receive a response as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience while we review your refund claim.

Regards,

Tyler
PokerStars Support Team