A DOG'S LIFE

[Newportlad]

..... if you dont collapse from a heart attack!

Hard work Squash

[Gryffles]

Snoops, in regard to the sports thing, I find it easier if you set yourself a list of what you want to do

xxx situps
xxx pressups
xxx jogging/cycling/swimming etc.

Also now your playing professionally surely its easier to do something like join a martial arts club or etc.

Secondly, what do you envisage your yearly earnings to be for 2006?

The journals great, have you thought of moving it to a site instead of a forum? ^_^

[ifm]

You need a partner for the gym otherwise you just won't go!!
When i used to train regularly (you can't tell now!!) a pal of mine was amateur boxing and used to FORCE me to go with him, it's impossible to keep the motivation alone.

[Newmanseye]

Snoop, The general idea of going to the Gym is ok i suppose, however I aggree with Nakor, you need a hobby and I want to suggest you take up paintball, Lots of exercise and bags of fun. Plus its a great way to meet fish for a home game that only helps to strengthen the bankroll.

[ifm]

Snoop, The general idea of going to the Gym is ok i suppose, however I aggree with Nakor, you need a hobby and I want to suggest you take up paintball, Lots of exercise and bags of fun. Plus its a great way to meet fish for a home game that only helps to strengthen the bankroll.

LOL, is that genuine?

[Longy]

Oh come on IFM everyone knows that paintball enthusiasts can't play poker. 

[ifm]

Oh come on IFM everyone knows that paintball enthusiasts can't play poker. 

You don't know how true that is! 

[bundle]

Don't want to knock you mate, BUT the last thing you want to do at 5 11'' and 133lb is start jogging. You need some weight on your frame, not less

You are what you eat or 90% of it anyway. get yourself some weights and just do some curls, press behind neck, and a couple of other small exercises, really 20 min each night at home no problem. eat right and you will be hard to hold back....G/L

[thetank]

Don't want to knock you mate, BUT the last thing you want to do at 5 11'' and 133lb is start jogging. You need some weight on your frame, not less

Colchester Kev might be able to give you a few tips in this regard.

[SuffolkPunch]

Why don't you start with some gentle arm exercises holding a heavy can of John Smiths while playing online? Don't think about any other form of arm exercise while online, though.

[jammer]

SNOOPS AND HEALTH
A lot of you might not know but snoopy (despite his appearance!) was an extremely good football player (he will still regale you with tales of his showboat hat-tricks if you press him), and also a top banana long distance runner (outrunning the rest of his family on long distance runs at the age of 10 - including his father who was a veterans sprint champion)...

And then he moved to Nottingham. And got drunk. Hideously, hideously drunk. (feel free to ask me at the blonde bash for any embarrassing tales).

So now years on, as poker has excelled, unfortunately the sport has slipped. Even his trips to villa park have slumped (perhaps with good reason this year, doug). And now with cash in his pocket, and the professional game in his heart, he has slipped to 9'5"! The message is clear blonde-ites....

If you are at the blonde bash please buy snoops food. a packet of crisps, a marathon bar, a bit of soup, anything will do!

Enjoying the posts Adam, and time to start playing footie again. Keep posting

[snoopy1239]

I believe beer is quite filling too. 

[Poppet7]

 

[snoopy1239]

THE CLAWBACK


My online gambling seems to follow a specific trend that forms a 5 step process:

(1)   Win comfortably for several consecutive days.
(2)   Endure a seemingly unlucky session where I drop a chunk of money, but somehow manage to claw myself back up to even.
(3)   Lose a large sum of money in one day playing bad poker.
(4)   Without realising, continue playing bad poker thereby resulting in consecutive losing days and an increase in deficit.
(5)   Spend the next week crying into my soup trying to work out where it all went wrong.
-- Return to Step 1.

Well, at least I’m returning to step 1, but, either way, this cycle occurs way too often for my liking. Even as recent as the end of last month, I dropped my hard earned dosh by failing to acknowledge the vicious circle I was tangled in. So, what to do?

The key is Step 2, the mysterious clawback. I can’t be the only one who experiences this turn of events. It’s really odd because it happens so frequently. Play consistently well for the whole week, then encounter a massive scare in one night. Is it complacency? Is it poor poker? Or is it simply bad luck? I’m not too sure, but when ‘nomad’ highlighted the occurrence last week, it suddenly struck me.

My view is that we become submerged in a feeling of complacency, and when that inevitable bad beat or vicious outdraw arrives, we find it difficult to handle. Several days of easy poker, for easy money, against easy opponents, then boom, the poker God excrete on you from a great height. It’s understandable that we can be rocked when things suddenly go against the grain.

At this point though, we’re still in a fit mental state to remain focused on retrieving that money, still playing good solid poker. Thus, the clawback, and when it is eventually completed, there is a real sense of relief.

Next day, we’re back on, confident that yesterday’s fright was just a blip. But again, things start to go pear shaped again. This time, however, the clawback doesn’t occur and the hole just gets deeper and deeper until we either motivate ourselves to quit or just lose our bankroll.

Well, I experienced the clawback yesterday, and I was well aware that it was happening. Therefore, to prevent Step 3 from occurring today, I’ve decided to stay off the poker. Perhaps after a clawback, we just aren’t in the right state of mind to start winning again. Maybe this is why it suddenly goes wrong. Either way, I’m determined not to play today. I’ll return at the beginning of next week and start the ball rolling again, fresh and revitalised. Hopefully, this way, I can avoid another car crash and jump from Step 2 straight back to Step 1.

Am I the only one who has endured this cycle for so long? Does anyone else recognise it? Please tell me I’m not going mad.

snoops snoopy

[Karabiner]

Actually Sopony I know exactly what you mean and I feel that the "clawback" lulls us into a false sense of security.

One now feels bombproof so it is now not a worry when one falls behind the next session.

Proceed with caution following a "clawback" would be my advice, which seems to be pretty much your conclusion too.

Good luck !