Poker Media Mid Life Crisis

[DaveShoelace]

And just so I have even more accountability, here are my starting stats from yesterday:

Weight - 94kg (I'm 5ft 10" btw)

Stomach  - 43.5"

Belt line 43.5"

Chest 44"

Body fat - 20.3% - 21.8%

The aim is to lose 6lbs and three inches (combined across the three measurements in any order) by October 7th.  

Weight - 92kg

Stomach  - 40.5"

Belt line 41.5"

Chest 44"

Body fat - 18.5% - 20.3%

I was a bit down on motivation the last two or three weeks because although I have been working hard, look and feel better, the weight loss just has not seemed to happen. I lost about 4-5lbs early and then it stayed that way for a whole month.

Finally had my weigh in today and officially lost 4.4lbs, 5 inches, and I have gone down a whole bracket for bodyfat %. It wasn't the 6lb loss I had planned, but he told me the inches lost and bodyfat% more than made up for it. Chuffed to bits.

Then the sod made me do some excercises that nearly made me throw up.

[DaveShoelace]

Job stuff.

I am making a commitement to doing more interviews from now on, I've realised its probably the highest leverage use of my time is to interview poker people. From a writing point of view, as long as you dont ask the usual boring shit they tend to be easy to write and entertaining to read, plus they always get lots of hits. Then there is the added value 'networking' element to it, though I do hate the term networking. Finally I have a new side project which I will be revealing very soon which will be made much easier by doing more interviews.

Anyhoo, the problem with interviewing poker players is I'd say half of them are either late or simply dont turn up at all. I did Moorman the other week and he was an hour late, and I have just done one with Jason Mercier and he was, wait for it, 16 hours late. Thankfully both of them were cracking interviews.

I actually interviewed Moormans Dad after he won the GUKPT (who was on time btw) and that had to be one of my all time favourites to do, because I got to ask him stuff about what a parent thought of their son being a professional poker player.

Making my way through a few November Niners this week hopefully, and fingers crossed I will be interviewing Greg Merson too, whom we have discovered is a big fan of our book.

[DaveShoelace]

Cracking weekend btw, managed to see loads of my mates and family while not being rushed off my feet. At the moment I think my life is about as perfect as it could be, for me, I have no real worries, work and relationships are going fine, all that stuff. The one thing I could be doing better is seeing my non-poker friends a bit more. We have a stag do in two weeks which involves dodgeball and running away from zombies, so that should tick that box.

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Job stuff.

I am making a commitement to doing more interviews from now on, I've realised its probably the highest leverage use of my time is to interview poker people. From a writing point of view, as long as you dont ask the usual boring shit they tend to be easy to write and entertaining to read, plus they always get lots of hits. Then there is the added value 'networking' element to it, though I do hate the term networking. Finally I have a new side project which I will be revealing very soon which will be made much easier by doing more interviews.

Anyhoo, the problem with interviewing poker players is I'd say half of them are either late or simply dont turn up at all. I did Moorman the other week and he was an hour late, and I have just done one with Jason Mercier and he was, wait for it, 16 hours late. Thankfully both of them were cracking interviews.

I actually interviewed Moormans Dad after he won the GUKPT (who was on time btw) and that had to be one of my all time favourites to do, because I got to ask him stuff about what a parent thought of their son being a professional poker player.

Making my way through a few November Niners this week hopefully, and fingers crossed I will be interviewing Greg Merson too, whom we have discovered is a big fan of our book.

As subtle as a fleeting glance between secret lovers.

[DaveShoelace]

Job stuff.

I am making a commitement to doing more interviews from now on, I've realised its probably the highest leverage use of my time is to interview poker people. From a writing point of view, as long as you dont ask the usual boring shit they tend to be easy to write and entertaining to read, plus they always get lots of hits. Then there is the added value 'networking' element to it, though I do hate the term networking. Finally I have a new side project which I will be revealing very soon which will be made much easier by doing more interviews.

Anyhoo, the problem with interviewing poker players is I'd say half of them are either late or simply dont turn up at all. I did Moorman the other week and he was an hour late, and I have just done one with Jason Mercier and he was, wait for it, 16 hours late. Thankfully both of them were cracking interviews.

I actually interviewed Moormans Dad after he won the GUKPT (who was on time btw) and that had to be one of my all time favourites to do, because I got to ask him stuff about what a parent thought of their son being a professional poker player.

Making my way through a few November Niners this week hopefully, and fingers crossed I will be interviewing Greg Merson too, whom we have discovered is a big fan of our book.

As subtle as a fleeting glance between secret lovers.

Yeah I know, I figured talking about worky stuff is more fitting with the title of this blog anyway, but I have to get that main event champ brag-a-ment in there somehow.

[RED-DOG]

Job stuff.

I am making a commitement to doing more interviews from now on, I've realised its probably the highest leverage use of my time is to interview poker people. From a writing point of view, as long as you dont ask the usual boring shit they tend to be easy to write and entertaining to read, plus they always get lots of hits. Then there is the added value 'networking' element to it, though I do hate the term networking. Finally I have a new side project which I will be revealing very soon which will be made much easier by doing more interviews.

Anyhoo, the problem with interviewing poker players is I'd say half of them are either late or simply dont turn up at all. I did Moorman the other week and he was an hour late, and I have just done one with Jason Mercier and he was, wait for it, 16 hours late. Thankfully both of them were cracking interviews.

I actually interviewed Moormans Dad after he won the GUKPT (who was on time btw) and that had to be one of my all time favourites to do, because I got to ask him stuff about what a parent thought of their son being a professional poker player.

Making my way through a few November Niners this week hopefully, and fingers crossed I will be interviewing Greg Merson too, whom we have discovered is a big fan of our book.

As subtle as a fleeting glance between secret lovers.

Yeah I know, I figured talking about worky stuff is more fitting with the title of this blog anyway, but I have to get that main event champ brag-a-ment in there somehow.

It was a thing of beauty.

[DaveShoelace]

Job stuff.

I am making a commitement to doing more interviews from now on, I've realised its probably the highest leverage use of my time is to interview poker people. From a writing point of view, as long as you dont ask the usual boring shit they tend to be easy to write and entertaining to read, plus they always get lots of hits. Then there is the added value 'networking' element to it, though I do hate the term networking. Finally I have a new side project which I will be revealing very soon which will be made much easier by doing more interviews.

Anyhoo, the problem with interviewing poker players is I'd say half of them are either late or simply dont turn up at all. I did Moorman the other week and he was an hour late, and I have just done one with Jason Mercier and he was, wait for it, 16 hours late. Thankfully both of them were cracking interviews.

I actually interviewed Moormans Dad after he won the GUKPT (who was on time btw) and that had to be one of my all time favourites to do, because I got to ask him stuff about what a parent thought of their son being a professional poker player.

Making my way through a few November Niners this week hopefully, and fingers crossed I will be interviewing Greg Merson too, whom we have discovered is a big fan of our book.

As subtle as a fleeting glance between secret lovers.

Yeah I know, I figured talking about worky stuff is more fitting with the title of this blog anyway, but I have to get that main event champ brag-a-ment in there somehow.

It was a thing of beauty.

Thanks

I am, however, struggling to find a way to get into the conversation that it was 2013 One Drop champion Tony Gregg who first recommended the book to him, a month before he won the $10k six max and main event.


Have I been banned yet?

[RED-DOG]

Job stuff.

I am making a commitement to doing more interviews from now on, I've realised its probably the highest leverage use of my time is to interview poker people. From a writing point of view, as long as you dont ask the usual boring shit they tend to be easy to write and entertaining to read, plus they always get lots of hits. Then there is the added value 'networking' element to it, though I do hate the term networking. Finally I have a new side project which I will be revealing very soon which will be made much easier by doing more interviews.

Anyhoo, the problem with interviewing poker players is I'd say half of them are either late or simply dont turn up at all. I did Moorman the other week and he was an hour late, and I have just done one with Jason Mercier and he was, wait for it, 16 hours late. Thankfully both of them were cracking interviews.

I actually interviewed Moormans Dad after he won the GUKPT (who was on time btw) and that had to be one of my all time favourites to do, because I got to ask him stuff about what a parent thought of their son being a professional poker player.

Making my way through a few November Niners this week hopefully, and fingers crossed I will be interviewing Greg Merson too, whom we have discovered is a big fan of our book.

As subtle as a fleeting glance between secret lovers.

Yeah I know, I figured talking about worky stuff is more fitting with the title of this blog anyway, but I have to get that main event champ brag-a-ment in there somehow.

It was a thing of beauty.

Thanks

I am, however, struggling to find a way to get into the conversation that it was 2013 One Drop champion Tony Gregg who first recommended the book to him, a month before he won the $10k six max and main event.


Have I been banned yet?

Could you remind me which book we're talking about here please?

[Tal]

For balance, you have the writing style of Dan Brown and I found your book useful only as a draught excluder. You should be ashamed of yourself

Also, I haven't read it.

(Should enable you to dodge the ban, anyway )

[Acidmouse]

Do you ever wish to branch out of poker media wise? always seems such an acute field and specialist in so many ways.

[DaveShoelace]

Do you ever wish to branch out of poker media wise? always seems such an acute field and specialist in so many ways.

Great question.

At this moment in time, poker is doing so much for me, that I cant pass the opportunities up and hopefully they are creating transferrable skills. I have learned about creating websites, SEO, html, the book publishing industry, I have been on TV and worked behind the scenes of TV shows, done loads of interviews, been to fancy awards shows etc. I'm really appreciative of all that, but at the same time I wonder how long I can do this for? I can't see myself wanting to write about poker when I am 40 or 50, but having said that, this is such a new industry that nobody could envisage that really. Deep down there is probably part of me that thinks 'its just a game' or at least, its a young mans game, and it cant last forever (Of course Tikay proves me wrong, and is genuinely my hero in this industry). 

With my old mucker Jared, we do plan to eventually write a mainstream psychology book, so that could be an inroad into something else. However right now I really am enjoying it more than ever. My 'side project' I mentioned is my own book (ie. with me as the main author, not as the 'with Barry Carter' in smaller writing underneath the proper authors name) and I think after I have done that, I may have to consider either branching out, or committing to poker in more of a 'suit' kind of role.

[BangBang]

As much as I appreciate the recruitment industry, I really do hate being called by those "Headhunters" trying to sell me the world.  I'd rather be called by one of those PPI's companies..

[DaveShoelace]

I'm babysitting my mum's old english sheepdog, so this is the view from my office today

[technolog]

I'm babysitting my mum's old english sheepdog, so this is the view from my office today

<3 Labradors (and most, larger dogs )

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I'm babysitting my mum's old english sheepdog, so this is the view from my office today

<3 Labradors (and most, larger dogs )

That's terrierist.