Gone Daddy Gone

Well the luck is well and truly gone.

Today I lost TT vs flush draw all in on the flop.
TT vs J5, high blinds with 456 on flop
AT vs Qx Jt9 flop, high blinds
76 VS 55 FLOP 743 ALL IN.. 6!
FLUSH OVER FLUSH
TOP PAIR VS INSIDE STRAIGHT DRAW ALL IN!!
AA vs Qx .. flop QQx
AJ vs K9 AIPF
Ended up - $198 and on SUPER FUCKING MONKEY TILE... FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!!!!!

Edit: more incredible bad beats.. -$328 :)

Friday

Well I worked on reports after school... I was SO tired...came home and didn't want to play poker. We went over to Andrew's house and hung out while the boys played.

Then I came back and had the energy to play a couple of games which I won. +$57 

Thursday

Well one Thurday down...one to go.. woohoo

I'm still way behind in my reports etc.. but I'll get it all done by Monday.

I'm completely sick of teaching.. bleh.. but one day and one week to go.. I can hold on... maybe need a few videos to get me and the kids through.

Made $119.. winning 4 straight.. had some luck in one.. all in at only 36% and sucked out
for the win!

Tuesday

Tuesday, my least favourite work day has passed. Only one more to go!!
Woohoo.. only one more Tuesday to go... I love that idea!

Anyway not much to report. It rained heavily. I didn't have to teach 7.02 as they had an exam, and I only had 8.07 for 25 mins.. that's really a bonus.

I got home and made $113 and now I'm off to mark a few more essays. I'll finish the grade 8's today. the grade 7's tomorrow, and the grade 6's Thursday/Friday. Sat will be the reports, and I'm done!!

Ended up going $155, which is awesome for a Tuesday!

9 More Days

Only 9 more teaching days to go! Freedom is so close I can taste it.

I went to the park with the boys/Iin, Andrew/Ambar. The boys had a great time.

I made $40 on UB and $5o on Stars. I just couldn't get going on UB.

Still $90 is OK. I don't know wether to count the Stars money as I'm saving for a shot at $100. So far on the $50 I've been running OK... roll is up to $500.

UFC 84

Just watched UFC 84, except the Penn-Sherk fight, which isn't up yet. It was a great event with everyone I wanted to win, winning.

Wandy destroyed Jardine
Lyoto beat Tito
Sokoudjou stopped Nakamura
Thiago Silva stopped his opponenet after nearly being knocked out by a 
high kick

It was a great event.

So far I'm up $71 from poker.

Played again and now am up $129.. more to come later I expect.

Ended up $200 :)

Blue Belt Benny

Had to fight blue belt benny today in a match at the end of BJJ class. Luckily I survived in his guard long enough to catch his arm in a seat belt. I passed guard.. passed to side control and then mount.. all without releasing the trapped arm. From mount I ratched his arm up to get the submission. :) A proud moment.

I won $136 on UB after a slow start and also $50 on Stars.. so $186 which is fine.

3/3

Played 3, won 3. Poker is rolling along nicely! I'll have to remember to look back on this when I start running like shit again. It will happen.. it's just a matter of time. But for now it is summer in pokerland, and I'm running well.

I'm going out with my Singapore BJJ mates tonight for my farrewell dinner. I think it's very nice of Kon to organize it and for them to come along.

So far up $85

Straight Flush!

Lost with a couple of unlucky hands today. Full house J8 on 388TJ board, to a straight flush!
Also lost to set over set. Both are rare and unlucky losses.. but that's poker.
Ended the first session -$10

Came back for the second session and ended up +$124. This is a great result really. I played a lot of games, but $124 on a weekday rocks.

I'm thinking about moving up to the $100's on Stars one day. I know I've failed in the past when I move there, but really Ithink that's I focused on qualifying for higher VPP status. 
This meant I played too many games, got burnt out, went on tilt.. If I stuck to my short session method I could average $200-$300 a day. Time will tell.

13 More Days

13 to go.. I still have a heap of work to do.. but I can't wait for it to be over.

Today I played my longest game ever on UB.. deep into 100-200 blinds. I sucked out about 4 times to eventually win it.. WOOHOO... I'd written the game off several times when I finally miracled my way to the win.

Made $116 which is always a pleasing result for a weekday. May is going very well so far.

Edit: played again and won 2 games quickly...+$174...very nice for a Monday!!

Ziggy's Birthday

Ziggy turned 5 today. This birthday was so different to the last. He REALLY wanted a cake and candles, the whole deal. So we did that, he had a smile a mile wide.

Slam came back after 2 days at Hathatm's place. He had a ball of course.

Started off the day by going -$107 :(  

Then I took a break and ended up -$52 after the second session.

Another break and after the third session I was up $42. Then I played one more time to end up $99

All Good

I'm feeling pretty happy. I slept about 9 1/2 hours, which I needed.
I won 3 games straight to make a nice $85 dollar start to the day.
Tomorrow is a public holiday and I have 3 weeks of work left before I'm back in Bali and fulltime. 
Also Niko Han has opened a BJJ school in Bali, so I'll have quality BJJ on my doorstep!
Slam is staying another night at his friend Hatham's house.
Ziggy is happy at home playing by himself.
Life looks good right now!....But not as good as it will look in 3 weeks!!!

Edit: Second session I won another 3 straight. So far +$171 for the day after winning 6 in a row.
:)

Played again later and finished on $230. Would have played more but my mouse died :( They seem to last about 3 months these days.

200

Won  $200 today. Made a great start going up $139, but couldn't really capitalize on it, only winning $61 in the later sessions. Still $200 is a good day.

Watched the IFL which had 2 kneebar finishes.. I have to learn how to pull those off. I also went out to Orchard with Iin and Ziggy. Slam is sleeping at his mates place (Hatham).

15 More

15 More work days to go. 15 more times I have to wake up early and whore myself to David Perry. Admittedly he pays me well for teaching, but in just 15 more work days (3 calendar weeks) I'm FREE!!!
Made $100 today, won a $50 on Stars and 2 $30's on UB.

Yech

Lost $205 today! Played way too much without a break, of course. Played tough opps and of course wasn't lucky. Meh.

Came back from the park to win 3 straight! Why can't I walk away when I'm losing and take a break??? Talk about no learning curve!

Won 2 more later to end up down $65...If  only I hadn't put myself in this hole.

Meh

Luck was good early then went SOUR. Ended up -$103 after I lost to a bunch of 3 outers.
Ak vs 76 all in.. lost
AQ vs A3 all in.. Lost
Middle pair higher kicker vs middle pair no kicker.. all in.. lost
flopped 2 pair vs a flopped set
AQ vs Q8... Q on board.. 8 on river
KK vs A6. all in .. A on river

Came back for a session after BJJ and won 4 straight.. so total profit for the day $1.. so far!

Played again and ended up +$52.. better than a kick in the arse. At one stage I was down $278

Stars

Won about a $100 today, $50 on Stars and $50 on UB.

UB was so dead, it took forever for me to get a game. I heard from Jeff, which is cool. He was towed to 3000 feet. That would be way cool.

Not much else to report. 4 more weeks to go!

Hot Stove

Anisah snapped at me today. I'd done very little to piss her off, but she'd been to a funeral for a relative the day before and was still stressed. Naturally I copped it :(
Later in the day she explained her work stresses, most of which came from her working hard and Lennan being lazy. She apologized later in the day and now we are all happy happy joy joy.

Got home from work and made $141 at poker. This is a great effort for after school on a Thursday :)

My money arrived in my BCA account which is simply awesome news!

4 more weeks to go!

Running Better

Won 4 straight after work and ran well.. winning when I was ahead and even sucking out once when I was behind. So THIS is what it feels like!
Made $114

Average

Made $51 yesterday and $59 today ($5 bonus cleared). I'm in the middle of cashing out to my BCA account, so I hope that goes well. You never can tell with Indonesian banks. Often they like to sit on money just because they can.

Today I got home after table tennis ECA and fell fast asleep. Slept like a baby for an hour at the foot of the bed as Slam played computer games and Ziggy slept. I feel good now, but no doubt I wont sleep later tonight. I can't wait for the next 5 weeks to be over so it doesn't matter when I sleep!

$4

Well today I made the grand sum of $4. Played too much, tilted too much... lost too much. Came back in the end.

Jits Success

At last I've started to improve a bit at BJJ. Today I caught Sean in a sweet omoplata and Justin in a figure 4 armlock from the half-guard. This is the first time I've ever caught these two. The last two weeks I've also caught Hongjie.

Finally after months of training I'm starting to show signs of improvement!

Tough

Well the last few days I've been running like shit, bad beat after bad beat. But I've stayed tough and not gone straight into tilt-monkey mode. I'm proud of myself for that, it would have been so easy to lose 100's. In the end I managed to make a profit for all 3 days.

Went up $42 today, then went to jits and the Botanical Gardens with thw boys. Ran really well when I got back to win 4 straight. +$161

:)

Managed to lose AK vs 66 all in and later when I had 1k JJ vs A2.. I'm just struggling against the luck today.
Next game TT vs 77. Raise.. reraise, flop 832.. all in.. turn 7.
A9 vs 33 A on the board catches a 3 on the river after a HUGE turn bet.
Top pair vs flush draw all in blinds high.. hits flush.
Ran 77 into JJ with high blinds
AQ into QQ
88 vs K7 AIPF
KK vs AJ AIPF.. I kid you not!
KJ vs A4 on same game.. of course I lose this :)
JJ INTO QQ AIPF
JJ INTO A4 AIPF  RIVER A... FUCK ME
TOP PAIR VS FLUSH DRAW AGAIN!!
3 FLUSH DRAWS IN A ROW.. ALL IN .. ALL HIT...FUCK FUCK FUCK
88 VS AT AIPF.. AT FLOPS
88 VS 84 FLOP 532 ALL IN.. SPLIT
KT suited vs J5 :(
TT into KK
JESUS!!
A5.. board J55 huge turn bet.. river FUCK!
TT vs 85.. board 846 All in. river 7
QQ vs A6 AIPF.. CATCHES 2 6'S
I've run OK for the last few weeks and now I'm just getting REAMED.
FLUSH VS 2 PAIR.. ALL IN ON TURN.. FILLS ON RIVER
A8 VS  J7 AIPF :(
+$92 and wondering what it takes to win at this game.