Why Bother!!

Well I have no excuses for not posting in awhile. I have just been lazy to be honest. After a year now of blogging, I have to say I find it to be tedious sometimes. Overall its been good though, to vent some anger, rejoice in some wins and generally share some good times.

I got my exam results and did very well, so I'm happy bout that. Don't know how I did so well considering I spent the last 3 years studying poker!

Ok so onto the Poker!! Well I took a chunk off Party about 4k and decided I would grind some live. I played the €1100 European 6 max in the old Jury's Hotel at the start of June. I sold a bit of action to some friends after failing to win a ticket in the 2 satellites I played in.

No good for me there unfortunately, I had a decent enough table draw and was playing quite well but never managed to get going. I always seemed to have the best hand and be constantly outdrawn, which made for a sharp exit. I was pretty down but I was feeling good about my game. I went straight home and got into a $700 20 man WSOP main event package sat. I got down to the last 3 and was pretty short. I played quite tight, opting for the re-steal instead of trying to steal from the button. I still had some fold equity in my short stack. With a few resteals I was back in. I was soon HU and at a 4-1 chip disadvantage. I played pretty well. The lads were watching over in Jurys and they were of the opinion I played too tight. I disagree to some extent, I certainly wouldn't be known as a passive player. I chipped up to a 3-1 lead. Then I played one hand poorly and was back at a 3-1 disadvantage. I disconnected and came back with only a few blinds. It was heart breaking. That would of set my summer up nicely.

Running bad happens. Simple as that, and when it happens yo just have to ride it out and try not to lose more by tilting. However what i cant explain is that it always seems to happen at the worst possible time! Just when I needed to run well before Vegas and the Summer....Boom I'm in hot soup. Played some live and constantly dropped buy in after buyin. I played the PLO game in the fitz and was up 1500 and then got involved in a pot with the Coo for all the bananas. I was a good favourite. Probably about 67% and we ran it twice. We chopped the first and he won the second! Pretty normal to be honest.

I came home for awhile to Galway. Well its where my parents live. Ive spent the last week surfing everyday and working hard on my golf game. I hope to get down to scratch soon. I am hitting it well and enjoying the time off.

My lifestyle was so horrible for the last month. I was out grinding till 6am and then up at 4pm everyday. Missing the Sun and everything else. Its not so bad when you are winning but it really is soul destroying when you are losing!! Been out drinking alot lately too and thats usually 2 days recovering before I have the focus again for poker.

Anyway my plan is to go back to Dublin next week and start grinding again. I don't think I'll go to Vegas this year now. It will realistically cost me between $8-$10k and I can not afford to come home broke!

Anyway hope everyone is well. Sorry for not posting in awhile, Hope you guys are still reading!!