A New Year

I'm sorry to be yet again opening this new post with the same sentence. I really should post more blogs. It’s good that I keep hearing that though. At least people are reading it. I don’t like posting about mundane life sapping poker beats and stories. Basically I will only indulge my ego by writing this drivel if I feel like I have something amusing to say or obviously to cowardly and most importantly slate somebody. Hope that’s ok with you?

Well I played the UKIPT leg in Galway and despite playing pretty solid for the first 7 levels I managed to get my KK in against some fishheads AA. I never fold KK pre flop, just not good enough. Starting to re think that now though, not the fact that I am not good enough, just that it is possible to make the fold every now and again. Was a good weekend though, won a bit in drunken cash games. I think the key to poker is to be a winning drunken player. It’s very important and not talked about enough in my opinion. If you can master that then playing sober should be a doddle. Parky and others do a great job. Won't bore you with more details of the IPC because it was ages ago and I didn’t do much other than drink and terrorize people at cash games.

I didn't play much over the holidays and New Year. I had some personal stuff going on and made the good decision to not play while I was about as emotionally stable as Whitney Houston. At least that shows I'm growing up. This new found maturity has led me to make the effort to play a lot less over the next 6 months while I finish my degree. I will still play a small bit and try and play all the major Irish tournaments. I was out with O' Shea on New Years Eve in Galway and he fair laid into me. John does look out for me and I know he thinks I have talent. Talent doesn’t mean much to him though; he gave me a roasting on my bankroll management etc. I know I have come on here time and time again saying I've changed and that I'm all focused and all that stuff. The reality is that I don't think I want to play for a living after college. I'm happy playing for fun and winning. There are very few guys that are making it in Ireland, managing a normal personal life with poker. I respect the likes of Doke, Big Mick, O Shea, Marty, Reesy and some others. There is a reason they are who they are though. What they do is not easy, it’s not for everyone. Maybe it’s not for me. Maybe I will have the maturity and control someday to do it; maybe I'll have to out of necessity. Who knows but for now I'm happy being happy.