Thought id do another entry as im not bothering going to bed tonight so I have plenty time on my hands , no point with sleeping as I have to be up for work in 3 hours so id rather stay up and I didn’t get up until 3pm today as I stayed up to watch the boxing.
I played 75k gtd. On pacific tonight and got in the top 30 bit disappointed not to make ft but blinds were getting big and I had to start making a move it was folded round to me on button and I pushed with K 4 and the SB called with JJ and that was me gone, so feeling a bit sick but $450 win so its not too bad currently playing a bit of cash and playing second chance Sunday on poker stars but don’t think ill be in this much longer im down to 800 chips so im looking for a hand to stick my chips in with.
Hoping to get decent few hours in at the tables this week due to not playing much lately but not sure if ill be playing tomorrow ill probably be straight to bed after work so should be fresh and ready for a game on Tuesday.

Hi anyone reading this, as you can see its been a couple of weeks since I updated my blog due to a few pc problems, my old laptop has been playing up and therefore ive been unable to play much poker so last week I bought a new 1 that arrived and I though great switch this on and im ready to go, but unfortunately that wasn’t the case due to windows vista been installed on it I had lots of compatibility problems, I have managed to get all this sorted out now so im ready to restart the challenge.
I have played little bits of poker here and there but haven’t got any real results to report as ive just been managing an hour here and there im about $2k up , ive also withdrawn $3000 from my account to pay for new laptop and to get my car through it’s MOT, so below is my new balance and the challenge has restarted, im playing 75k gtd. On pacific tonight and will probably play a little cash and maybe a few STT’s.
I have also decided updating my blog daily is not possible due to working full time then playing poker until midnight or later most nights, so I will be updating once a week unless I have anything to report.

new start balance after withdrawl - $30,000

Thanks for reading
TW

Update

Well im finally back had a nightmare this week unable to get on the internet, problem is sorted now thankfully as ive been having poker withdrawl syptoms, i have managed to get the odd hour in here and there using a friends computer but i didnt win anything, will update the blog later with all the details, good luck all its nice to be back

Day 9 - A Losing Day

Well my 1^st losing day of the challenge has arrived got off to a decent start on 2/4 tables was about $150 up after 20 mins then took a nasty beat with Aces on a flop of A 2 7 with 2 clubs on board player raises and I come over the top he calls with 56 clubs and rivers his flush do that was my $400 but in gone I then had a break for an hour and came back and 4 tabled 2/4 couldn’t hit a hand when I did I couldn’t hit a flop I ended the session after 2 hours just over $100 down. So after been on such a good streak ive had a setback but im not too concerned as ive still had a very good week going to call it a night now and get an early night and come back tomorrow refreshed and raring to go.

Start Balance – $31128

End Balance – $30590

Profit/Loss day 9 – $538-

Total Profit – $5590

DAY 8

Start of the 2^nd week has been really good with my most profitable day of the challenge so far and ive broke through the 30k barrier, I started off playing 2/4 I sat down with $400 and left 90 mins later with $1800 I didn’t have to play particularly well to get to that as I was a card rack for a spell of about 20 mins in the middle of the session when I had AA twice, KK and QQ and they all held up which was nice I decided that was enough of the cash tables for today and decided to enter 25k gtd. On pacific I shouldn’t have bothered though as I was out inside 10 mins when my straight walked into quads, so I fancied another hour of poker and I 4 table some 2/4 for about 75 mins I lost a buy in at 1 of the tables early on when my KQ flush walked into A4 flush ouch! I reloaded and continued to play 4 games I won a couple of $200+ pots to get myself back level then near the end of the session I had AK with a 10 J Q flop player pushed all in with JJ and I win a $400 pot I ended the session about $500 up. I then played a couple of STT’s with little success but all in all was a good day and im very happy with the way things are going.

My target was $200 a day but so far into my challenge im averaging just over $750 so ive got to be very happy with things.

So if you’re reading this you’ll have heard music playing while you were reading ive just found out how to add music videos to my site I hope you like it.

Also just want to say good luck to Cottlad.

Ok early night tonight got a long week at work next day off not until next Tuesday.

Good luck

Start Balance – $29349

End Balance – $31128

Profit day 3 – $1779

Total Profit – $6128

DAY 7 - End of 1st Week

Well that’s the end of the 1^st week and I have to say its been a good week considering my target for the week was $1400 and ive made over $4k and if only I could keep this going ill have this challenge done in no time but I’m not silly enough to think every week will be as good I haven’t had a losing day yet and I know I will have 1 sometime so when I do I just have to keep losses to a minimum and to keep my discipline.
I haven’t really had any big luck this week but I haven’t really suffered any really bad beats either, I feel my game is in pretty good shape atm and my concentration has been good I think its down to keeping my sessions shorter than I normally would I have been taking regular breaks and I think its helped me a lot.
So onto today I was up early again and started on the 2/4 cash tables I was playing 2 tables for 60 mins than sat out while I took a 5 min break I came back and played 3 tables for another 60 mins I then logged off for a few hours and had another 2 60 min sessions in the afternoon all my sessions were profitable today which was very pleasing.

I also played a couple of sats today for the Sunday night MTT’s I tried for the Sunday warm up but failed to qualify for that I could of bought in direct but I don’t really like laying out $215 for that tourney, I also entered a $10 sat for the 75k on pacific which I managed to get through so that was my only game this evening, ive just been knocked out as im typing this I came 41^st out of 950 for a profit of $327 quite pleased to get as far as I did really as I hardly had a hand all night and kept alive with blind steals.

I’m off to bed now as I’m back to work tomorrow lets hope I can have a good start to the week tomorrow night would be nice to break the $30k mark.

Good luck

Start Balance – $27979

End Balance – $29349

Profit day 3 – $1370

Total Profit – $4349

DAY 6 - Grand National Day

Hi and im almost at the end of my 1^st week and its gone pretty well up to now only tomorrow to go then that’s 7 days into the challenge.

I got up at 7am this morning went to the paper shop to get my paper for the grand national then had some breakfast and opened up my 1^st cash table of the day at 8am I played around 2 hours and came out $20 up on the 2/4NL I just couldn’t seem to get anything going and most of the tables seemed to be playing pretty tight I then had a break for a few hours and came back in the afternoon where I played 2x90 minute sessions I came out the 1^st session $900 up playing 2/4NL and 3/6NL but gave a bit back in my 2^nd afternoon session to finish the day $750 up. I was then going to have a sleep and go to the casino but I wanted to play aussie millions Tournament so I decided to stay at home and play that, 84 started and I finished 12^th so that was no good, there were no real hands to talk about although I did hit quad tens to double up but I was still short stacked after that I was pretty much card dead most of the tourney and when all folded to me on the button I decide to push with 55 and get called by ace suited who hits his flush that’s the end of my tourney, (good luck idi0 take it down mate J).

I also played another MTT but didn’t last past the 1^st hour in that, I was going to have an hour on the cash tables but im feeling a bit tired with been up early and I have said to myself I must only play when im feeling fresh its all part of my new discipline routine.

Well I don’t know if I want to talk about the grand national I backed 4 horses in the race 2 of them fell at the 1^st fence the other fell at the 6^th fence so I was left shouting for McKelvey which gave me a run for my money and maybe if it was another 100yds to the finish line I might have won.

So probably be up early tomorrow and get a couple of hours in the morning and then a couple of hours sleep in the afternoon ready for the 75k gtd. And the poker stars Sunday Warm up.

Start Balance – $27301

End Balance – $27979

Profit day 3 – $678

Total Profit – $2979