Originally posted on 10/09/2017:

I bet the rest of the forum doesn't get what a bunch of nice guys we have in this section.

Not one person took a shot at me (and I kind of think I deserve it)


@Jake... I got a bit of a shock this time. Especially the weight. That's over 300lbs you see there. *eek* Not going to be able to stay happy and live on salad and seeds, but once back home I plan to seriously eat healthier and drink less between now and New Year and reassess then.

Honestly not at all afraid of dieing. But don't want to have a horrible final few years (as my father did) or be a burden on my kids due to stupid controllable health issues around weight.



Re the Breaking Bookies shirt. When walking into casino it was weird how many people looked at me to read the shirt, and when I sat at first table a guy asked where he could buy one and another said it was a cool shirt. Kudos to SBR. Did a good job with that breaking bad IP


Played 4 tournies so far this week. Opening event, Teams event, Deepstack event that I min-cashed in, and a Freezeout event where I think I was the first person eliminated. Have a 6 Max event on today.

Need a decent win in one of the last 3 I have planned so I can justify staying longer to play the Main Event next weekend.

Have to say, whatever happens, I really really enjoy these festivals with a week of daily bigger tournies. Really hope i can get good enough to afford to keep doing it. (on the verge of being there but still have work to do)

There is another festival in Sydney in November, then the WSOP tour in Sydney in December and Aussie millions in January. Will sit down and decide if I really can do this after those. If so, I want to spend 2018 traveling the world playing poker. Manila, Macau, Monaco, London, Berlin, Vegas.

There is the Asian Poker Tour finals on in Noumea (kind of close to Australia) in a couple of weeks too. If I have a big win this week, will treat myself and act like a big timer and go and play that too.

Can anyone tell that I am kind of excited about this?




Here's my stats so far. Counting since 20th June when we I played the Rio Daily Deepstack in Vegas with our poker mixer group. Thats when I truly got the bug and decided to get serious and try to learn enough to go back next year and play a bunch of bracelet events. So I have 52 weeks to get good enough and am trying to maximize my learning/experience every week where I can.

Weeks: 17 of 52
Tournies played: 38
Avg entries: 184
Avg Buyin: $235
Avg 1st prize: $9448

Avg Finish: 18.5
Final Tables: 17
Cashes: 10
Avg Cash: $819
Biggest Cash: $3840

Total Winnings: $8188
Total Buyins: $8923
Running total: -$735

I've spent another $1800 on 3 trips to Melbourne (by far the best place for poker in Australia is why I travel from Sydney for it) as well, so overall I am around $2500 down so far.

But my average result is keeping me encouraged. I've bubbled for a couple of larger prizes and get close so often it's starting to get a tiny bit frustrating but I am sure I will break through soon and that wont matter any more.

Thanks for letting me share. I feel kind of alone on this journey and you guys are part of what keeps me enthusiastic and confident and wanting to keep working at it.