Since my holidays started I have been back into training and focussing on getting ready for a series of tournaments along the East Coast. I played in a few zone events and went out pretty early but played fairly decently. I got my gym program renewed at the Institute of Sport and did well in testing today at Homebush. I feel really fresh and excited.
In poker I had a few ups and downs and near misses. I have built up 'W' dollars on Pokerstars (special events credit) to enter the Queensland ANZPT event. I could buy directly in or qualify in the satellites online. Last week I had my first really huge swing where I realised that I am stating to deal with reasonable sums of money. I reached some goals including playing 5k SNG's and 10k profit since Christmas.
My Uncle has traded on the stock market for a living for over 15 years and he set me the task at Christmas to reach 5k profit in poker online and to then see him. So I got to 10k and and I am going to use some money to develop my skills on the market. My Uncle and Aunt got pretty lucky recently and won a car in a raffle! They only bought one $50 ticket. It was a Mercedes!
At the start of July Alan, Mat and myself went of a bit of a road trip to Shelley Beach. The place that we stayed at was a six bedroom, four bathroom behemoth right on the golf course and near the water. I didn't even know what to expect of the place, as Alan had not been before to this place was a pleasent surprise. His neighbours rent it out and at this time of year it was empty. All we had to do was pay for cleaners to come in after.
We quickly entered into a series of bets on random items, activities and things. This all began when we were on a bowls trip to Adelaide last year and we bet on how long we thought a hotel staffer had been working at the same hotel. It was a lot of fun and has quickly built up to plays that lead us to asking random people questions about themselves to see who wins.
One particular series I got crushed where we asked a girl if she still lived at home. We also made a bet about who had bought her the braclet she was wearing. I bet on her or her parents purchasing it (as it looked rather expensive) but her friend had bought it for her and I lost. Nice friend. We have got to meet so many people doing this, and mostly people arn't purturbed by our prying. The more random the better.
By the time we got around to bowls bets I had lost at golf (giving Mat a 15 shot start over 9 holes). Mat grew up on a golf course and it came down to the last hole. Mat rebounded off the club house on a short par 3 and still ended up 10ft from the hole. He sunk the putt for birdie and sunk my chances of even tying.
By the time we had made it back to the house it was dark. On the way home we had procured a Monopoly board from K-Mart after being inspired by the McDonald's promotion on at the moment. I was obviously very determined to make back some of the money ($200) and a pair of Lee jeans that had been won from me when we started up the game of my life.
I was extremely focussed and everything flowed. I seemed to land on the right spots and set up pretty early with some properties. I made some good deals and had a corner plus the railways monopolised...Eventually Alan made a huge play loaded up the dice and landed up on my land busting him! I finally won a bet!
The house was equipped with a darts set and a foosball in the garage. We did not spend as much time as we would of liked. There is a definite return trip in line. We went out to a few clubs and we all had a great time. I think Mat has spent a considerable amount of time travelling between Sydney and the Central Coast in the last few weeks...
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