I Must Be Dreaming

The past month has exceeded my expectations in many ways. I work towards goals and opportunities and they become a reality. This month many amazing things have come to fruition and it is still surprising when they actually happen.

Jousting

I went to a Jabout fight night and it was stellar. They had Muay Thia and Shoot Boxing and both were great to watch. There were amazing athletes and warriors performing. The females fought with passion and heart and then the guys displayed raw power and tenacity that was astounding. We sat ringside and you could hear and almost feel the impact of the kicks and punches.

I decided to go straight home so that I could go and support the pennant teams early the next day. There were pretty amazing girls all around at the event, on our table and between the fight rounds. I am sure that all had a great time out tonight at the after party. I am staying focussed at the moment and working real hard in training physically and reading plenty of books to keep sharp mentally. It is hard to say but at times I am introverted and other times extroverted. I guess it just depends on what is important to me at the time.

Quick Update

Semi Finals of Port Macquarie Avum Singles $1500
Lost one pennant game to Wentworthville Leagues in season play-offs to miss out on state play-offs.
Cash games have been running and I am winning, lost biggest pot last night but still made profit for the session (2.7k pot, 3 way PLO all in, got rivered after having 35% equity and flopping top two, 50% to win on flop, 75% on turn). Up about 8k live and down $800 online in last 2 weeks.
Making plans for Coffs Harbour bowls tournaments, Park Beach Ford Open Singles and Coffs Master pairs with Niel Burkett.

The inches we need are all around us

Tony Hachem Bounty Event 5 ANZPT Sydney

Latest Score;
12.6k
2nd to
Michael Levy
273 runners

I played well early but nursed a medium stack through the middle stages of the tournament. I remained patient and when we got down to the last 60 I could have easily thrown away my chips but kept it together. A table change triggered an opportunity as I jammed and was not called almost 10 times. As the bubble burst I was the shortest stack with 11k after my A9 lost to KJ with 30 left.

My table changed and I jammed 4 times and was not called. The 5th all-in I had QQ and the guy folded pocket 10's (apparently/he said), the 6th all-in (re-ship) against the same guy I got it in with AK Vs AQ. Winning this put me upto 110k in chips. From then on with 18 left I ran hot and managed to reach the final table with over 200k in chips. More on the final table in the next post.

At the tournament I met Brad Bower 'Baza88'(Dubbo)and'Eee Tee'(Wellington) http://www.eeeteekid.com both online multi table tournament players that I really respect.

I have been doing very well in cash games before and after the tournament. The Omaha games have been getting big and No Limit is always pretty sweet. I want to go on a holiday soon to either the Philippines or Vegas. I did some shopping the other day and bought some new clothes and went for a massage. We are getting a new car replacing my brothers 69' Valiant and my Astra. Uni is almost over.

We are undefeated in our bowls competition. I was leaning towards a Taylor Bowls sponsorship but now with David Holt at Henselite I definitely think he is someone who looks after his players and whom I have had a long-standing bowls/business relationship with.

We have Mr Neil Burkett as our new club coach. He is well respected and played over 500 games for South Africa. He is probably the perfect person for the role.

At Club Merrylands we claw with our fingernails for that inch.

God Mode

Some people insist on calling it luck. People wait for change when they should actively be creating new avenues of possibility. Today I caught myself thinking negatively about a situation which could have cost me 30 more minutes on public transport over a 30 cent discrepency.

The cashier had run out of change and instead of worrying or fuming about the situation I quickly ran for the train as I felt waiting would cost me more than 30 cents. I was able to snap out of the mode I was in during the morning as I was hit by 3 or 4 instances where I had just missed or the timing wasn't right for buses, taxis and other plans for travel. I made the express train just in time.

I had realised or percieved that I was not flowing through life in my normal state. Some people call it God mode. You know these people in life for whom things seem to work out for. These people are not gifted something in life other than a positive attitude and a will to make it happen.

I see seemless transitions during my day as the norm not the exception. I was really challenged after a night on the tables where I would rate the result as avarage despite getting my money in as a 75% favourite 3 times and losing a few hundred. We can let past events in our life over shadow some future endeavours. I think we can shape the future by setting realistic goals for real life transformations.

On Saturday in bowls after being 15-1 down against our round 5 opponents we managed to claw back to a 20-19 lead with 8 ends to play. We continued on our winning way extending the length of the ends and our lead to win by 15 shots on our rink. Our whole team is hoping to win as many rinks as possible throughout the Pennant season.

We found a way to win. We changed our strategy. We never lost our focus, we believed in ourselves and the team. I think by having a team working together and believeing in one another it pushes us all individually to work harder. We really didn't want to let the team down and we were pretty confident of an overall victory. This enabled us to take tactical risks which payed off. We scored 33 shots to our opponents 2 over the last 10 ends.

Pennant Update

After our first round win against Northmead we were promptly advised by the Sydney North West Zone 10 organisation that we would be stripped of our 6 points and that they would be given to Northmead. This was due to an error in player transfer form processing.

Needless to say we are undefeated after 4 rounds and are sitting close to the top of the table despite losing our first round points. We have only lost one rink in 4 games and our side has pulled together and knows the job we have to do.

When You Want Something You Have Never Had You Must Do What You Have Never Done

This idea struck me as a way to instigate change. I think we need to learn the lessons from our past and move forward. I generally believe that if you are successful in one area, some of the skills in your first area of success are transferable to future projects. New specialised learning and mentoring from experts in the new field is also required. There are just some things you can not teach yourself!