So many things I should have blogged about in the past months .. but never got 'round to it. Been on holiday to Thailland in the meanwhile, got stock in India for a bit, played very little online poker but did achieve some nice results .. etc etc.

I'm still planning long blogs about a bunch of subjects .. But for now, just a little post to let you all know I'm still alive and blogging.

Coming soon .. more ;)

After my last decision to stop cashing out every time I make some nice cash at the poker tables, but instead move up in stakes, I have not been doing so great. Granted, I have not been playing a ton, but progress seems to be really slow. I'm not sure if something in the games changed, or I was previously just running really well (in over 500 tourneys). But I seem to be experiencing a lot more swings.

In the past I would break even on most days, or have a slight win or loss. Then occasionally I would win $100 or $200 on a good day. Now I seem to go up $100, down $50, up $80, down $60, up $100 again, etc etc.I have increased my BR fromthe $300 I started again with to around $800, but it's not going fast enough !

I think I should give up on playing turbo tournaments since there is so much gambling to be done near the end of them. I have also decided to stop shoving blind vs blind on the bubble without a real hand. I bubbled so many times lately where people are making crazy calls with Q high against me. Maybe my table image is not as tight as I think it is ... or I'm playing against crazy degenerate gamblers who just don't give a F.

Whenever I play normal (non-turbo) tournaments I seem to do really well in them. They have enough time to wait for a real hand and double up, instead of always being on the short stack and looking for the small edges where you can shove profitably. Of course you need more time to be able to play these tourneys ... Again that time issue !

Sometimes you have to sell your soul for free stuff :)

That's why I had a few Pokerstars branded posts lately, so I would get a free $22 ticket to the S.C.O.O.P. of 2010 ! The Spring Championships of Online Poker !  I'm registered for it right now and it's going to start in about 12 minutes. Hot mug of coffee ready, I'm here to kick ass and chew fishcookies ! And I would be all out of fishcookies if it weren't for the 24000 other players that just signed up for this one ! Normally I don't play $22 tournaments, but more around the $5 range and the occasional $10 tourney. I still think I have decent edge in this field though since loads of people just randomly join this to enjoy the sheer size of the field and there are a ton of people satteliting in for under a buck.

I'm playing great the last few days, and ready to play a lot more in the upcoming week since I will be staying at my in-laws in Denmark. You got wifi ? I got Full Tilt Poker :) Hoping to run the bankroll up seriously this time ! No more cashing out to by TVs and iMacs !! On to the big bucks for real this time :)

I'll keep you all posted on my run in this event. I'm going to play my A-game for sure.