Too tired to write much right now. But today I got a lot of grind in and I felt really happy about my game. I also found a nice fish at NL400 but it didnt end up very well unfortunally.
Guess I am up to pace if I want to make it to Vegas. Goal is set for 10BI at NL200 and then I go. Results so far:
It feels so great right now! A couple of days ago I did my final lawexame so now I have a welldeserved summerholiday! Since then it has been almost a constant party! It started of thursday night with Dusty, masteroflaw, rednalluk and a lot of other friends at the exameparty in uppsala which was as always a blast! On Friday I moved to Stockholm (I´m staying here for a week) and it started of directly with a party for the lawstudents in Stockholm. Since then it has been a lot of livepoker, football, another party and other stuff.
I started my onlinepokerweek today. If I cant get into the zone this week there wont be a Vegas trip this summer. I felt a bit rusty and I paid of in some spots I shouldnt have, got coolered a few times and overall didnt feel that well about my play. However I only lost 1,5BI after I was down about 5 at the peak. Tomorrow is a new day however and I hope I can play better and book a nice winning day.
I will update this blog daily now as a countdown for an eventual Vegastrip. If I win 10BI this coming week I will go, if I almost reach it I will go too if I feel I play good and if I dont win at all.. then I guess I will have to enjoy the swedish summer as much as I can!
May was bad or nonexistent or w/e you call it. I had a couple of bad days in the beginning of the month and then decided to study and do other stuff instead of trying to grind it back. So I only managed to play 6k hands and ended up with a few BI loss.. Guess May has never been an inspiring month for my poker..
BUT!
Right after my final exame now on thursday this will change!
I will try and kick the summer off with a lot of grinding. Hopefully I can get a bet in with a friend who can get the most hands in during week 24. That would boost my grindingmode and my pokermood tremendously!
Then hopefully its Vegas baby! I have dreamed about it for a while now and it would be so much fun to go there! If its on I guess I will go at the end of week 25 to somewhere in week 29. No exact dates decided yet though.
Guess most of it depends on where I´m going to stay. I want to sleep in a nice house etc, cant do it 3-4 weeks at an hotel!
I talked with pinball if I could sleep at their place but I havnt gotten an answer yet. That would be sick fun since I know atleast Sakii too will be staying there!
If that doesnt work out, do you guys have any suggestions? Do any of you want to rent a house or does anyone has a room/bed etc to spare?
I will be deciding my Vegas-plans sometime in week 24. I´ll keep you posted!
I might be a bit too early to celebrate, but today is possibly a very important day for poker in sweden! In an appeal, swedens "hovrätten" (stage 2/3 in the lawsystem) ruled that a bigger tournament in Texas No-Limit is a game skill!
So far noone but the gouverments casino has been allowed to arrange a tournament (or a cashgame) since it would be "illicit gambling" (dobbleri). However, if this judgement isnt overruled by the Supreme Court, Texas Holdem tournaments isnt considered to be this anymore and thus it would mean that anyone can arrange a tournament without breaking the law!
Perhaps we might be able to have an EPT in sweden in 2011 or someting!!
Cashgame was however still considered to be a game of luck (!) and it will therefor still be considered to be "illicit gambling" and prohibited in an organized way outside the casino. The reason for this was that a cashgame-session could exist of only a few hands and the outcome of those hands would depend on luck. A bigger tournament on the other hand involves a lot of hands (almost 40 hands or more) and the outcome would therefor depend more on the players skill then on the cards the player gets.
I could somewhat understand the reasoning and I like it very much. If cashgames is gambling the winnings is taxfree! I rather call it gambling and pay no tax then call it a game of skill and pay taxes!
Im not a very big fan of european song contest. Its a very long and boring night where its just a handful of songs thats worth listening to at all - and of them its like 10% thats good. This year one of those great songs has reached the contest:
I cant get the song out of my head! Even when Im rehearsing for a musical later this week, Im humming on it Im wondering if me being a violinist has anything to do with it?
I find the game interesting but it seems like I cant get it right when I decide to play. maybe Im a hugh fish who should stay away fom it but it just feels like everyone is soo bad and that I actually have an edge on PLO50..
what I do know is that everytime I play I loose a bunch of BI.. stupid omaha! cant the rig be with me for once?
The last couple of days I have been out so much I havnt had time to write a update. Its been "valborg" so every student in uppsala goes nuts and party a lot the wheaters been excellent too so now I´m a small scrimp
As for poker and april its been pretty bad in everyway. I dont know why, but I played less then 3000 hands (which is kind of a new record for me). The last day I also tilted a bit (and played bad and so on) so I lost a lot and therefor ended april down 4BI (800$, only played NL200).
I dont know how poker goes in May. I hope I can find time to play but Im not shure at all. I guess I have to make time for it if I shall have the slightest chance of going to vegas this summer.
Things that can ruin poker in May:
First of all Im going to play in a musical called "Christina von Duvemåla".. its gonna be like 4-5 concerts in the middle of May and I guess it will take some time since the first rehearsal is in next week so its pretty close to the actual concerts..
Here is my favourite song from the musical:
Im really looking forward to this!
Second I have to study alot for the exam in the beginning of june. Have been pretty lazy this semester...
Third: The wheather is always nice in May which is never good for the motivation...
Guess I have to move in at Dustys so he can motivate me to play more I am alreay longing for next semester where I am taking a break from law school to study some economy courses and finally get in a lot of hands
have had a terrific weekend when masteroflaw came up to Uppsala.. a lot of party and a real fun time! however.. the end destroyed me somewhat
After the partying yesterday we ended up at my place for some 3handed poker... I made a somewhat decent win considering we only played 1/2SEK but it didnt end until 9.30am.. gaahhh! a really bad time! my day is totally fucked up (I kinda just woke up, 8pm) and school begins in like 12h... guess I need to set rules so I am in bed before 6am when school is still running.. some hours of poker is not worth it when I spoil the whole next day!
did my first session in a long time and poker feels real fun again! I played solid, surprisingly, since I didnt think I would do that after this long stretch without poker.
I dont know how I have done it but I havnt played a single hand of poker this month . Just became finished with a big essay in school so now thats off my back. Guess I will probably resume my gaming this weekend, probably tomorrow since its partytime tonight! Must get into pokermode soon if I want to go to Vegas this summer!
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I have dreamed about it for a while now and it would be so much fun to go there! If its on I guess I will go at the end of week 25 to somewhere in week 29. No exact dates decided yet though. 
Im wondering if me being a violinist has anything to do with it? 
