One year older, I find myself here in 2010 wondering where all the hoverboards and flying cars are.
It seems Back To The Future lied to us, but no bother as nonetheless there are plenty of exciting developments on the horizon for poker and also hopefully myself.
I've never been one to plan anything too successfully: much of my life has been a hazy stumbling back and forth between one interest and another and 2010 will doubtless be no different but there are a few things that are likely to be going on.
Number one, I will be moving back to Brighton, having resided in Hampstead, West London for the last six months since returning from my summer sojourn to Vegas.
Hampstead has its charms, but is perhaps a lilttle too sedate for my tastes and I have missed the hustle, bustle and vibrant environ that Brighton's eclectic community provides.
I will definitely miss the company of Dana, Jen and Snoopy, my housemates for the last six months. We have spent many fun times together over the last few years and I'm sure I'll be seeing plenty of them over the next year but I have enjoyed having them as housemates and it will be sad to leave them behind.
By the end of January I should be in the thick of things again down in Brighton so watch out kippers because I am returning shortly!
Come June, I expect I will probably be covering the World Series again with PokerListings. This has yet to be confirmed of course and you can never take anything for granted but it would be good to spend my third summer in a row at the WSOP mingling with the greats of poker (and the group of reprobates who I have got to know well over the last few years: PokerListings' cerebral member Owen Laukkanen, the bald, tubby, pugnacious and amusing Marty Derbyshire, cool as a cucumber Matt Showell, surfer boy Arthur Crowson and perhaps Ed "The King" Sevillano - depending on his plans - my Canadian colleagues and friends( apart from Ed who's a yank, but the good kind ;))
Last year PokerListings rented out a huge house with a cracking backgarden complete with swimming pool, inbuilt trampoline and basketball court.
The basketball court was particularly popular, sadly being a shortarse and more familiar with rugby and football, I took daily beatings at the game from the PL team but I started improving toward the end and I want revenge this year!
Here's a picture of the house...
I also want to replicate the success one of my articles had. It was the first time I had written something on the net that complete random people came up to me and congratulated me on so a quick plug for the Cristal Balla story - feel free to comment on the story btw as the more comments I get, the more I can give my colleague Marty Derbyshire the rubdown as we have a comment war going on.
It seems petty but you really can support the UK by leaving a comment on the article lol. Let's beat those Canucks!
The Cristal Balla
So that should be June to August sewn up.
Other than that I intend to grind poker hard, make some effort to do more creative pursuits as well - I have a few ideas lined up and of course hunt down and suck up every bit of kipper equity I can.
Anyway poker-wise I feel I am playing pretty well and due a decent result soon, but it would be remiss of me as a blogger not to complain about the bad beats a little, so I just wanted to say PLEASE CAN I RUN BETTER!
Nonetheless to spur me on and remind me things aren't terrible, here is a little brag post showing my form on sharkscope as a little inspiration to me to play more (and play better on PokerStars where I suck.)
Good luck and best wishes to all for the new year.
