Call me Pon Mickleson

So much has happened since my last post, I have been taking golf lessons and quit poker to join the PA tour...well not quite but hopefully that will be my next blog post in a few weeks! Firstly some bad news, I have indeed posted my first losing month since January 2010. I lost just under $800 in July but it was expected as I was doing a large amount of shot taking and challenging myself whilst working on my game. The good news is that I believe this month helped me massively and improved my game and made me a much better player. Also I had a fantastic month in August to make up for it and get me and my bankroll back on track! I put some money on micro-gaming and now play on there as well as pacific. I started playing 0.50/1 euros and slowly worked my way into 1/2 as i got used to the site and the new software. It took time but eventually I got consistent results and was able to withdraw all the money i initially deposited and leave myself well rolled for 1/2. My plan is to get lots of volume in and build my roll further and start to shot take again at moving up as I will have much better purchase in terms of game selection with two sites now at my disposal. While on micro-gaming I have been entered into 2 monthly freerolls, basically a sit n go normally with 5-9 players. Obviously I won both of them as I'm a boss ;) So on the whole things are going well poker wise. I have had a tough start to September online and can't seem to get consistent winning days going but i'm sure if I can get more volume in then the results will come. It seems like every session I lose like 5 buy ins straight away and then grind it back over a few hours. Got to keep playing and I'm sure things will improve. Here is a graph of my year to date in big blinds:

In other news a young gentleman we all know and love did a big win. Bobs won the UKIPT Brighton and top prize of £70,000, the tournament started with 603 runners. He's almost as big a baller as me now! I was on holiday at the time and gutted I couldn't be there for a boozy rail. Many people have seen a big improvement in his game since he moved in with me and the results are now proof. Jokes aside, my pokering mentor bobs is a very intelligent poker player and I it was only a matter of time before he took something down (and won a comp). I was absolutely buzzing to hear about this result....what an absolute boss! Here's a link: http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/ukipt/2011/chris-odonnell-wins-ukipt-brighton-and-a-085190.html

Congrats to Wayne (AKA mini J Bug) on the birth of his beautiful daughter Ruby-Rose, we are all looking forward to meeting her in the future, newbabyLAD! It's unfortunately sad times as we say good bye to the beaver and Nicky. They are off travelling and then going to Canada to live afterwards. We will miss the nights out that never end and the beavers lovely little face! We are all off out tonight for his leaving do, expect it will be a kind of low key event and we will all be tucked up in bed by 11pm.....NOT! I'm expecting carnage, there's even some big names on the way down to Southampton for it tonight...and Edgy, oh James...LOL!

So my new golfing career is in it's early stages but i'm starting to make big improvements. I'm really getting into it and have been hitting the range hard, I want to start playing on the course a few times a week and keep improving. I have been going to the gym everyday with the muscle shark Fez Jishlock and we are doing some decent training at the moment with 5 sets of 5 reps on everything and seeing some big strength gains. The frustrating thing is that I haven't played football since the end of last season. I've been to see 3 physios and turns out I have a sportsman's hernia and need to have an operation before I can play again. I'm gonna get on the NHS waiting list and see how long it will be before I can get an op!

Finally, twitter has gone into shock recently with the arrival of @TheBIgJPizzle. If you're not already following me then you are missing out, get me on there! You might not want to follow wastemen such as @jjmullan1 who has been known for such tweets as 'Double espresso please mam... let's get these blue eyes open' and well...we will leave it at that, that's enough for one day. Also if you haven't seen the film other guys it's worth a butchers 'Thanks for the f-shack, love dirty mike and the boys!' Until next time, so long gay boys!