A swift couple of pints

Just before my friend and I left the pub last night (I was buying the drinks; the penalty of having friends even poorer than me) the jukebox began playing 'Achey Breaky Heart' by Billy Ray Cyrus. I guess its a good way to empty a bar. Strangely catchy tune though. and it made me think of the late Bill Hicks and his idea for a TV pilot that, to my knowledge, never got made.

I am playing good poker. I am pleased with the way I have picked myself up off the floor after that disastreous episode of alcoholic tilt, and have more than tripled the bankroll I had left in the past five days without playing many hours. My new-found tournament approach - there's no great mystery, just a willingness to take more risks in pursuit of a big stack - yielded second place in a two-table sit and go yesterday. I played nearly faultless again, I reckon, but then tanked the heads-up by seeking to finish it off too quickly when in fact the blinds didn't demand it.

Today's action saw me win a couple heads-up freezeouts, go out first hand in another two-table event (walkin' back to Houston, oops) , continue playing well despite losing in Pot Limit Omaha until eventually being nicely up when the table broke up, and finally post a reasonable win in a quick half-hour of PLO8. I say finally, I guess there may be more later.

I read the Moneymaker book, and would recommend it. It isn't earth-shattering but is a nice easy read and a lovely story set against he and his wife's debts and such. I think I preferred it to 'Positively Fifth Street' by McManus which I found somewhat over-written (and over-rated).

Now I'm into 'Super System 2' and am enjoying it. If nothing else there's a ton of pages there, manna to a very fast reader like myself.