Not had too much to talk about down to the fact ive not played over the last seven days. Im more than happy with my game but the P&L doesnt reflect this and with an ever increasing workload at BB finding good times to play just isint happening, so on a break and it could be a long one. So to the weekend and back to the live arena, this time the Circus Casino at star city Birmingham, yep its that time of year again.........dream team weekend! I  came down a day ealier this year, mainly to see some of the guys and girls for a glass or two of beer (hotel bar sold out of lager by 17.00!) and also to play in the £1 buy in £10 re buy event, yep big time live poker is where its at!!! Along with dreamteam regulars like ever young Rich "Lizard" Clarke (seriously this fella by my records is 54, but i swear he gets younger every time i see him, now offically looking 27), the ever pissed Gavin "gavinalways" Powell (time to stop drinking m8!!!) and of course the Guernsey invader Tim "fire doesnt knock" Falla we were joined by a couple of poker legends, Paul "actionjack" Jackson and 2009 poker legend Jamie Aikenhead, nice to see money hasnt changed these two cheapskates!!! As we all know Jamie has had the unreal year of final tabling the WSOPE main event, poker million final table and of course the WSOP main event 2009, well if you want to know how he managed this, this conversation may answer of few questions: "strum let me buy you a drink, i owe you a few", "whys that" i reply..........." for teaching me everything i know about poker", his words not mine, and the more i think about it the more agree!!!!!!! The piss taking little *&£^^%&*&!!!..................i took the drink anyway! Unfotunetly this being Star City there are no 5 star hotels so im boxed up in the rather featureless, in room diningless, bathless, souless but exspensivless Bluberry hotel, not to my liking but its got electric and running water so can really complain! So next job is to go find food (the breakfast here does not pass my test as food) and then its time to focus on the big one, the one, the only DreamTeam final!!!!!!!! The year of the strum starts here, bring it on fish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!