Two weeks since my last post and the reason being im back in a world that requires a 30 hour day. First of the builders are still on site! To be fair to the fellas its nothing to do with bad planning or lack of effort on there part, like a lot of things this year the weather caused major delays, even I can see that its pretty difficult to fit a new roof with 10 inches of snow covering everything. The missus is also adding big time to my work load! Again not too much can be done, I think her being 32weeks pregnant gives her good reason to not really want to be rushing around Sainsburys etc. Then of course there’s the daily work load that is being a badbeat mentor, and then finally the small matter of playing poker. Again its been a fruitful time for me at the table with another very healthy $7k upswing, another $20k plus month on the way and the year of to a flyer. Im also chasing a $5k badbeat rake bonus seat. As of last Friday I needed to rake around about $2500 to win the seat, this has to be done by the end of January. By my reckoning I need to play about 3,000 hands per day to hit the target which on the current number of tables I play works out about 8 hours play/ day!! I think im on target but ive got to admit im feeling the strain! Still im sure once ive hit the target and used the bonus to pay for the Irish open I’ll feel its all been worth it, just not to sure the missus will see it in the same light!

BTW, the £1 bet with the daughter that I wouldn’t have a drink for 40 days fell apart last Saturday as I couldn’t resist a nice bottle of red! Still  14 days isn’t a bad effort, infact im pretty impressed with the will power I showed to last that long!!!!!