December recap
Poker-wise I don't have much to report for the month, I took nearly 3 weeks off of poker and work as my parents were visiting. I realised I haven't taken this long off of poker since I started playing full time a couple of years ago, so I guess I was due for a holiday. I played a little under 200 games and won roughly 600$.
Despite barely having played any poker and having worked very few hours it was still my 2nd best month of 2017 profit-wise thanks to cryptos. I started buying some altcoins last month and two of them really took off (4000% in XRB & 3000% in XVG). I'm far from an expert on this stuff but with the current craziness the potential gains are huge, especially now that I'm already freerolling and have locked up some decent profits I intend to try and take advantage of it for as long as it lasts.
So in the end with everything combined I ended up nearly 10k in december, making it a great ending to 2017.
The highlight of the month however was when my girlfriend found a snake in our trash, which turned out to be a Black Cobra. The nearby security guards called in some kind of snake rescue team which managed to catch the cobra in a bottle after struggling with it for 10 minutes.
I've seen several snakes around my neighborhood but I never quite realised some of them are potentially deadly
2017 Recap
2017 Has been a bit of an odd year for me with the switch to a 'regular' job halfway through. It's not a possible outcome that I had even imagined at the start of the year, but so far I'm still very content about it. I'm still not very used to 'work' meaning anything else than playing poker, but I'm getting there and it's a journey in itself.
Ofcourse having moved away from playing poker fulltime it doesn't make sense to look at my initial goals for the year too much, but here's a quick look at them anyway:
[ ] Play 12.000 games
Obviously didn't get to this. Ended up with 8600,
which I'm content with
[ ] Have an average ROI of 33%+
Just 8.5% for the year
[ ] Have an 8+ evBB total for the year, regardless the stakes I play
[ ] Go to the gym at least 3 times a week when at home in Bangkok, no excuses.
Did this for the most part when I include swimming, but definitely skipped a few too many sessions
[x] Eat healthier, cut down massively on sweets, chocolate, sugar in general.
My diet has definitely improved a lot, especially since moving to Phuket.
I still eat way too much trash but it's improved a lot. I don't seem to be able to get fat no matter how much I eat, which sucks for my motivation. But compared to my diet pre-2017 I consider this one a success.
[x] Read 25 books minimum
Nailed this one
My year to date graph:
2018
My current MTT contract runs until the 15th of february, at which point I'll be on my own assuming I don't have any makeup.
With my current situation it's no longer possible to play 4/5 MTT sessions per week given the time constraints it puts me in. I'll have to move to a variant that allows me to get up whenever I want, so I'll probably give husng's another go.
I probably won't be updating this blog anymore either as there simply won't be enough for me to update on. I'll be doing a ton of travelling and be occupied with work for the most part, and I don't really know what to expect from poker in 2018. I hope I can manage to keep it as a fun hobby that earns me some decent cash on the side.
Thanks to everyone who has helped me out and/or followed me for the last couple of years, hope you all have a great year!