Finally it's going to happen: I'm moving to Malta. After thinking about it for almost a year now and having some heavy doubts to move or not to, I got in contact with someone who moved there 3 years ago.
When he explained all the advantages of the island, it wasn't a hard choice after all.
I will be moving in september, just have to see if I can make it the first week or that it will be at the end of the month. I still have some things to do over here before I can completely let everything behind me.
I'm very excited about doing it, it has always been my dreams to move to a different country, where the weather is a lot better than here, live on (near) the beach and do all the things I ever wanted, like diving, swim with dolphins, learn how to surf and a lot of other things.
I've always been a guy who loves the beach, the sea and sunshine (who doesn't? ;)) but over here it's almost a 2 hour drive to get to the beach and then off course the weather is always a question mark.
As of now we're in the middle of summer and it's only 19 degrees and raining. In Malta it's 29 degrees with only a few clouds.
In winter time the temp will drop to about 12 degrees, which is a lot nicer than the -10 we get over here sometimes.
A lot of famous poker players are also settled in Malta, so maybe I can get in contact with one of them and talk some hands and strategy :D
woensdag 18 augustus 2010
zondag 15 augustus 2010
Weekend break
So I took a break from playing poker this weekend, since I had a bachelor party again and I needed a lot of rest since I haven't slept very much the past week.
The bachelorparty was fun, we went waterskiing which looked quite simple, but really wasn't.
After a few tries I finally managed to keep standing, the next hard part was to turn. The first time didn't went well, I took the inner curve which left me with zero tension on the rope, so I slowly sank down. The second try went a lot better, taking the outer turn but I the rope got pulled out of my hands and I hit the water with such a decent speed I hurt my leg pretty bad so I was done for the day. We went for a nice BBQ with a lot of beer so that was a lot of fun as well. I had a huge headache due to all the water I swallowed through my nose during waterskiing, ended up in bed around 3am and slept till 1pm the next day.
Didn't have to do anything crazy again. When the bride had her bachelorette party, we as gents had to wait a while before they got home. Because waiting is extremely boring, I came up with a jackass type of idea which had a stapler in it. We made some props and I had to staple myself:
So for the resting part it's going ok again, I just have to manage to keep it up now for the rest of the week.
I have to work pretty hard to get my 4K games in for this month which will be hard to reach, especially since my girlfriend has a 3 week vacation so we'll be doing some stuff toghether next week. I planned a 2 day trip to the sea since the weather will be good and it's a great excuse to get some rest and clear my mind from the everyday home stuff.
Haven't done a lot with my forex account and won't be doing much the next week either, since my girlfriend and poker will be more important. Did manage to get my account up to 17K just before the market close last friday.
Poker wise I finally managed to get my ROI up a decent percentage, so with the proper amount of sleep and rest I hope I can manage the same ROI and move up in limits.
My tiltcontrol got a lot better, I care much and much less about beats etc, if the play was correct I'm just happy regardless of the outcome.
The bachelorparty was fun, we went waterskiing which looked quite simple, but really wasn't.
After a few tries I finally managed to keep standing, the next hard part was to turn. The first time didn't went well, I took the inner curve which left me with zero tension on the rope, so I slowly sank down. The second try went a lot better, taking the outer turn but I the rope got pulled out of my hands and I hit the water with such a decent speed I hurt my leg pretty bad so I was done for the day. We went for a nice BBQ with a lot of beer so that was a lot of fun as well. I had a huge headache due to all the water I swallowed through my nose during waterskiing, ended up in bed around 3am and slept till 1pm the next day.
Didn't have to do anything crazy again. When the bride had her bachelorette party, we as gents had to wait a while before they got home. Because waiting is extremely boring, I came up with a jackass type of idea which had a stapler in it. We made some props and I had to staple myself:
So for the resting part it's going ok again, I just have to manage to keep it up now for the rest of the week.
I have to work pretty hard to get my 4K games in for this month which will be hard to reach, especially since my girlfriend has a 3 week vacation so we'll be doing some stuff toghether next week. I planned a 2 day trip to the sea since the weather will be good and it's a great excuse to get some rest and clear my mind from the everyday home stuff.
Haven't done a lot with my forex account and won't be doing much the next week either, since my girlfriend and poker will be more important. Did manage to get my account up to 17K just before the market close last friday.
Poker wise I finally managed to get my ROI up a decent percentage, so with the proper amount of sleep and rest I hope I can manage the same ROI and move up in limits.
My tiltcontrol got a lot better, I care much and much less about beats etc, if the play was correct I'm just happy regardless of the outcome.
dinsdag 10 augustus 2010
Looking into forex
Poker is going well this past weeks, running pretty good in the 18 mans. I managed to get a bit better with my tilt control so that's helped a lot, and I got better in bubble play, which is also a lot better for my profits.
Decided to take a look into the forex markt and started off with a demo account. I deposited $10K and after a few days I'm up 5K. Will be doing some testing and will be learning the basic strategies for the next 3 weeks before I will deposit some real $$ to check if I can trade profitably.
Had a very nice weekend with my girlfriend, we went out to catch the movie Inception, which was ok, only a bit long. Before we went to the movie we went to the casino, just to take a quick look if there were any players I'd used to play with in my live poker days. Turns out there weren't many, a lot of new faces. Maybe I'd shouldn't have stayed away for almost 2 years :)
I didn't play any poker, but a little blackjack and the casino was nice enough to give me a little profit so they've paid my night out :P
This week I will be looking for some living space and a car. I hate the fact that I don't have any decent transportation at the moment so I really need to get one.
For the weekend I have another bachelor party. we'll be going wakeboarding and afterwards it's BBQ time so that's gonna be a lot of fun.
Decided to take a look into the forex markt and started off with a demo account. I deposited $10K and after a few days I'm up 5K. Will be doing some testing and will be learning the basic strategies for the next 3 weeks before I will deposit some real $$ to check if I can trade profitably.
Had a very nice weekend with my girlfriend, we went out to catch the movie Inception, which was ok, only a bit long. Before we went to the movie we went to the casino, just to take a quick look if there were any players I'd used to play with in my live poker days. Turns out there weren't many, a lot of new faces. Maybe I'd shouldn't have stayed away for almost 2 years :)
I didn't play any poker, but a little blackjack and the casino was nice enough to give me a little profit so they've paid my night out :P
This week I will be looking for some living space and a car. I hate the fact that I don't have any decent transportation at the moment so I really need to get one.
For the weekend I have another bachelor party. we'll be going wakeboarding and afterwards it's BBQ time so that's gonna be a lot of fun.
vrijdag 6 augustus 2010
Finally starting a blog!
So I finally decided to start a blog.
Have done so in the past but now Im sticking to it. I know I've said that before but it's time to get something going.
Am playing the 18 mans at the moment which is going ok for now.
Monthly goals are to improve my game a lot off course and to get to 4K games a month.
Got a coach to help me improve a lot quicker than when I'd do it on my own and to be honest I need someone who can tell me I'm a donk or doing something wrong every now and then :)
Still searching for a new place but can't find anything that I like right now. I was offered a very nice place in Malta but since my girlfriend disagrees on living there that's out of the question. So still looking, same thing for a nice car. Since I like cars very much, I'd like to have a decent one. Disadvantage of that is the price for a used one. Under 10K it's just hard to fine one that'll please me. Need the transport though, but I think it's just not worth it buying a cheap car, have very high costs on it and postpone my "dreamcar" due to the fact I had to put a lot of money in the cheap car if that makes any sense.
Well that's it for now, and although no one is reading this blog yet, thanks for reading!
Have done so in the past but now Im sticking to it. I know I've said that before but it's time to get something going.
Am playing the 18 mans at the moment which is going ok for now.
Monthly goals are to improve my game a lot off course and to get to 4K games a month.
Got a coach to help me improve a lot quicker than when I'd do it on my own and to be honest I need someone who can tell me I'm a donk or doing something wrong every now and then :)
Still searching for a new place but can't find anything that I like right now. I was offered a very nice place in Malta but since my girlfriend disagrees on living there that's out of the question. So still looking, same thing for a nice car. Since I like cars very much, I'd like to have a decent one. Disadvantage of that is the price for a used one. Under 10K it's just hard to fine one that'll please me. Need the transport though, but I think it's just not worth it buying a cheap car, have very high costs on it and postpone my "dreamcar" due to the fact I had to put a lot of money in the cheap car if that makes any sense.
Well that's it for now, and although no one is reading this blog yet, thanks for reading!
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