The poker world (or a small subsection of it pertaining to those who play online at PokerStars) is in arms over speculation that a change in the way rewards will be given at Stars is about to happen. There is a tonne of misinformation and uninformed opinions floating around and I’d like to give my … Read more →

December is upon us. For most December is a month of merryment; you get a nice break from the working grind, Father Christmas comes to visit, perhaps there’s a big new years eve party and a chance to make resolutions (that are almost sure to fail) for the year ahead. Depending on what part of the … Read more →

It’s been a couple of weeks since my last update (too long!) and much has happened since then. I’ll be making a few posts to make up for that but as the title hints, this post will center around wine. I’ve recently acquired two awesome wine fridges and rekindled a love for wine that has … Read more →

Someone posted a comment on my last entry asking for me to pick out a big or interesting hand and then analyse it, so that’s what this entry is all about. Now a “big and interesting” hand is certainly open to interpretation but I decided that “big” would be anything where each player puts in … Read more →

It’s been exactly a month since my last poker update so now seems like as good a time as any to make a progress update. Overall things have been going well — there was a 2 or so week breakeven period where nothing was working but that’s nothing out of the ordinary. VPP-wise I am … Read more →

Before anyone says anything — yes, I understand the high amount of lameness in the title of this post. Nevertheless it shall remain. For those of you not in the poker world, or those in the poker world who live under some monstrous rock, the Aussie Millions is Australia’s largest poker event and occurs in … Read more →

The topic of avocado as a key ingredient came up in The Lounge Food Blog on 2p2 recently (which then proceeded to descend into a heated debate over bacon vs avocado. Bacon won, of course). A recipe posted was for grilled mahi mahi with an avocado melon salsa and damn if it didn’t look scrumdiddlyumptious … Read more →

It’s been a while since I’ve posted a poker update in here so I thought it was about time. Ever since getting back from the US/Mehico I hit the ground running and was in ultra grind mode. The first few days getting back into the rhythm was a little slow and then for a solid … Read more →