Sorry for the absence

Wow it turns out i've been really rubbish at updating this. As it happens I've been running a blog on a different site, Blackbeltpoker.com.

At the beginning of April I had a conversation with my friend Nik Persuad who convinced me to do this 'grading' for his new company Blackbelt. It entailed 50 poker players grinding out the small stakes for 6 hours a day, 5 days a week (with 1 workshop per week). The first week was NL50 or PLO50, the second NL100/PLO100 and the third NL200/PLO200, and had to be played a minimum of 4 tables (or 2 for heads up). The best 8 of the 50 would get a $4k/month sponsorship package and $20k to play about 5 WSOP events. To cut a long story short I've had an immensely stressful and hard working month in which I managed to complete the 4 weeks (which only 31 players managed to do) and turn a small profit (which less were able to do). In the end I finished just shy of the top8 and qualified for a $1500/month sponsorship package (which I have dually declined). Obviously while it's a compliment that someone wants to spend $1500 every month on my poker ability, I'm very disappointed as I certainly thought myself in the top10 players of the 50 and therefore had a great chance of getting the better sponsorship deal.

I suppose that's about all I have to say as this grinding has literally been my whole last month. I played mtts every sunday (my day off) and keep on making final 2/3 tables of majors but can't seem to get that 5 figure score breakthrough. At least now I'm much more prepared to grind than I ever was before.

Thanks to those of you who have been supportive and berated me for not updating my blog. I love you all very much.