i like short shorts

Actually I like long shorts

You know those ones that college kids wear. I’d wear them every day if I could – it gets a bit blowy when it gets under 18 degrees

I think I’m turning into a sun freak. I know this is the oldest point in the world especially if you’ve spent a lifetime in the U K but nice weather makes such a massive difference.

The point is I want to get up and see blue skies and sunshine. And I want to walk around in flip flops and my ruddy long shorts. I thought I wouldn’t retire overseas until at least 40 but as the Jan/Feb/Mar car crash speeds towards me with all of the promise of a massive 3 month turd pie the temptation to leave these emerald shores (emerald must be a shade of grey right?) and set up a finishing school in Mauritius for aspiring poker broadcasters grows ever larger!

Had one of the weirdest situations I’ve ever had playing poker a couple of nights ago. I was ready to finish my session as I was tired and done when this amazing situation developed. A series of big pots meant that these 2 uber fish sitting next to each other had mega stacks. One was playing almost every hand and raising, the other was playing almost every hand and calling and they were properly horrible.

Their stacks were now huge – one had 7 buyins the other had 11 buyins. And I had the god seat, sat immediately to their left with 2 buys ins and a big appetite. It would have been morally disgusting of me to go to bed and leave them with their money.

So I made a new plan. I closed down all of my other tables, moved over to the laptop, collapsed on my sofa and put on a favourite movie.

I spent the next 3 hours ‘chilling out’ and half dozing stirring to answer the ‘bink’ when I had a hand. Turned out my plan was a little bit genius. I won 6 buy ins from my two new best friends – could have even been more if one of them hadn’t sucked out in a big pot at the end and run off having escaped the inevitable clutches of bustedness.

It was an interesting session / night. There’s a fine line playing cash poker between being disciplined and quitting when you planned and not walking away from profitable spots. If I was playing for a living I’d find it a hard balance but the other night was a no brainer unless you hate money of course because this was like finding it lying in the street.

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