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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

::poker::

Alright, this month has been better.. currently standing at 3300 sgd for this month. its ok.. not tht bad. at least i still can save some money(yes, i expect to save some money every month). not much cause this month i spend really lots and my birthday is gonna come in a few days time. so yeah.

i have jus read my fren's blog and he was saying me earning outrageous amount of money from poker( my monthly average income from poker would be around 6000 - 7000 sgd excluding my other income).. but the truth is, i am one of the least paid for my profession. well, thats the truth man. imagine those others, well they really make lots MORE.. so you know, there is nothing to be proud of actually.

there are many reasons. firstly, i suspect they are playing at a site(party-poker) with lots of beginner players. and thus easily taking all their money away.2ndly if i can jus stick to my 5-10 tables, i would be up around 9000 sgd for this month(i lost total of 2500 usd at the 10-20 tables this month and not to mention the amt of money i lost while playing when i am drunk!) 3rdly, and i seriously agree, i am not tht good yet.

have been re-reading my poker books again, section by section. seems like everytime i read it, there is so much to learn from it.


::blog::

well, this is to my dear frens around me. i jus recieved a messaged from my fren that how after all these years what we have been through, i am still like one of his best frens to date(HIS HIGH). i am v.touched by what he said. and to me, personally i feel that he is one of my closest frens to date too. we dont really meet up often and stuff, but somehow, you know the bond is still there.

and as most of the readers know, i have my own money-lending business(5% a month for interest), i cant help but feel really bad when i charge my frens for interest. i have debated myself with this and discussed this with my another fren who does this line too. the question is whether to charge your frens interest. well, we couldnt come to a conclusion, simply because the only people we dare to lend are the people we trust and the people we trust are normally the people that is closest to us. so if my dear frens reads this, perhaps this is not a good enough excuse, but i'm sorry.

you know, when i meet people these days, or some of my frens, when i told them that around 3 years ago, there was a time, i couldnt even afford mentos(yes, its the sweet that you eat) cause if i were to spend that 80 cents, i wouldnt have enough for the month, they wont believe. but yea, i was tht broke. broke for a long time. thats a fraction of my life story. =)

goodnight people.

Andry at 3:43 AM

Friday, October 21, 2005

::poker::

man, this month is real real bad. had a big tilt yesterday and lost 1300 for the day. today's much better, won 400 sgd. this month's profit is really below par.. currently stands at 2K sgd. left 9 more days to go.


::blog::

got some hiccup with my plans for my birdnest MLM scheme. apparently i cant get out of singapore while i am still serving my govenment bond.. until i get my PR... so yeah.. it sucks, gotta think of some ways to get around this. my frens has been "pressuring" me about the birdnest mlm scheme, and its been delayed so long. we'll see how things go, i'll give my dad a call tmr.


let me see, well, recently i've been to clubbing, and supposely there was this girl trying to hit on me(from the way she behaved and stuff, you jus know it) and i was not really interested. i would say, never been before was i been supposely hit( alright, there was, but you know those times were when i was really young, and i dont really count that). well, i do feel a certain amt of guiltyness when i didnt response to her advances and it keep me thinking all night after i came home and i feel so awful, and i really sort of try hard not to talk to her, but you know, its jus difficult when she keeps talking to you and you dont wanna be rude and talk to her but at the end of the night, you really still have to make your stand and you know, get away from her... i was totally not interested but she kept coming, so i think i was really doing all sort of things to "escape' her.. and i dont know if she knows i am trying to avoid her with all the crap stuff.....why i feel so awful cause perhpas i did inflict emotional damage with the way i acted?. of coruse i am nobody to her, but imagine this, you are at the club, all your frens are being picked, and you are the one that is not( its like totally unwanted)... bet it gotta hurt somewhere and hopefully i didnt done any... you guys know what i mean.............. and now i can understand a girl for ignoring you and stuff. i mean, if you are talking about a hot chick with so many guys after her, does she has to reply all of them? i mean, i think its fair if she act bitchy( not "make use" though) to get rid of the unwanted attention. i mean, it happened to me once, and i was like, sad to say, running as far as i can. and can you imagine those girls with thousands of guys after them. of course they have to jus be "dao" and ignore them right. =).... man, if i was a girl, i would be a super ultra bitch man, i dont think i can handle all these unwanted attention.


i am a male bitch.. hehe. =P

Andry at 5:09 AM

Thursday, October 13, 2005

::poker::

well, i have been a good boy for yesterday. got home real high from clubbing, but restrained myself from playing poker(why would anyone wanna play when they know they SURE will lose $$$). as usual, dont know for fuck, woke up at 930 am.. cant sleep and yes, i am pleased with myself again, i didnt play poker.(look at my last article to know why i am so glad).Played some computer games instead.

i guess being a professional poker player, you must have a certain discipline. without it, you cant be a winning player. but you have to go through many steps of your career to refine yourself, thats where experience comes in. i guess i have learnt my fair share of experience in my short career.

i am pretty amazed at how i am actually up 2000 sgd for this month. for the first 3 days of this month, i was down a total of 3400 sgd. for me to win back 5400 sgd in 10 days, its quite something. i amaze myself at times. somehow i always pull off all these bad days and put them behind and ended up a winner at the end of the month for the past one year(yeap, people says its gambling, i disagree as i have not had a losing month for the past one year)

was thinking of taking a shot at the satelite(a progressive ladder system) to win a trip to the carribean cruise playing with a few top professional poker players with 1st prize of 750K USD dollars. one my of fren did win and he is going this january, but who am i gonna go with if i had won? it sure will be a good trip as if i am not wrong, carribean cruise is one of the best cruise in the world or so i heard somewhere.


Andry at 6:14 PM

Thursday, October 06, 2005

::poker::

got home really high yesterday, played poker, lost 400 usd in 1 hour.. woke up at 10 am(dont know for what) and play poker and lost another 600 usd in 2 hours... went back to sleep.. woke up this time round fresh, won back around 500 usd....

makes me wonder, if only i can limit myself to play poker during my optimal stage, i would be up so much for this month.. still down 1000 sgd for this month.

apparently, i dont know why, but poker these days the variance is high.. its like, you either win/loss in 500 usd region.. this has been the trend for the past few days. never has it been like this, i dont know whats the difference, but yeah.. nowdays, i make or lose over 1K a day. thts some variance for you!

::blog::

man, i spend hell lots yesterday, bought a gucci wallet for 460 and a blazer from guess for 290... and clubbing and dinner at marche..i think i spent close to 900 sgd... its fucking crazy man.. need to relak jack balls..


nowadays when i go club, i always end up footing most of the bills. i am starting to get sick of it. i mean i dont expect my frens to pay as much as me, but you know, at least like abit or something.. but sad to say. it doesnt work that way. i dont mind once in a while, but not everytime man.. its.. i dont know... whatever man. seriously, you should be in my shoes to understand what i am going through.

Andry at 11:22 PM

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

::poker::

Though its early of the month, man, i have been on a roller coaster ride. on the 1st, i 38 usd for that day, the next day, i lost 820 usd in 2 hours... and on the 3rd,i lost 1200 usd in 1 hour.... all these cause i am playing a higher limit "10-20" instead of my usual "5-10"... decided to play 5-10 instead, as perhaps i am still not skillfull enough to play 10-20(although personally i feel tht i have what it takes, but then my bankroll is not enough and it will easily cause me to tilt once i lose a few small pot as the stakes are double of what i am playing.

thank god moving back to 5-10, today i made a total of 1700 sgd. so still down like 1500 sgd for the month of october, but i think i should be able to do it.. gonna take a break from pokering and continue at say 1 am...need to work my ass off.

::blog::

lets see, i bought an ipod nano like 2 weeks ago? ... what else.. hmm... oh, went to pokerclub on friday. its located in sentosa; sijori resort. its cool. very professional the tables and stuff. the stakes they playing, man, makes me wanna pee. but in the end, me and my frens opened our own table 5-10 the blinds(ok, this should be under poker category)... its nice was up 500 sgd a couple of hours, and then we changed to POT limit and i lost all my profits.. ;)... the place was nice and the people there, they treat us really well with all the drinks and stuff.. would love to head down there more frequent, but they seem to lack of players there.. so we'll see how... ;)....

Andry at 12:04 AM

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