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In for a penny
Phantom66
Member Posts: 5,542
Been kicking around in the background for a bit - but getting ready to get going again.
I have decided to embrace the new poker rewards scheme as an inspiration for a challenge.
I will deposit up to £50 on or before the 1st June and see how I get on.
No targets cash wise - just use the weekly rewards and this blog as an incentive to get some volume in and then see where I get to.
From my £50 start I will attempt to stick to a diet of £2.20 6max and £2.25 PLO8 DYMs (spot the difference -sort it out sky)
I will play £1.10/1.15 tourneys as well as I expect I will need them to hit the minimum 50 points as the £2's dont run as often.
I might throw a few micro MTTs in as and when I can, but will definitely be steering clear of cash.
The £2.20 token if I reach 100 points will be a free buy-in for me - assuming the FRs are at 7pm I am not sure if I will be able to play many but if they are free then even a sneaky phone tourney, half-concentring trying to nod in the right places while Mrs P watches a soap and talks to me about her day, will give me a shout for some extra prizes.
edit:Now it's a £2.30 token and they can be accumulated for use over a 6month period that is a fantastic incentive to keep going with it and bink a big one!
Apparently Mrs P doesnt want to go the caribbean for her 50th (oddly that is still 29 years away anyway) so the pressure is off and maybe if I do succeed I can use profits to watch some Championship footie next season. (I think she did say something about Mauritius and I hope I didnt nod at the wrong time and give her the impression that was on).
edit:Changed the thread title to highlight my interest on Spinup tables. As you will note from this OP I wasn't planning to play cash - and when I did (up to p3) I had been losing. As I say on p4, when the site changes in any way you can either join the moaners or try it and see. Like with the rewards I have done just that with spinup cash. Short term results are good and from about p6/7 I start posting more about spinups.
It would be great if a solid reg had a go at diarying their exploits in them but in the meantime I will fill the void with some musings.
edit2:spinups suspended for now.
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Pleased Preston did the business for you.
Your wife has expensive holiday tastes! Guessing a week in Skegness as a compromise wouldn't go down too well?
Didn't know at the time, but my Dad wasn't an overly happy flier, so that's why we tended to holiday in the UK, sometimes branching out to France on the ferry.
Because of this, I was very much a late bloomer in the travelling stakes. My first flight wasn't until I was 21, and I was dropped right in at the deep end; 12 hours overnight, Heathrow to Hong Kong on Cathay Pacific, and then onwards, again overnight after an absurdly long wait in HK airport, to Cairns in Australia's tropical north. That's where my eyes were opened to the world. Since that 6 weeks in Australia all the way back in 2008, I've been pretty fortunate in my travels; I've been back to Australia, and seen many beautiful places like New Zealand, Bali, Malaysia, Cuba, USA.
Catching the travel bug was perfectly timed with Manchester City becoming less cr@p. My first European away day was at Copenhagen in Feb 2009. It was beyond freezing, and it made London look cheap! Think it finished 2-2, pretty sure we conceded a last minute equaliser. Great first trip to see City abroad though. Since then, I've seen the Blues in Dortmund (lost), Poznan (lost), Porto (won), Lisbon (lost), Munich (**** won!) and Barcelona (lost, though had to settle for a pub off Las Ramblas for that as tickets in the City end were like gold dust). I've also seen City on pre season tours in San Francisco and Hong Kong. Suffice to say, the Champions League draw is my Christmas day!
I'd love to take my Dad on a Euro away day. He goes to Eastlands every week, and has had a season ticket for what must be at least 20 years now. It's tricky for him with work, but I think retirement is on the horizon so hopefully a trip to the continent might be on the cards one day soon. I just know he'd love the whole European away day experience.
Phantom, I apologise, I have completely rambled and none of this has any relevance to anything! But I do hope you get to take your good lady somewhere nice for her 50th/30th birthday
My yoouff family hols were almost exclusively UK holiday parks in Devon - we didnt go abroad until I was 17 which was my last family holiday.
I loved Malaysia - been many times with work but sadly never got to do the touristy stuff.
Hope you get your dad to a Euro away day some time soon.
Run well.
Well ok there a LOT of things better - but that's what I did this morning.
Tracking spreadsheet ready to go.
On a weekly and cumulative basis I will record the following...
I have decided that the P/L on regular play will be for me and the Profit on any FR entries or token entered comps will be for the Mrs P holiday fund.
I am making this a 6 month challenge to start with. Tokens are valid for 6 months and it happens to be Mrs Ps birthday at the end of November - so it will be interesting to see if we are ready to pop down the travel agents or whether I am booking a B&B in Skegness.
*edit* added another £13.85 so I will record it as a starting balance of £50.