So I will start out by saying it has been FAR FAR FAR too long since my last blog post, I wish I could give good reasoning for this but it is unfortunately due to my utter and complete laziness. I have however been playing a LOT of poker and studying a LOT of poker which is perhaps why my blog got left to the way side.
Poker – Poker has been going pretty well at the higher levels under my new staking deal, I am about half way through the first deal I made with my coach and my results have been stellar although I haven’t been running very well at 3/6 (about 12 buyins below ev, but whos counting right?). The graph below is my play for the month so far, again if you are not in the know the lines are all pretty irrelevant so just ignore and appreciate the pretty colours 
Have also started playing some full ring rush poker again at 1/2 to get my volume higher even though I vowed never to play it again. I have played about 12k hands this month winning at almost 5ptbb so I certainly cant complain about earning some extra money on the side. The game plays very different to the traditional form of full ring that I am used to so adjusting can take some getting used to when I switch from one game to another but I think both games can be insanely profitable.
Coaching - I have decided to get back into coaching more students for full ring holdem, primarily at the 100nl and 200nl levels. Having previously done a pretty large amount of coaching whilst staking a whole group of full ring players I shied away from for almost a month after most of them finished their contracts. I however did almost 3 hours of coaching today and I felt it really helped me think not only about improving my own game but helping others, which is a thing I really love to do.
If you are interested in receiving coaching from me you can email me… my email is michaelnewman AT iinet.net.au and my other contact details can be found in the “contact me” section of the website. I am willing to coach FR NLHE from 50 – 200nl, 6M NL from 50-100nl and PLO (both 6M and FR) from 50-100plo.
Fitness - To my own major disappointment I have not signed up to the gym again as I promised myself I would, so a slap in the face for me is probably deserved. Luckily for me my mother said she would get me 10 personal training sessions for my birthday which recently passed (29th March) so I will lock that in hopefully within the next week and pay for a years memebership and get my fat ass into shape, which will hopefully give me more energy throughout the day.
I haven’t been playing nearly as much basketball as I used to either because our season finished and we didn’t sign straight up to play in the next season with the same team. Hopefully my friends and I will get ourselves into gear and make a team or two whenever the next season starts. My puppy Lola is almost old enough to start going walking too (just needs to go to the vet for one more injection I believe) so I foresee myself talking her for many walks in the near future which should be good.
Share trading - I have bought a whole bunch of new shares and I profitably sold my first stock which was a small mining company a friend gave me a tip about. I bought at 85.5 cents and sold the next day at 99c which is a whopping 15% rise, I only wish I had more money available in my share trading account at the time in which to purchase more, but I guess like anything high risk it could of gone either way so who is to say it might not of gone down in price if I had purchased a higher volume of the stock!
I also recently got hold of a copy of “The Intelligent Investor” written by Benjamin Graham who was said to be one of the greatest investment advisers of the 20th century. The book looks quite complex and I have found myself trying to read a chapter and just skimming over because I feel like a fish out of water reading it. There is so many terms that I am unfamiliar with so I am going to take my time and hopefully get through it piece by piece.
Travel – The poker guys that I traveled to Sydney with have booked a monster trip to the US with stops to Hawaii, Vegas, New York and more. I have decided not to go and to focus on my work and fitness at home. Although I LOVE to travel I just think it isn’t the right time for my to reward myself with a holiday, the guys keep on pressuring me to go and I honestly would love to, however I just don’t think it is the right decision for me at this point in time.
On a side note of travel, here is one of my favourite photos that I took whilst I was in Europe, the photo was taken in Barcelona in a market just off La Rambla:
I will try and include a photo I have taken on every blog post I do from now on, photography is one of my very keen interests and I hope you readers enjoy the pictures.
Summary – I will try not leave it so long between blogs next time I write but I really didn’t have a lot of content to write about since my previous entry. Hopefully by my next blog I will be posting more poker results and my workout program that my new personal trainer will of developed for me to do at the gym.
Until next time,
Newman.
