A regal performance worthy of a crown, although deep rooted problems threaten immediate future!

For my regular readers (all 2 of you) you maybe aware that this blog post title is somewhat more cryptic, than my usual run of the mill blog titles. So far my volume has been lame this month, ive put in 7.5k hands for $14k profit which is pretty good and im still riding the heater. Im also up around £3k from 2 sessions at the Vic.

Now the reasoning for the title is non-poker related. Around about 1 month ago i had a crown put on my tooth, which set me back about £200. For the past week ive been suffering tooth ache which got progressively worse under the crown, to the point where at 6am Saturday Morning in extreme pain i rolled out of bed to look for emergency 24hr dentists online.

Luckily i found one and got an appointment that morning, at an address called non other than XXX Dr Watson chambers, Baker st. So i hopped on the rattler for a short 10min tube journey. Once i got there the waiting room was full of people looking rather grim (naturally) but i managed to see a dentist quickley, who took an x-ray and discovered i had developed abscess on my root under the crown and would therefore need a root canal (sigh). Not only this but for the pleasure it would cost £500 on the day in total for consultation and the 1st stage of treatment, and then a further £250 when i go back in 10days time for the second part of the treatment. So in total its going to cost around £1k for work on one tooth which im assuming the 1st dentist i saw and made the crown (who i disliked and had absolutely no faith in) made a botch jump letting my tooth get infected. After surgery and the numbing injection weared off i was in severe pain and my gumaround the root causing the trouble had ballooned, luckily towards the end of the night anti-biotics kicked in and now im in no discomfort which feels truly awesome. One downside is i can't touch alcohol till after stage 2 of my root canal surgery.

cliffs: Look after your teeth

went to see Kevin Bridges last week which was com at the Hammersmith apollo, but now i need to get back on the grind since im not on course to hit my 20k hands a month goal. On my way to the Dentist i swong by the Vic to buyin for the World HU championship MTT which starts this coming friday, surely this is the mtt to break my live MTT duck right?

JP

October recap

So October was my best online month this year, which ironically coincided with it been the least volume ive put in a single month in over 2 years. Not too surprisingly since its 95% HU and a few successful hands bumhunting 5/10-10/20 6max. I played alot of live cash early in the month with EPT in town and a ton of tables running at the Vic where i pocketed £4-5k making it around a $25k month which is pleasing.

Since ive got back from Vegas it seems (touch wood) ive turned a corner finally and although im going to fall way short of my original targets for the year, i should finish the year strongly. November has been positive thus far aswell up $5k online while i managed a £2k win in a £2/5 session on Tues at the Vic in a particularly juicy game.

I'll be playing the World HU championship which is in London on te 19th, currently selling action on 2p2 here http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/184/staking-selling-shares-live/whollyflush-selling-world-hu-championship-910481/#post22680491 so if anyone reading is interested in the sweat u can buy a piece while im on a nice heater. Ive recently been buying lots of action of other people playing live events in Amsterdam and various UK events so hopefully someone can bink as im definitely down a ton in live mtt staking.

On a non related poker note it was my Bday on Monday and ive managed to make it to 25 not out, although i feel pretty darn old especially when all the people binking these huge tournaments are 4/5 years my junior.

JP