Well I arrived home on 9th August after 6 months on the road with my laptop. I was actually shocked that I didnt lose it on my travels actually, especially as I was often forced to leave it disguised and unlocked on occasion!
Well as far as poker is concerned it wasnt a great trip. I didnt spend as long as I wanted playing, but I also didnt get great results based on the time I invested.
After Malayasia the only other place I managed to log some serious hands was in a hostel in Bangkok with free wi-fi. I used this place as my base to launch travelling campaigns to Laos, Cambodia and Pattaya. Each time I made sure I set aside 2 days minimum to crack on with poker between trips.
Anyways, as I have postd before I switched to S’n'G’s in Malayasia and had a little bad run, after a bad run in the $100Nl cash games in Australia. In Thailand I was back on the $50NL and hovered around the $1000 mark, before 2 terrible days of bad beats and over aggresive play on my part (well for the limit i was playing at) wiped $400 off that also!
I ended up cashing in $650 and cleaning out my account before the end of my trip as funds were low and I simply couldnt see an upswing on the horizon. Some of my final few days away were spend on the Poker Pro tables in Macau, where i was steadily beating the clueless competition. It is a serious bingo game for the unskilled and uneducated locals, so its all about limping, hoping to hit big, and folding when you dont. I managed to roll up my £40 bankroll to £290 before the tables got loaded with large stacks due to the many rebuys (this was a cash game by the way) inflating the game. I still played thinking that as a good player, I could stack one of the bad players. Unfortunatly luck wasnt on my side as I got cleaned out of all but £80 profit that i didnt have on the table when a player called my £130 push on the turn with nothing but a flush draw……and hit.
I didnt deserve that after the bad run i’d had only, but it was bad money management by me to sit there with so much when i was so skint. At least it wasnt bad play though that caused it
I have around $100 online and plenty of time now im not at work. I will be back with an update soon to explain my next project.
I didnt make my millions whilst i was away (i didn expect to), I did invest some days playing, but i did also pay for many experiences using my poker money. I expected to win more for sure and what i did win (around $700 all told) wasnt really enough to justify my time - but hey i had fun and played in games all around the world and not many people can say that, and when I clashed in some $300+ pots as a good favourite, it would of only needed a few different cards to make the trip slightly more successful.
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