Sometimes a picture tells a thousand words.
Safe to say the trip was an overwhelming success! Poker-wise and vacation wise everything was super enjoyable and lucrative and as of Friday I have been moved up the stakes! This means I have the potential to earn a very reasonable living after university if I stick at this buy-in level for the year(but we have bigger plans!)
The last three weeks have absolutely flown by and I have met some awesome people that I hope to stay in contact with for a very long time to come. I feel very lucky to be a part of such a like-minded yet diverse group of individuals who share my passion and interest for poker and I could't have asked to have joined a better stable.
Beer+study= Results (bad results are technically still results)
The real masters at work
Birthday set-up
Birthday was a really interesting day!! Spent the whole day on mini Curacao (a little island off the coast) to snorkel, chill on the beach and swim with turtles. Spent the whole day in the sun loving life and enjoying a well earned day off from the daily grind. On the journey back the boat we were travelling back on decided to serve rum punch and although most people had one or two glasses maximum, as it was my birthday I decided to enjoy myself and subsequently drank 7 glasses in the short trip back. Safe to say by the time we moored I was a little drunk and a few beers and a swim in the pool later I was KO'd in my bed soaking wet at around 9pm. Although I missed the opportunity to party on the evening of my birthday we eventually made it out a few days later and had a hell of a good night in the nightclub 'Bermuda'.
Now back to business....Thanks to putting university and gym on standstill for the last 3 weeks I'd hazard a guess that I have played, studied and improved the equivalent of around 6-8 weeks back home so this has been an incredible opportunity and keeps my dreams of SNE alive for 2014. Spending three weeks away in the Caribbean has led me to realise how how much my life has changed for the better over the past 5-6 months and for that I'm super grateful. I still have a long way to go to realise my full potential but I have already come such a way since starting and things can only improve. I have worked hard over the past couple of years to realise this dream of mine to become a professional poker player but now it is finally coming to fruition I feel extremely lucky and for lack of a better word ''blessed'' to be where I am today surrounded by good friends, with a supporting family and a bright future 'working' a 'job' that I love.
Anyway, enough soppy shit and no more boring poker talk! I didn't take a crazy amount of photos to be honest as we spent the majority of our time in or around our house grinding and studying anyway! But here are a few of the photos I did take....
Our grinding friend
Secret to success- 3 hours daily meditation (rocks essential)
The watermelon master
I'm a little gutted to be travelling home after such an enjoyable vacation but as I mentioned earlier this has really put things into perspective for me and I figure the next 6 weeks or so completing university will fly by and I have the rest of my life to look forward to. Thanks for reading, will keep you posted on how the 30's treat me!
And more importantly! Charizard next stake jump. Motivation level 1000
