First Week impressions

well to be honest I haven't even been in Gibraltar for the week. Last Tuesday I had my first day and started off with a busy 11 hour shift in the office. This is going to be fun over the next months. Anyway on Wednesday I only stayed in the office till lunch time and then got off to Hamburg with the boss. As we were bloody late we had to go at 250 km/h (ca. 130 mp/h) in order to catch our flight. Man was I close to throw up in his Mercedes SL. Btw the speed limit is 120 km/h (ca 65 mp/h). Well we caught the flight and I had a few interesting days in Hamburg including a 5 star meal, free drinks everywhere, a 5 star hotel and the pleasure to be driving through Hamburg in a Aston Martin DB7. Unfortnately the boss was driving and I didn't dare to ask if I could have a go.

There were a few more cool experiences I made but I need to be relatively careful with the publishing of information on the web. Actually before I went in the offices in Hamburg I had found out that the heads of some departments had googled me in order to find out who I am. Well they found a profile of me on a social networking website and went through some pictures. Party pictures never really make a good first impression. Guess that was a bit blind of me. Anyway I sorted that out and it's all good again. Was still fucking embarassing. They told me actually that they had planned to print some of the pictures and hang them on the walls in the office before I come in. I'm glad they didn't!

Well I got back Saturday morning and was allowed to drive the boss's Mercedes SL from Malaga to Gibraltar and he kept saying "come on go a bit faster, go on, gogogo"
But I was reluctant to drive at a speed of more than 210 km/h which is still 90 km/h faster than permitted. Was superb fun though.

Let's talk about some Poker. My first tourney (£30 FO) last Sunday ended just before the final table when I run QQ in KJ and the cash session ended with a £13.50 profit. I only played cash for an hour in order to get pissed with some new found friends.

Yesterday was a lot better though. I won the £5 re-buy tourney in the Casino for a £250 payday. One of my best tournament results ever and the even more astonishing thing is that I went into heads-up play with a 6:1 chip disadvantage. I fought back and kept shoving, check raising and generally outplaying my Spanish opponent until I found myself with a 3:1 chiplead. He then started to tilt and shoved every hand blind. I waited to find an Ace which came relatively quick, called him, won the hand and therefore won my first Casino tourney.

The following cash session was a bit more of a disappointment as I played very solid with four super loose calling stations at the table and managed to make some profit until I ran KK OTB into BB's AA. Yuck. 300bb down the drain. Reload. Again played solid and made profits until I flopped a set of 8's and got it all in against a set of Q's. PUUUUKE. A little later I got my Aces cracked by QJ where I wasn't good enough to fold the river although I clearly was beat. Was a bit steaming I guess. But now we are getting positive because in the last 2 hours I finally fought back and my hands held up. After being £250 down in the first 3 hours I managed to finish with a loss of £9. What a comeback! Seriously that made my night. Just imagine how profitable this game could be if you just run average! I am really looking forward to this.

So the stats for the "busto or convertible challenge" are:

Tournaments:
Played: 2
buy ins: £60 (rake included)
Winnings: £250
Profit: £190

Cash:
sessions played: 2
profit: £4.50

Roulette:
sessions played: 2
profit: £11

Total: £ 205.50