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Hey guys. I recently booked plans to make a trip to Europe! My sister is studying abroad in London and I'm going to visit her. I'm flying from NYC - London on the night of Saturday, March 14 (on Virgin Airlines, wifi!), and I'll arrive in London Sunday morning then probably just sleep a bunch if I don't on the plane (I'm pretty bad at falling asleep in cars and planes). We don't really have any set plans for London yet, but my sister is having a blast there and I'm sure we'll find lots of fun stuff to do. If anyone has any recommendations, please let me know. Also, she has class during the daytime on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, so perhaps I could meet up with some CR members for lunch? My alternative is probably playing online poker in my hotel until she gets back, so I'd def be interested in meeting up with some of you. If anyone is in London and wants to grab some lunch or do anything else during the daytimes then, let me know also.
On Friday the 20th, we're going to fly to Barcelona for the weekend. Saturday we're going to see a Killers concert. The Killers are probably one of the top 5 bands currently touring that I'd like to see, so it's awesome that the dates matched up so well. I've been getting into them more recently, partially because of a recommendation of a CR member in my well thread, also because I always kind of liked what I heard but didn't know much of their music. I just downloaded their newest CD and have 8 other songs of theirs, if anyone has any recommendations of songs I'd love to download and listen to them. Here's a sample clip that has me excited:
Then, the day after the concert we're going to see an FC Barcelona home game against Malaga. I'm not a hardcore soccer fan but I do watch more games than the average American sports fan, and if I had to pick a favorite team it would be Barcelona. Their level of skill is unbelievable and unlike Man U I'm not focusing half my attention on watching Cristiano Ronaldo diving all game. I'm really looking forward to this, I've always wanted to go to a major European soccer match, I even ordered a Messi jersey yesterday! We should still have a little time to tour the city too and maybe do a good night out, I've heard the city is amazing and really can't wait.
As for poker, February went pretty well, after a slowish start I ended out on a tear and won about $180k for the month. I did have a disturbing trend in my PTO though where I basically crushed 2-5 handed and got killed 6 handed, but it's probably just a lot of variance. Still I think I might be playing a bit too aggro 6 handed and I'm going to focus on that to start March. Included in these February results was a 1 hour 4 table 25/50 PLO session vs Mafews where I won about $34k. He actually played very well I think but I ran very good, we were playing over $10k deep for a lot of it so $34k isn't really that hard to lose. I think it's debatable whether I have an edge on him paying $1k/hr but I'll probably give him more action if I have the time and he wants to play. I also have interest from a couple others so I'll probably be playing some fun HU matches soon, although I am kind of busy in the near future.
As for CR, I recorded about 85 minutes of 4 tables of 5/10 PLO today. I'm debating whether or not to use it though because I think I played kind of poorly and lost almost 6 buyins. I think I'll probably do it anyway though, because I think correcting mistakes is pretty educational and I made a few fairly big ones I think. Also it's good for my image to put up videos of me being a fish! (Just kidding. Sorta.) Let me know what you guys think but I'm leaning toward using this for a 3 part series which would go up on the site in about 2-3 weeks with part 1.
That's all I got for now. Hope everyone wins lots of monies in March!
Brian
Mar 3, 09 16:27:54
Brian, don't feel that you should only release videos where you run like God or play well. No one is perfect. Why not do the video and simply point out what you feel your mistakes were and what you'd do differently.
I think you'd be surprised at how well received that would be.
Have a fun & safe trip!
Mar 3, 09 16:44:52
Additional songs to get:
Read My Mind
The River is Wild
All These Things That I've Done
Mr Brightside
Basically the entire Hot Fuss Albumn IMO
Under the Gun
Change your Mind
Mar 3, 09 17:23:17
I agree with Przytula, often when people make videos where they're playing good, running good and just crushing, there's not that much to learn. For a lot of people I think it would be more interesting to see how you learn from mistakes, and how you deal with sessions where you run/play bad.
I live in London and have a fair amount of free time at the moment, so if you're serious about meeting members, that'd be really cool. Hope you enjoy it here either way.
Mar 3, 09 17:28:39
stinger i think you should post the video and just talk about what you'd do differently. I think i'd learn a lot more.
Mar 3, 09 20:15:44
if you dont have it, get 'Hot Fuss'. Think its the 1st album and defo the best imo. Whole album is gold. Gonna listen to it now actually!
Mar 3, 09 20:26:15
Why don't you do a combo with CTS with half leakfinder/half-what you were thinking when you made the decisions so we can see where you made mistakes and also get a different take on it.
Mar 3, 09 20:27:23
Please do use the recording, I always have the urge to scrap it to when I don't play A game but it is without a doubt more valuable.
Bring on the slop : )
Mar 4, 09 00:53:37
Hay Brian,
If you are up for some lunch on Thursday I know an excellent Japanese place in Camden, I may even shout you a bento box, Oh and camden is hella cool.
Mar 4, 09 02:30:08
Barcelona rocks and the FC Barcelona stadium is sick. It's sooooooo big. I'm sure you'll love it.
Don't expect to get into too many clubs though, when I was there in the summer of 07 you had to be 21 to get in any of them.
There's still plenty other stuff to do though, the beach is awesome and the rest of the city is really really nice too.
Mar 4, 09 04:51:47
Brian you should check out this versions of when you were young and sams town, mandatory as a killersfan imo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_33SUlDer0
Mar 4, 09 04:54:13
I live in London and would recommend the following places to go to:
Clubs: Boujis or Cuckoo
Restaurants: Zuma (best sushi), Roka, Hakkasan (Asian Fusion)
Also check out Camden market and Soho which is fun and a bit alternative. If you have time walk around and the whole Knightsbridge, Kings Road area for shopping and to see high end London, which will be a nice contrast to Camden ;)
Mar 4, 09 06:01:32
Please make sure to use the videocontent. I agree with the guys here that it's very valuable to discuss mistakes being made and some tough spots where u could've acted differently. Ã think it could display how tight it actually is between winning and losing.
Mar 4, 09 07:12:09
There's just TOO much good stuff to do in London, depends what you're into. If you're into culture/museum I'd recommend the Natural History museum in South Kensington then walk down to the Saatchi Gallery (near Sloane Square), then down Sloane Avenue and then take a walk through Hyde Park past the Serpentine lake and world renowned contemporary art gallery. As this would have all been free you can then walk across Park Lane and head into Mayfair with some of the most expensive and fashionable boutiques anywhere and spend loadsa poker winnings, carry on up through to soho and enjoy the sleaze and the sophistication of central london all in one heady mix then break through to Soho'ites, cross Oxford Street into Noho and either eat at one of the great restaurants on Charlotte Street (Roka, Passionate, Pescatori, Bambou) or head behind the Zavvi (formerly Virgin) megastore and down into Hakkasan, which, for my money is the greatest restaurant in the world with the coolest bar ever.
Surprisingly enough I live there and if you wanna do lunch I'll be more than happy to be your guide!
Mar 5, 09 13:19:44
Use the video! I like whoevers idea it was to get CTS to leakfinder it or have both of you talk it over and debate they make the best videos. Maybe you can make it into 2 videos.
Mar 7, 09 13:24:59
i second the plo series vid. we haven't had one from you in a while, and would love to watch you play a few sessions.
Mar 10, 09 07:13:15
Hi Brian,
I live in London and would happily meet you for lunch next week if you want some tips on what to do etc, send me a pm if interested.
Mar 11, 09 13:51:59
I am tv producer and journalist living in london. I am currently writing a book about poker and am keen to get psychological insights from players who have reached the top of the game. The book is different to anything on the market at the moment and is centered on the psychological processes that underly decisions at the poker table. If you are interested pm me and I can send over a more detailed synopsis.
Thanks,
Dan
Mar 11, 09 18:58:03
Camp Nou is a great venue. If you have a bad seat, don't forget to bring binoculars :P
Mar 11, 09 19:05:04
Hi Brian - I am 19, a student and living in London. Would love to meet up for lunch with you and maybe several of the other cardrunner members who have posted responces.
The Wolseley http://www.thewolseley.com/ and The Ivy are very very cool places to eat. Hard to get a table, but family are pretty tight with the staff at both so should not be a problem. I think it would be fun to go somewhere nice with a few CR people!
Keep me updated either via PMs, or via my email which I will PM to you.
Regards,
Josh Summers
Mar 11, 09 19:07:00
Lunch In London
Hi Brian - I am 19, a student and living in London. Would love to meet up for lunch with you and maybe several of the other cardrunner members who have posted responces.
The Wolseley and The Ivy are very very cool places to eat. Hard to get a table, but family are pretty tight with the staff at both so should not be a problem. I think it would be fun to go somewhere nice with a few CR people!
Keep me updated either via PMs, or via my email which I will PM to you.
Regards,
Josh Summers
The links fucked up on the previous one so:
http://www.thewolseley.com/
http://www.the-ivy.co.uk/
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