Vacation and other non important stuff
Ive been very busy since my last entry... well, maybe not busy, but just occupied for the most part. I bought a house for my mom and I about a month ago, and we moved in right after. Its amazing.
I never wanted a huge house with 498537943759 bedrooms and more place than I could use. This is just perfect tho. It has two bedrooms and a guestroom, as well as two living rooms so I can get some time by myself if I need to. Its very central in the down town area where I live and the price was extremely good I thought. Would probably sound expensive to Americans but the market in Norway is very high nowadays, so this was a bargin. Its very exciting to own a house. Not many 19 year olds can say they do, so I consider myself really lucky.
I also had some time to play online the last weeks which was nice for a change. I miss the grinding as weird as it may sound. I remember "back in the day" when I used to play 12-14 hours a day for almost a year straight and I never got tired of playing. Now I'm lucky if I can play every day for a week. Ive also been catching up on the training vids across the sites that I haven't had time to watch until now. Its weird how watching other ppl play can really make u think about ur own game. Even if the instructors are making mistakes, u react to it and u know how to make changes. It also helps u understand how ur opponents think about the game and what level their on. All those small things adds up and its how u get an advantage over skilled players. I absolutely recommend all of u to join a trainingsite if u haven't already. I'm not gonna suggest which sites here because im good friends with all the instructors and don't wanna advertise for just some of em and not others. U can find more info on google or pm'ing me on different forums if u wish to know more.
I'm actually sitting in the Betfair office in London now after doing some media training yesterday. Was pretty interesting. They had hired some guys from BBC to come over and show us what to say and what to do in interviews when on tv, or talking to newspaper journalists etc. They also showed us examples of what not to do. Definately a good learning experience that I can take with me.
Monte Carlo is coming up. I'll be heading over there tomorrow. Very excited cuz I haven't played a big event in ages... Been over a month now since the EPT in Denmark where I totally screwed up, so I've had a lot of time to rethink stuff. The structure in Monte Carlo is gonna be really slow. 1h30min levels and 15k starting chips I think. I also do better when they give us more chips in the beginning so I expect to make it deep in this event unless I get coolered or sucked out on real bad.
Also, I'm sorry if I haven't played in my tournament every week. I've always had a reason not to and its not just me being lazy. I do try my best to show up every week, but sometimes I just have other plans and cant play. So please don't take it out on me too hard .
Will be updating a lot the next weeks so keep vsiting my blog. I wont disappoint!
Annette
Comments (9)
lol pink house
lol pink house | 11 April 2008
No offense, Annette, but where I live (the San Francisco area), a house of that size would sell for well over $1 million. Two bedrooms and a guestroom isn't big, but I'm guessing it would go for, oh, $1.2 million. Even in Norway, I'm sure that's a lot. Nice place, though.
Michael M | 11 April 2008
That seriously looks like a house my gf would buy and play with her dolls in.
And remember, you're not really good, you just run hot.
David Skalnsky | 11 April 2008
Congrats on buying your first of many homes! I heard a rumour that PokerVT was trying to scoop you up for there training site? Are you still negotiating or has that come to an end?
Poker Training Guide | 12 April 2008
Hey Annette! good to see your hittin up your blog again :D
Congrats on buying your first house!...it does look really small from the outside but cute. It sucks that you don't get to play as much but hey i guess thats what happens when your world champ :P
anyway! keeping it short! sounds like your enjoying the experience and adventures your having!
Good Luck in Monte Carlo! and look forward to your next entry!
Mike
Mike | 13 April 2008
What game did you play when you played 14-16 hour days? Turbo SNGs?
zedQ | 13 April 2008
You rock love... come on get that EPT won and lets you and me rent a 250ft luxury boat and get into a serious love fest...
Phil Ivey | 13 April 2008
yea its actually kinda pink....
pawppy | 13 April 2008
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You're back on your blog, nice !
I don't express myself very well in english so i'll just say u "GL" for MONTE CARLO, hope u gonna go far but this EPT is for a french Player, so if u can take 2nd, 3rd or 4th place, no prob ;) (joke)
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