Cash Challenge Update

News / John Tabatabai / 13 November 2008 / 6

Yesterday I put in some serious hours on Betfair Poker, as I must if I want any chance of completing this challenge. The day before I lost at 0.5-1, one of my first losing days there in a couple of weeks, so my bankroll was reduced to $800. As losing is not an option, I micromanaged and moved down to 0.25-0.5 6-tabling.

I had a nice rush and managed to win 9 buy-ins quite quickly. I then moved back to 0.5-1 only to play like a donk, and drop a few buyins and was forced to move back down to 0.25-0.5. SO FRUSTRATING!!

I managed to pick up some form, played decent, won 4 buy-ins so my account was back to $1k and moved up to 0.5-1 again. After a frustrating 1,000 hands and average flopping set % of 1.9% looooooooooool I took my couple of buy-in profit and gambled at 1-2. My plan was that if I ever hit the $800 mark I would stop and drop to 0.25-0.5 again. Luckily, I used my brain and wasn't too unlucky and managed to bank a very profitable 8.5 buy-ins.

What a sick day, however, I have now got the start I need and hopefully the next week I can continue to build the foundation of my roll before moving up firmly to 1-2.

Bankroll currently at $3,000.

Not sure if I mentioned previously, but I also have a bet on my win rate bb/100 at the 0.5-1 level. The bet is that I must beat 10bb/100 over 20k hands.

Also, I wanted to share something quite disturbing that happened to me in Portugal. On one of my evenings off I decided to pamper myself with a well deserved massage at the hotel's spa. Upon being shown the changing rooms, I was then instructed that the robe I must wear was in the locker as well as the underwear. It didn't occur to me until after the attendant left that I was being given special underwear to wear for a massage?? I've been to many different spas across the world and have never encountered such a thing. Anyway, there aren't many words to describe what it was that I was suppose to wear, so I thought I would appropriate it to show non-believers the Portuguese male equivalent of an odd g-string / thong / massage thingy majig...

I'm not sure even how you wear it? I guess if you wear the big bit at front to cover the sausage and mash then you get the small bit going up your rectum...and if you wear it the other way then your bangers won't be fully covered. Sometimes things in Portugal are quite funny!

Check out the pics here and make up your own mind.

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hmm | 17 November 2008

Hi John, I've seen you recently at 100nl but didn't realise that was your nickname until now.. Pretty funny because I'd been trying to avoid 'kunku wap' out of position :p
Gl with the challenge
Joao Costa | 17 November 2008

hahahahahahaha. someone got you mate. hahahahahaha

I´ve been to a couple of Spas here in Portugal and nobody wears does things.

Try and remember who booked the Spa for you or who suggested it and you´ve got the funny guy.

hahahahahahahaha

luidgi
francisco " the truth" Costa | 19 November 2008

LLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL

m8 I think someone just wanted to make a prank on you. I´m with joao "luidgi" costa here I´ve been to a couple of Spas here in Portugal and never saw that.

m8 I can´t stop laughing just wake up my girlfriend :s

LOLOL
i can´t stop laugh m8
and I think and going to write something about that on my blog soon enough if you dont have a problem with that
plz tell me if you are cool with that.

cya
Francisco "the truth" Costa
john taba | 21 November 2008

lol no it's true, I went there twice both times it was in there. Check it out, Hotel Salverde...

yea np mention it on your blog.
francisco "the truth" costa | 21 November 2008

are you mad?

Check it out?!?

nah not in a million years.
Joao Costa | 24 November 2008

I´ll be in Espinho again in December 5/6/7/8 for the main event, and I´ll go over there just to check, but I still think someone played a prank on you.