Friday, May 30, 2014

Time off from Poker

Have been taking a break from poker and playing some online games with my friends recently. Still did played about 45 minutes at NL50 on Tuesday and was up over 50 bucks. Still can't find the drive to play longer than I would have preferred.

On a sidenote, I sold my telcom stocks that I have bought back in January for about $700 profit excluding the $400 dividends that I received recently. Will update my portfolio here when time permits.

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Crushed at NL200

Hands got kinda itchy and decided to move up to NL200 and lost about $400. The play is definitely much intense there. Should have considered myself lucky that i did not lose more.

I should probably stick to nL50 and 100 for the time being since I am doing good there. Well there is always a saying, better luck next time!

Friday, May 23, 2014

Trading vs Poker

Kind of outdated but still decided to share this comparison from tradimo. Do spend some time reading down as the findings are very interesting.

Wish I could be like one of them since I do trading too. :)

Poker vs trading infographic via tradimo.com


Poker Week in Review

Have just been gaming and playing online 6 handed poker for the past 1 week. Can't complain much so far as there were minimum bad beats on my tables except losing AA to a QQ. Flop came with 2 big Qs, giving my opponent a 4 of a kind :(. Was down as much as $150 at start before swinging up again. To be honest, the poker room I am currently at now is far more softer than Pokerstars. I do miss PS's SNGs though!

Here's my graph for the last 1 week. I am not the kind of player that can consistently sit infront of the computer for a few hours each day, hence my hands played are considered low. I am currently only comfortable with playing max 4 tables to keep my concentration level high. Less volume with frequent breaks and getting out once I reach my target ($). I decided to try out Poker Tracker since I just changed my com.



Thursday, May 22, 2014

Reaching VIP Silver in Skrill Moneybookers

Been awhile since I updated this blog.

I had been doing some sports "trading" since early Feb and the returns I had were amazing.

At peak, I had almost $16,100 profits but in the end had to settle for $10,800. I don't have the graphs to prove but I see no reason to lie about the figures either. Attached is my skrill limits and I have officially attain VIP status. In case you guys didn't know, silver VIP in Skrill is only attainable if you have $45,000 worth of transaction within a 3 months period. Good news is that there are no more deposit and withdrawal charges for me! Anyway, I had set myself the target of 10k profits before world cup ended and didn't expect to hit it that fast. At least I can indulge now in the upcoming World Cup, without having to cope with the mental stress of losing.

My total outgoing including withdrawals back to my bank have surpassed $70k since start of February

On a sidenote, Mother's Day just passed and I thought it was probably a good time to get my mom and wife the ipad mini with retina display. Mom's been using her ipad 3 for a good 2 years now and complains about the weight of the ipad whenever she goes out.

Another good reason to get my wife the ipad mini (she also has the ipad 3) is that now my son would be able to watch shows when we are out for our meals! I really didn't want my boy to familiarise himself with technology that quick since he is only 14 months old but he is really way too cheeky, or rather naughty to sit still when we are out!

Will slowly update more when I have the time. its 3am now, about 5 hours left before I wake up for work.... :(