So I was a pretty huge failure with my goals in April. The fitness goal is probably the only one that annoys me though. I’m still waiting on some of the votes to come in for the Agent Orange MVP award, so there wasn’t much i could do there. Poker wise I had my best month ever, so it is hard to be fussed about my goal of starting more tables.

May Goals
- Finish Agent Orange MVP voting
- Study the higher stakes games and players
- 3 new PBs at gym
- Include more abs/core excercises in my program
- 5 hours of cardio a week minimum
- Go to the LDP monthly meeting after missing the last two

April Goals
Passed With Flying Colours, Could Have Done Better, Failed
- 1 hour of cardio every day after I get back from holiday
- Finish Agent Orange MVP voting
- Contact mortgage broker and start looking at houses
- 10k VPPs PokerStars
- Play less tables/start more tables

• >10k hands 6 players or less

- Poker Study

• Deep stacked play
• Late position/blinds situations
• 3-betting in all positions
• Raising flops

I’ve been extremely slack in blogging lately, but mostly because I haven’t had much important to say. April has been a pretty hectic month of playing poker, studying, looking for a house and other random things that I’ve been doing, but nothing has really stood out as blog-worthy.

I’ve spent much of the last few Saturday’s touring through potential houses that have been open for inspection. A few of them have had crazy amounts of people going through, which is kind of scary. The upcoming deadline for the government’s double First Homeowner’s Grant is causing a bit of a mad rush I think. At the same time though, one of the places I looked at the first weekend, sold last Saturday for under what they had listed and what other similar properties are listed at. I’ve probably got 2 or 3 on my shortlist at the moment, which are due to go to auction in the next couple of weeks. Time is on my side though; I have no urgent need to move out of home. It’s one of the bigger life decisions I’ll make so I want to get it right.

Last Sunday I trekked down to Geelong with Paul (Cats supporter) to watch the Lions play in what can only be described as atrocious weather. At least the forecast hail never came, but it was cold, windy and wet. My mood wasn’t helped by the abysmal effort the Lions put in. If my hopes for season 2009 weren’t crushed by the home loss to Collingwood, it certainly was down in Geelong. If we don’t beat Essendon at home this weekend then you’d have to say we probably won’t be making an appearance in September for the fifth year in a row.

Indoor cricket has been going very well the last few weeks; we’ve had some very important victories. The highlight was a match two weeks ago in which we got lucky to stay in the game somehow until the last over with scores tied. Brad ran a guy out on the last ball to win us the match; nothing beats the feeling of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.

Ron Paul discusses the HR1207 bill to audit the US Federal Reserve. Those who are followers of Austrian School economic theory (like me), blame much of the current economic crises on the Fed and fiat currency.

Haven’t blogged in a while, just thought I’d share this song that I can’t get out of my head at the moment. Always been a huge fan of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but this has got to be their best song yet.

Just thought I’d mention a great new web site if you are interested in finding out more information about the PokerStars VIP Club and in particular Supernova Elite. My friends over at FPP PRO have provided a very detailed breakdown of the program and its value to you as a player. It provides a great walkthrough on how to calculate your expected bonuses and rakeback earnings based on the volume and limits you expect to play.