tired and fed up

Well I'm now officially fed up to the back teeth of poker. I've done nothing but deal the fucking game for 2 weeks. I've been working really long hours and I haven't been sleeping very well. It started oof as good fun but the novelty of famous players and TV camera's soon wears off and it's a long bloody grind. I've found most of the players to be amazingly arrogant and very flippant about the opportunity to play for such huge prize money (probably because they have their buy-in paid for them). I don't think it's any cooincidence that most of the big names went out of the main event today, perhaps the young internet pros are just hungrier. Anyway we're supposed to have a night out on Friday to thank us for our hard work. I'll have to get really pissed to make up for all the hardship I've gone through.

My only enjoyment recently has been James' wedding at the weekend. It was really nice to be invited, the food was great and I saw Pete for what must be the first time in about 8 years. Dobber and Tom were there as well and it was a right good do. The hotel cost £150 for 2 nights and was a bit shit. Surely staying in a hotel you should be able to get a pint past 11 o clock. The cost of the hotel was offset by the fact that I won 5o notes playing poker on the first night and the booze was free at the wedding.

Pete was best man and I think he did a good job of the speech although I think he was quite nervous. This wasn't helped by James' brother introducing him as the funniest man on the planet. Pete went even more pink than usual.

Anyway, back for more poker tomorrow. Roll on Thursday.

Omaha ha ha

first day of the omaha today, just glad that HORSE is over as it was doing my head in a bit. i thought i did ok but it was really hard work. Omaha is all about good maths so it's more of my forte really. it does take a lot of concentration as you need to keep track of how much is in the pot at all times. i've dealt to some quite glamorous tables in the last couple of days but i'd say the novelty of dealing to famous poker players has definitely worn off. got jame's wedding at the weekend which should be a welcome diversion as long as i don't fall asleep through exhaustion.

in the omaha jason mercier is chip leader and he is my current tip for the top

my kingdom for a H.O.R.S.E

Bloody hell I'm knackered, all these 14 hour shifts are doing me in. I've hardly had a break all day and been dealing a game that I've never really dealt before. Just to add to the pressure I've been dealing to the pro's including Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Patrick Antonius and others. I made the odd mistake but nothing catastrophic.

It was just so mentally draining. I finished at about 2.45am and went straight to Burger King to give me enough energy to get home.

I'd love to write about something other than poker but poker is my entire life at the moment. I dream of a time when that will not be the case (in about 2 weeks)

uneasy like Sunday morning

Just woken up after a solid 5 hours sleep. Today is the 3rd day of the poker and I'm already shattered. I'm not really a morning person so being out of bed at 10am is a bit alien to me. The poker is going quite well, the casino looks dead showbiz and I've dealt to a lot of the world's best players. I suppose it is quite exciting and i enjoy it when there's a big hand with people that I recognise. Today is the last day of the £1,500, Adam Junglen is chip leader with Daniel Negraneu in 2nd. It would have been nice to see one of the regulars from our casino do well but they're all out of it now. I wish i could enter as it would be good to pit your skills against the best but at the moment I'll have to make do with the £3 freezeout at the pub across the road.

Rovers won yesterday. 1-0 against Fulham so the start of the season hasn't been a complete dead loss.

Woken up with a headache

Man I feel like shit.

First day of the World Series of Poker today with the £1,500 hold em event. As it was my last night of freedom I drank a bit last night at pub poker across the road so now I have a stinking headache. In my infinite widom I started playing in a $10 rebuy tournament online at about 1am. I instantly started doing quite well so I couldn't go to bed and ended up still playing at 4am. I then managed to lose all my chips in 2 hands (pair of 10s vs pair of jacks) and go out 2 places before the prize money so my 3 hours of play was a complete waste of time.

I feel quite foolish because I should've got some sleep in preparation for 7 days of criminally long and early shifts.

Anyway, I'm Sam.
This is my blog.
I work at The Casino at the Empire. Dealing mainly poker but a bit of roulette and blackjack as well.

I'm mainly writing this because if I make a record of what I do then it might encourage me to do more interesting things, so I can write about them.

Going to go and have a bath now because I stink.

Love Sam