Happy New Year....at last

It's been an up and down month to say the least so far. First day up, second day I stopped off at Donk City for a while, then I've been up ever since, but not without a few wild swings and pitstops back at Donk City along the way.

I have mainly been playing on Full Tilt for the past month and my plan has been to get my Full Tilt balance up to $1200 and then withdraw $200 to Neteller, unfortunately I seem to have some kind of mental block at the $1000 mark. The story has been something along the lines of, roll up to $985, down to $620, up to $1005, down to $838, up to $1010, down to $720, up to $800, which is where it is was yesterday morning.

Starting last night, I decided to try and become a grind machine in order to get my FT Balance up to $1200 by the end of Jan (good to have targets an all that). I played one table at a time and had no distractions (aside from the radio) and I managed to finsh on $920, so a good start.

The reason I want to get to that magical figure of $1200 is that I've applied for a Neteller prepaid card which basically allows you to access any poker winnings you may have been lucky enough to withdraw to your Neteller account. It's basically a prepaid Mastercard and you can only spend what you have in credit so in theory it sounds quite good.

My plan is to hopefully get into a routine of building my FT roll up to $1200, withdrawing $200, building up to $200 withdrawing $200 etc. If I can do that a few times a month (consistently) for a couple of months, then I'll be well chuffed and look at building my FT roll higher and moving up a level.

FOOTBALL
The mighty Man City are through to the 4th round of the FA Cup after a shit game against West Ham last night. Man City will now lose to Sheffield United in the 4th round. We may have a great stadium, great fans, a half decent team and a manager who's shagged half of the UK - but they are still Man City which means disappointing 4th round exit to lower league opposition.

Up the blues