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Poker Blogs by Bond18 in the General category

Below are all the poker blog posts written by Bond18 in the category of "General".

Frank Sinatra once sung “Your nobody until somebody loves you”. At least, I think it was Sinatra, but I was way to drunk at the time to tell the (more)
Preface: Over the course of the WSOP I received an enormous amount of support through the threads of these trip reports, IM, email, facebook, and PM. (more)
Vic Champs Trip Report (part 8 maybe?), To Little to Late, Vic Champs Main Event “Procrastination is a lot like masturbation, it’s fun for a whil (more)
Nine to Five Posted September 1st, 2007
Since my temporary retirement from the live scene I’ve been able to really hit the online grind again. I’ve moved back to Melbourne Australia, and (more)
Hey Fatass Posted September 3rd, 2007
Growing up as a kid I was really skinny. How skinny? While walking into a taco bell at the age of 13 some random dude on the steps went “Daaamn bo (more)
There's no Such Thing as Coach Bond Posted September 5th, 2007
On a near daily basis, someone PM’s me or IM’s me asking to be their coach. Don’t get me wrong, I’m totally flattered at the requests and the (more)
Pocketfives Podcast Posted September 7th, 2007
Pocketfives Podcast Some time last week I received a private message on pocketfives from David Huber who does the pocketfives podcast, asking if I (more)
Fuck You, Nobu Posted September 8th, 2007
Fuck You, Nobu “Pretension is a dish best served cold.” So it seems over at the Nobu, which just opened in Melbourne at Crown. My friend Howie i (more)
The Man With no Seoul Posted September 11th, 2007
The Man With no Seoul After thorough consideration, it turns out I won’t be going to Seoul. The expenses involved turns out to be in the area of a (more)
For some reason I was browsing pocket fives today. I encountered a thread which described Ram Vaswani slow rolling Action Jeff in London. Moderately (more)
Nath Hand History Review Posted September 20th, 2007
So today instead of doing my normal self absorbed and blabbering blog entry I decided to go with something with real content this time around. I’ve (more)
The Worst Player I know Posted September 20th, 2007
Like most poker players I talk a fair bit of shit about my opponents. Some forums in 2+2 simply exist to spew hate, and the MTT world in general tends (more)
Blogging is Lame Posted September 22nd, 2007
I still find it kind of unfathomable that blogging exists. It seems unreal to me that when you put down in words the little bland intricacies of your (more)
The Real World Posted September 29th, 2007
I’ve written before how I consider people in terms of ‘realness’. That is, most people have a level of legitimacy to them. Often, players in the (more)
Bond 1, Scammers 0 Posted October 1st, 2007
I imagine most people would expect this blog entry to be about the WCOOP main event, seeing as It was the largest online poker event of the year. Let (more)
Bond Pwns Life Nit Posted October 3rd, 2007
I love Indian food. Since getting back to Melbourne I hadn’t found a regular place for my occasional Indian cravings, so I looked up Indian restaura (more)
When I read over SSMTT I often see a lot of the same mistakes over and over. I also see a lot of mistakes I used to make a lot, and I’d like to do w (more)
One of the most common mistakes I see on these forums is a lack of understanding in regards to position. You see this at all levels of play in MTT’s (more)
This post will seem a little repetitive of some of the things Gobbo covered in his ‘Stop saying you’re betting for information!’ thread but I’ (more)
Rejected P5's article Posted October 16th, 2007
So i wrote an article for www.pocketfives.com, which unfortunately wasn't able to be put up on the site. The owner, Adam, seems like a really cool guy (more)
If there’s only one thing I could teach or imprint upon another poker player it’s how important bankroll management is. There are a ton of talente (more)
They all come crawling back Posted October 22nd, 2007
This weekend kicked off the Poker News Cup at Crown with a $175 NL event. I didn’t end up playing it because I wanted to maintain my dignity but unf (more)
It’s hard to find a good balance between to much pre flop reraising and not enough. For quite a long time I was just 3 betting non stop, if only to (more)
Last night was the $230 NL event at Crown last night. After looking over the structure sheet, I had no intention of being a masochist and playing, but (more)
For two weeks I’ve been telling my girlfriend “I’m going to win the Poker News Cup ME.” She normally just rolls her eyes at me and tells me to (more)
I raise one of my first hands at the table with 88 on the CO, and the Estonian quickly 3 bets from the SB a massive 5 times my raise. Without knowing (more)
I regret to inform you that you’ve been lied to, a whole hell of a lot. Actually, I’m not sure if lie is the right word, but misinformed almost ce (more)
For a very long time I didn’t really bother with metagame very much. I’d fire up 8-12 tables, switch to auto pilot, and maybe if I made a final t (more)
FTOPS and Online Update Posted November 10th, 2007
It’s FTOPS time again, which is in my opinion a whole hell of a lot better than the WCOOP since it goes off on a reasonable time for me and the even (more)
Cash games players don’t have a lot of respect for guys who are strictly tournament players. One of the largest factors for this lack of respect is (more)
Things it took me a while to learn part 9, Tournament Hand Reading Continuing our comparison of tournaments to cash, tournament players have an eas (more)
It seems presumptuous and condescending to tell people how to live their lives. One of the single greatest enemies of poker in our time is the “We k (more)
Authors note: Since Zpaceman was good humored enough to supply details to his latest story of social misanthropy it seemed only appropriate to continu (more)
For those wondering about the back story that lead up to this, here's the link: http://www.pocketfives.com/EF71C218-6816-4BC3-9C9F-3E34759E135F.aspx (more)
Authors Note: This first trip report doesn’t actually contain any poker, as none will start until tomorrow. However, it will serve to set up the res (more)
Yesterday was the satellites for the main event. At the time the event not only had its original 250 seats sold out, but apparently they were very muc (more)
I've been thinking a lot lately about the adjustments we need to make to adapt as internet players in the live arenas. I'm not trying to write a defin (more)
After finishing my writing I head downstairs to watch Bondgirl deep in her event. They’re down to 42 with 40 paying and everyone is playing pretty c (more)
I’ve got some time over the next week before I have to get back to live poker so I thought I’d get back to writing some of these. A lot of people (more)
Authors Note: For those not aware, famous online pokerstar Imper1um was accused of buying an account deep in a Sunday major on Full Tilt. For those ne (more)
One request that came up numerous times in the "What do you want to see?" thread was late position opening ranges. I think since so many of our raises (more)
t takes only an hour flight to get from Melbourne to Sydney, a welcome break from spending double digit hours on a plane just to get to a series of to (more)
With yesterday being the PLO event that I have no business playing I was hoping to head down to the beach, get a tan, become really drunk, and tell pe (more)
In the Pocketfives justice system, all defendants are extremely guilty at the moment of accusation, but considerably more guilty after confession, aft (more)
I settle into my seat for the $1600 6 max tournament. This is the prelim I look forward to the most, since it has a pretty solid structure and the fie (more)
I tear through my luggage looking for my Melatonin. I could swear I packed, it, or was that Macau? Shit, I can’t remember. Without the sleep medicat (more)
It’s a bit late for Christmas wishes but there’s something on my list that can only be got in January, a win in the upcoming Aussie Millions. I (more)
When Lee Nelson asked me to review his new book ‘Kill Everyone’ I got a little worried. I thought Lee was a nice guy, but I also thought that most (more)
Authors Note: Some of you may notice that part 13 in this series is missing. Part 13 is on the topic of ‘ranges’ and has been finished. Long story (more)
The JJ Diaries (By Bond18) Posted January 31st, 2008
Authors Note: After having read Ansky’s inspiring post I realized too long had I stood by and done nothing about the online cheating situation. I de (more)
A Real Blog Entry Posted February 6th, 2008
This is odd. I almost never write a real blog entry, the kind where I ramble about what I’ve been doing with my life and what I’ll be doing upcomi (more)
Make up’o meter Posted February 7th, 2008
I recently did my post Aussie Millions numbers for my deal with Timex. Going into the Aussie Millions I was in fact not the player with the largest ma (more)
Over the last couple of days I’ve made my first two videos for the training site www.pokersavvy.com. The first one I made yesterday followed my run (more)
Sunday Money Sunday Posted February 11th, 2008
Sunday is the biggest day of online tournaments of the week, and it’s not even close. This week I got up at 8am (I normally didn’t bother and just (more)
Around the World in ~90 Days Posted February 12th, 2008
I was glancing over my intended schedule of upcoming live poker recently. For a while the rumor was the APPT was going to be starting up again in Maca (more)
For the fourth or fifth the straight day I wake up at 9am. This makes little sense, since I’m going to sleep around 2 or 3am and getting exercise du (more)
I down a melatonin before bed in hopes of staying asleep. I wake up at 9am anyway, but feel tired enough that after spending 15 minutes or so on the c (more)
When It Rains… Posted February 20th, 2008
With the Joe Hachem Deep Stacked series over I’m free to occupy myself with more serious online play. I wrote about the very hot day I had in [url=h (more)
Not quite as much as Anton Chigurh would prefer I bet, but losing a $12,000 flip still feels pretty terrible. I didn’t per say ‘lose’ $12,000, w (more)
Money grows on trees Posted February 27th, 2008
At least it does if you don’t mind sitting for hours at live 2/5 NL cash games. I went down to Crown last night with my friend Joel and we sat in wh (more)
40,000 Dollars Under the Belt Posted February 28th, 2008
At this point it’s no secret, I had my biggest winning day in online history today. I normally have to talk myself into playing a 100 rebuy tourname (more)
Authors Note: As an additional exercise for this segment, see if you can figure out which hands were actually played by Phil and which I’ve made up. (more)
Unfortunately I’ve been busy lighting money on fire at live poker so I haven’t been able to write for a while. I don’t have much live to play fo (more)
Recently the online sites have been adding more and more high stakes tournaments to their schedules. Four sites now have a weekly $1000 tournament, Ti (more)
Calling them Sundays here seems a little ‘I’m American and America is the center of the world!!!’ish but for the majority of people in the onlin (more)
Triple Crown 2, Crown Squared Posted March 5th, 2008
I won my second triple crown today. The triple crown consists of winning 3 tournaments on 3 different sites with a prize pool over $10,000 and 100 pla (more)
White Hot Posted March 7th, 2008
I’ve been talking to a few players I respect lately who, for various reasons; be it playing an enormous volume that wore them out or running bad hav (more)
Limit Poker Makes Baby Jesus Cry Posted March 9th, 2008
For the past week I’ve been playing the Bodog Poker Open series of tournaments. It’s good to see the smaller poker rooms making an effort to incre (more)
Seriously, fuck day light savings. Fuck it and the sadist communist bastards who invented it in order to annoy people in Australia who have to work on (more)
Make-up reduction Posted March 14th, 2008
Until yesterday the make-up o’ meter was sitting somewhere around $125,000. The tournaments I play for Timex every week include the $1,000 freeze ou (more)
Winning begets winning Posted March 16th, 2008
With a season full of major live tournaments including the World Series fast approaching there are quite a few satellites running on the various poker (more)
Upcoming Live Poker Part 2 Posted March 16th, 2008
With my live poker trip fast approaching and a new season of live poker in front of us I thought it was time again to discuss the upcoming live poker (more)
Drugs, alcohol, and donkaments Posted March 20th, 2008
I had a quiet Monday this time around. I got myself up at 9am in order to play the Full Tilt $1 million. I blanked just about the entire day until I f (more)
Special Guest: Shaundeeb. I’ve been thinking about this concept quite a lot lately. At first I thought I was being results oriented, paranoid, or (more)
I’ve had this segment requested a number of times and there seems to be a lot of questions and misinformation within the community about staking arr (more)
You got yourself a god damn deal Posted March 27th, 2008
We finalized the deal with Full Tilt. I’m not sure what their wishes are as far as keeping the details private or public, but until I talk to them a (more)
Player Profile Posted March 28th, 2008
I was doing the paper work necessary for the Party Poker Million cruise today and they have a player profile section you need to fill out for TV and m (more)
As I’ve said before, I have forever given up waking up early on a Sunday to force myself to play, even if that means missing the quarterly $1050 mil (more)
The people I know Posted April 2nd, 2008
Spend enough time blogging about your own life and even you get sick of you. I’ve decided to write an entry about those I know in the poker world ar (more)
I just having a talk with my friend Corey-Ann online and she did one of those things mid conversation where whoever you’re talking to says ‘how ar (more)
It’s a lock Posted April 4th, 2008
Party Poker locked me into their cruise today. I spent quite a bit of time on the phone with Party Poker and Moneybookers support and am happy to say (more)
Hand History Links Posted April 5th, 2008
I have very little clever on my mind to write about today. There was a request in the comments about getting more HH links up, so I think this might b (more)
The people I don’t know Posted April 11th, 2008
The blog entry I made about the poker players around me was polite and complimentary, and I’d really hate to get in the habit of that. Today I’d l (more)
Arrangements have been made Posted April 12th, 2008
Now that the around the world schedule has been finalized I’ve had to go through the process of creating arrangements for everything outside just pl (more)
Live vs Online and self analysis Posted April 15th, 2008
The ‘people I don’t know’ blog entry created a bit of a controversy. Someone decided to link it over at P5’s and given my description of most (more)
Senior Prom Posted April 17th, 2008
I haven’t been playing much poker lately so I’ve decided to write up a very old story of mine. Most schools Proms are some time around mid or earl (more)
As some of you know this entry was on the front of www.pocketfives.com for a little while, and they ask me to delay a couple of days before I move it (more)
‘Rounder’, a prelude Posted April 23rd, 2008
…I jam the $8,000 Stevo has given me into my jeans pocket and keep the other three in my wallet. The wallet is busting at the seams attempting to co (more)
Rounder Posted April 25th, 2008
“Hey Steve, you remember those games I was telling you about?” “Right yea mate, are you going tonight?” “Yea, did you want to go?” “N (more)
Permatilt Posted April 26th, 2008
I’m normally a pretty calm guy. It’s something I pride myself on, since I very rarely feel anything from poker outside very slight annoyance or di (more)
Around the world in 90 days Posted April 29th, 2008
Just a quick entry today. My flight leaves in 5 hours. Tilt has yet to give me a URL to link to so I don't have that to provide at the moment, but it (more)
Around the world updates Posted May 6th, 2008
Quick X post from 2p2 since my battery is about to die and I don't have time to write anything: Hey guys, So for those who don't know I'm going (more)
Here's the link guys, Cheers. http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/poker-from-the-rail/article/196/Around-the-World-in-90-Days:-Day-6 (more)
Hey guys, Unfortunately due to awful working absurdly expensive internet I haven't been able to get the updates linked properly or consistently in (more)
Here's the link guys, Cheers: [url=http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/poker-from-the-rail/article/203/Around-the-World-in-90-Days:-Days-10-12]http://www.f (more)
I was hoping to play the Venetian $2,500 today, but when I came home from the Rio yesterday I feel asleep nearly instantly around 10PM. I woke up at 1 (more)
[b]Day 46[/b] By far, the least enjoyable tournaments during the WSOP are the $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'em ones, of which there are an infinite amount. (more)
Finally, after months of nothing but poker and few impressive finishes including a WSOP final table, our man Bond18 brings home the jewels. Event #2, (more)
I wrote this article with Nath a while ago, then while browsing Tworags today in preparation for my soon return I realized this one had yet to be uplo (more)
2+2 pokercast Posted September 11th, 2008
Hey guys, My Around the World in 90 Days blog is nearly finished in it's writing so this one will get some more attention upcoming. As for the mome (more)
Hey people, it’s been a while since I’ve done any strategy writing but I assure you I was very busy rotating between grinding long days of live po (more)
The Last Two Weeks Posted September 26th, 2008
So it’s about time that I got back into the habit of regularly updating my blog. After having done so much writing for the Around the World in 90 Da (more)
Grinding Posted October 4th, 2008
I’ve been talking to a number of my friends who are highly successful tournament grinders lately such as Seabeast, Psyduck, and StevoL about the ‘ (more)
Every now and then I write something where I criticize the play of Phil Hellmuth. I maintain to this day that while Phil certainly isn’t ‘bad’ i (more)
Let’s spread some love Posted October 7th, 2008
Today seems like an odd choice for which to write a positive minded blog entry. I had a truly awful day. I woke up at 6am to catch an 8:15am flight (more)
I’m getting too old for this shit Posted October 16th, 2008
Because I completely lack originality and wit, I’ve titled my birthday blog entry with the most cliché yet applicable of the classic Hollywood one- (more)
Online poker > live poker Posted October 18th, 2008
I’ve written many times before that I think online poker is superior to live. After spending the last six months experiencing a high volume of both, (more)
As more and more online players gain live success and fame they’ll likely encounter the business side of poker. Unfortunately, the sponsorship game (more)
November show down Posted October 23rd, 2008
Celina left this morning for Macau. She’ll be there for a week, and then spend about 10 days visiting friends in Kuala Lumpur. After that she’ll b (more)
Poker and the invisible hand Posted October 24th, 2008
I’ve referenced ‘the invisible hand’ numerous times before in my blog when discussing poker player’s motivations and their ethics. The term co (more)
Bond18 vs StevoL vs The World Posted October 26th, 2008
As many of you know, I stated that I would be having a November challenge with my friend Stevo. We elaborated on that idea and decided to challenge EV (more)
The life of a man with no life Posted October 28th, 2008
With the combination of Celina being gone for a month, my strict diet, and my needing to get up early in the morning every day, it’s safe to say I d (more)
Fossilowned IMO Posted October 29th, 2008
I was talking to Greg Raymer on skype today about strategy in tournaments and mixed games. While I was playing in a $109 freeze out I played a rather (more)
Today was a big day for my poker career. That’s because today I had my first hate thread in NVG, meaning I’ve attained enough notoriety in poker t (more)
Live poker > online poker Posted November 1st, 2008
Just to prove it’s all about how you spin things let’s take a look at the reasons why live poker is vastly superior to online: 1. Social intera (more)
So Long Posted November 3rd, 2008
So to make a very long story short, it would appear Celina and I are broken up. I won’t get into a long ranting post about the reasons why, not only (more)
Check in Posted November 7th, 2008
What’s happening people? I’ve had a very pleasant few days since I last wrote in this blog. I spent a few days playing poker online at more relaxe (more)
Shit I have done lately Posted November 13th, 2008
So I’ve been in Hawaii for a few days now living with my friend Cade and his very awesome mom Jada. Let’s take a look at what I’ve done with mys (more)
As pretty much everyone reading this knows, the UIGEA regulations are out, the Bush administrations last attempt to restrict your personal freedoms be (more)
I just woke up and it’s past 2pm. Thanks to Cade forcing vitamins and water down my throat last night I don’t have any form of hangover and will l (more)
Bond18 the author Posted November 20th, 2008
I’ve been kind of adrift for the last few days. I haven’t really been doing much of anything, and I didn’t even bother to play on Sunday for the (more)
I am an ambitious person. In many people that’s a quality, but I’ve seen what mines done to the point that I know it’s much closer to a fault. I (more)
Iceman Posted November 21st, 2008
Authors note: The following entry has been written while considerably inebriated. Enjoy bitches! “Hey! Didn’t I see you over at Pearl?” I yel (more)
Too far gone and coming back Posted November 23rd, 2008
Last night is a blur. I know I told Cade and Kari I’d be taking things easy but it didn’t quite end up that way. At the point I ended up in a kara (more)
So I did this thread quite some time ago and attempted to to accommodate a number of the requests. As of lately I'm running a bit low on ideas for how (more)
The title of this entry into the series must seem odd at first glance. Since when do weak players do all that much bluffing? You’re right to think t (more)
Bond18's guide to multi accounting Posted November 26th, 2008
Yes, it's true. I too, am a massive online MTT multiaccounter. I bet you're wondering why I'm bothering to confess to this, perhaps my conscience has (more)
APPT Sydney TR Part 1, Swingers Posted November 30th, 2008
I leave Cade’s house in Hawaii at around 6am, heading towards the airport. When I arrive there’s already a line at the Qantas desk and I’m worri (more)
APPT Sydney TR Part 2, Insomnia Posted December 2nd, 2008
I wake up at 9:45am to get ready for the seminar which starts at 10:30. I wasn’t able to fall asleep until 4am like normal, so the wake up process i (more)
I wake up at 7:00am to Jarred knocking no my door. I had set my alarm for 7:10, even though the Titan $2500 starts at 7:00, but had asked Jarred to ge (more)
Over the course of the evolution of tournament poker certain plays have come in and out of style and popularity based on how well known they’ve beco (more)
An abridged history of Bond18: Part 1 Posted December 14th, 2008
A few people have asked for summation of how I got to where I am in poker via forums or in PM’s, so I’ll try and write everything relevant to my e (more)
I was sitting outside at a neighborhood café today looking to get a 1pm breakfast of pancakes and coffee. I’d taken the day off as I had some thing (more)
Transition Posted December 21st, 2008
It’s a bit of a strange period in my life right now. It’s come to my attention that because my relationship with Celina has been dissolved my lega (more)
An early Christmas present Posted December 24th, 2008
I had the appointment with my immigration lawyer yesterday. I laid out the whole situation for him and asked how it would be possible for me to stay i (more)
A Bond18 Christmas Posted December 28th, 2008
I wake up at around 1pm on Christmas “morning”. It looks about 30 degrees Celsius outside and I go for a run in the heat. When I get back I call A (more)
The makings of a perfect horse-student Posted December 30th, 2008
I frequently get PM’s asking for coaching and staking. These days I do basically zero staking (though I do buy percentages of people now and then) a (more)
Ow, my fucking head Posted December 31st, 2008
There’s no reason for me to be hung over. I wasn’t even that drunk last night. I sat around the casino for hours waiting to sober up drinking wate (more)
It’s only a week away Posted January 4th, 2009
That’s right; the Aussie Millions is only a week away. Less actually, five days if we must get super technical. As I’ve mentioned somewhere in the (more)
Why Aussie Millions kicks so much ass Posted January 7th, 2009
It really is the best tournament series. My entire day was a breeze. I woke up and played my normal 7ish hours of tournaments and unfortunately didn (more)
I arrive at Crown at 11:45am. The tournament starts at 12:30am and having failed to buy in the previous night I need to get it done this morning. I’ (more)
It’s been a while since I busted a live tournament thinking “Whoa that was fucking spewy.” Event 2 of the Aussie Millions for me, the PokerPro $ (more)
Interview with Poker Verdict Posted January 14th, 2009
I’m a bit tired to write the third installment of the Aussie Millions trip reports for the moment, though I did recently do an interview for pokerve (more)
The amount of writing required to do the trip report for this event simply isn’t feasible at the current hour. I’ve made the final table of the $1 (more)
I knock on the door of that apartment Timex and Sirwatts are staying in. They got here yesterday and decided to stay in the same apartment building as (more)
I woke up on Saturday after three hours of strange sleep. I didn’t feel hung over per say, but I wasn’t feeling great either. Despite being so dru (more)
Now that the Aussie Millions are over it’s time to look forward to what’s upcoming in my life over the year 2009, and it’s shaping up to be inte (more)
Five interesting recent live hands Posted February 2nd, 2009
As a result of having played so much recent live poker I’ve found myself in quite a few interesting spots against a vast array of players. I’ll po (more)
February 4th: Our crowded taxi pulls up to the Qantas terminal at the Melbourne airport at 3:55pm. Our flight is at 4:30. As agreed upon I sprint out (more)
February 6th: I’m stirred awake at 11:30am by the alarm on my cell phone. I feel fairly good considering the events of last night. The airlines had (more)
Writer’s Block Posted February 20th, 2009
I’ve essentially never experienced writer’s block before. Every article and blog entry I’ve ever written with the exception of ‘Around the Wor (more)
I apologize for having gotten so lazy about finishing up this post. I wish I had a more appropriate excuse but no, I’ve just been a lazy fuck lately (more)
Current life schedule Posted February 28th, 2009
For some reason I’m off the charts motivated lately. I’ve gotten considerable organizational work done on the book and written a chapter and a hal (more)
An abridged history of Bond18, Part 2 Posted February 28th, 2009
With Celina back in Australia I was alone in Milwaukee with nothing but time on my hands and minimal interest in going out partying with my friends si (more)
Authors note: I’m not proof reading this one tonight because I’m really tired, so if there’s grammar errors deal with it for now. I’ll probabl (more)
96 Hours in the life of Bond18 Posted March 23rd, 2009
Friday: I wake up at 9:52am and immediately turn on my computer. As always I have to wait a moment for it load up, then click the ‘resolve later’ (more)
Things are about to wrap up here in Melbourne, I have barely over a week left. In reality my free time in Melbourne ends tomorrow when I start pulling (more)
How to have a bad Monday Posted March 30th, 2009
My Monday got its start at 3am my time, around noon in the States. I accidentally over registered throughout the course of my day, and wound up 22 tab (more)
I just had a good idea Posted March 31st, 2009
I’ve been trying to work on updating and fixing the leaks in my game lately. I feel over the previous six months I got involved with a lot of stuff (more)
Hey losing streak... Posted April 3rd, 2009
[IMG]http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w63/Bond18/Scarfacepicture.jpg[/IMG] That’s right, I put a serious foot up the ass of that losing streak (more)
April 8th, Melbourne Australia: I look over my two packed suitcases and carry on bag for anything I might have forgot. I recheck the list I created at (more)
April 9th, Melbourne Australia: I wake up a little before 10am. That’s not a good sign if I hope to play the SCOOP main event in Hawaii, as the even (more)
April 10th, Melbourne Australia: I arrive at the airport over two hours early for a domestic flight on a Friday afternoon. The place is practically ab (more)
April 10th, somewhere over the Pacific Ocean: I groggily awake in my plane seat on what is April 10th in the Hawaiian Islands meaning I’m reliving a (more)
April 11th, Honolulu: By far one of the most interesting aspects of my around trip so far has been interacting with what I refer to as ‘normal peopl (more)
April 13th, Honolulu: I awake at slightly past 10am, groggy and less than perfectly rested for the long day of tournaments that I’m about to engage (more)
April 12th, Honolulu: Kari and Cade wake me up around 11:30am. It’s an hour drive out to the shark diving and the boat leaves at 1pm. Kari has broug (more)
Bond18's Guide to Style Posted April 14th, 2009
This article is a result of a few guys in BBV4L asking me to write about fashion, and will hopefully be interesting and educational. I personally s (more)
April 14th, Honolulu: I wake up needing to urinate horribly, but I’m still so tired I just lie there for a while wondering if perhaps I can just fal (more)
April 15th, Honolulu: I wake up around 11:30am, totally refreshed after a night of the most pleasant sleep. A glass of wine and a three milligram pill (more)
Authors note: This entry was written while mostly drunk, so the grammar and spelling in it promises to be a disaster. April 16th, Somewhere over t (more)
April 17th, Las Vegas: The phone rings loudly, jerking me out of sleep.. I pick up "Hello?" "This is your wake up call" responds a womans voice. Ah (more)
April 18th, Las Vegas: I wake up naturally a few minutes before my inevitable wake up call, and by naturally I mean needing to piss horribly. I sprint (more)
April 19th, Las Vegas: I’m standing in the room of a friend at ‘Panorama Tower’, wearing casual clothes for once, and feeling very hung over. I (more)
April 20th, Las Vegas: I wake up well before the tournament feeling refreshed, though having eaten the Korean BBQ so late at night is wreaking a littl (more)
April 21st, Las Vegas: I wake up in a haze, slowly putting the pieces of last night back together. I stop by a friends place and find him packing a b (more)
April 22nd, Las Vegas: I awake with only a minor hang over. My water drinking attempt was clearly a great success. I call my friend and ask him if he (more)
April 23rd, Las Vegas: I arrive at ‘The Venetian’ poker room about 10 minutes late for the tournament. I buy in with the $2500 in cash ‘Shaundee (more)
April 24th, Las Vegas: I meet ‘Luckychewy’ in the hallway outside my hotel room. We’ve decided to have breakfast (at 2pm obviously) at the Bella (more)
April 25th, Las Vegas: About 50 feet away from the Caesars poker room I realize I’m $200 short to buy into their $2,000 event today. When I walk int (more)
April 26th, Las Vegas: I’ve gotten way behind in my writing so I’ve decided to sit out by the Bellagio pool all day to simultaneously work on my b (more)
April 27th, Las Vegas: In order to buy into the Caesar’s $5,000 I’ve had to take one of the 5k Bellagio chips that Shaundeeb gave me via Charder t (more)
April 28th, Las Vegas: I awake feeling well rested and feeling ready to grind my 20 BB stack into something meaningful. I take a shower, throw on a su (more)
April 29th, Milwaukee: I wake up and look at the clock; it reads 3pm. Sounds about right. The apartment is empty as it seems both my friends are at wo (more)
April 29th, Milwaukee: I wake up and look at the clock. It’s slightly past 3pm. Man, jet lag can seriously go fuck itself. I throw on some shorts an (more)
April 30th, Milwaukee: I wake up when Jenson enters the room. I look at the clock; it reads 8:21am. “Oh sorry, did I wake you?” he says “Oh, n (more)
May 1st, Madison: I am woken up at 8:10am by Semo standing over me telling me to “Get the fuck up.” “Ooooooh God, are we really doing this?” (more)
May 2nd, Madison: Today wound up being a very straight forward day, not particularly suitable for blogging. I sat home and grinded online tournaments (more)
May 3rd, Madison: I wake up at 11am. I have made plans to go to lunch with my dad and some of his old coworkers from before he retired last year. We (more)
May 4th, Madison: I wake up a little before noon. I immediately throw on some shorts, socks, and tennis shoes and go running around my neighborhood. T (more)
May 5th, Milwaukee: I wake up in Jenson’s apartment around noon. Jenson is nowhere to be seen but Rufio is outside in the living room playing Counte (more)
May 6th, Madison: I wake up around noon in my bed. I go downstairs and ask my dad if he’d like to play some tennis, which he obviously does. I grab (more)
May 7th, Milwaukee: I wake up to sound of Jenson slamming the door to his bedroom. Ah shit, he’s pissed. I look at the clock, it reads slightly past (more)
May 8th, Milwaukee: I wake up in the hotel in the early afternoon. I throw on a pair of boxer shorts and do 30 minutes of running around my hotel room (more)
May 9th, Milwaukee: I wake up in my hotel bed feeling surprisingly good at 10:45am; water is some kind of miracle drug. I quickly take a shower, get d (more)
May 10th, Madison: I wake up in the apartment in the early afternoon. I make a quick run to the bathroom then jump back into bed, which wakes Martina (more)
May 11th, Madison: I wake up alone in the apartment in the early afternoon. I have plans to see a Brewer game in Milwaukee tonight but nothing to do f (more)
May 12th, Milwaukee: I awake in the morning to Derek telling me to get up. I woke up several times during the course of the night because some part of (more)
Authors note: In the interest of staying current while playing in the WSOP I’ll be temporarily skipping ahead to the current date. The entries from (more)
June 3rd, Las Vegas: I wake up naturally at 10:30am in the house. I take a shower, put on a suit, and go downstairs for breakfast. I am the first one (more)
June 4th, Las Vegas: I wake up at 10:45am in the Vegas house. I take a shower, get dressed, and go downstairs for breakfast. Again I am the first one (more)
June 5th, Las Vegas: I wake up in the upstairs room of the Vegas house. I take shower, eat breakfast, and then set up my laptop on the table in the li (more)
June 6th, Las Vegas: I wake up in the Vegas house and immediately feel like I ate too much Korean food last night. I’m going to Los Angeles today fo (more)
June 7th, Los Angeles: I wake up around 10am in the hotel bed next to Andrew. I wasn’t even close to drunk last night but I still feel less than ste (more)
June 8th, Las Vegas: I wake up in the Vegas house a little before 11am. I jump in the shower then throw on a suit and eat breakfast. A number of guys (more)
Thoughts on Devilfish Story Posted July 16th, 2009
As anyone who has ever read this blog before knows, I can be a reckless person. The other day’s decision to write and post the Devilfish story was a (more)
Going AWOL Posted July 17th, 2009
I busted out of the Bellagio Cup main event yesterday, which was my last event of the summer in Las Vegas. Early this morning I took a flight from Las (more)
A Week in Africa Posted July 29th, 2009
I am currently sitting in an internet cafe near central Nairobi. It has been one week since I've arrived now, and it has not been without incident. I (more)
Poker Hall of Fame and Dubai Posted August 8th, 2009
I’m finishing up my last few days here in Nairobi. It’s Saturday and I’m off from school until Monday and then leave for Dubai on Wednesday. I k (more)
Misconceptions Posted August 22nd, 2009
The recent conception of this blog has had an interesting affect on my personal life. I got used to anonymous comments and judgments being made about (more)
Home Posted August 30th, 2009
It has been a long five months. I left Melbourne on April 10th and got back at about 6am this morning, after leaving Macau early because I didn’t fe (more)
Authors note: As I wrote, when I returned home I would return to the job of studying and writing, including strategy writing. It's been a long time si (more)
I've been thinking about 2010 Posted November 8th, 2009
It has been over two months since I've wrote a blog entry. Although the last two months of my life have been some of the most absurdly motivated and p (more)
Coaching Posted November 29th, 2009
I get numerous requests for coaching a week. Interestingly, I get requests for coaching on a number of different subjects; poker, women, writing, fitn (more)
(Authors note: I wrote this for BBV4L on 2+2 and to generally try to put some positive light on an aspect of my life that gets highly stigmatized. Yes (more)
Sydney APPT 2009 Posted December 6th, 2009
Sydney has always been one of my favorite stops in the tour. I arrived late in a cool sumer evening the night of the 28th off a 10 hour flight from (more)
Success and failure Posted December 17th, 2009
I've been actively posting on the 2+2 tournament forums since early 2006. In those days Party was the highest volume tournament sight and Paradise pok (more)
I never liked Tiger Woods. I never disliked him either, as far as I was concerned he wasn't interesting enough to feel strongly about. I was always a (more)
On that day, seven years ago Posted December 21st, 2009
I can still remember the first time I played poker with my friends. It was just a little over seven years ago, and I was recently 18. We were at a fri (more)
The story of the Bond18 Christmas party Posted December 28th, 2009
Before my trip I threw a birthday party in my apartment for my friend Lachie. At our high point we had perhaps 40 or 50 people in the place and everyo (more)
Let's talk strategy Posted January 1st, 2010
I've turned into a poker geek again. For a long time my focus just wasn't on the game, but lately I've been playing six days a week again and really g (more)
I recently read Lee Watkinson's latest blog entry. I don't know the guy particularly well, but from what I can tell he seems like a nice guy and I've (more)
Aussie Millions prelude Posted January 14th, 2010
It's that time of year again. I look forward to the Aussie Millions more than any other tournament series. It's the perfect length, in the perfect cit (more)
I played the first event of the Aussie Millions twice. Much like the Poker News Cup before it, the event was a "repecharge" where players are allowed (more)
SpewingwithBond18.com Posted February 14th, 2010
After accumulating five years of material all over various blogs and websites I've decided to consolidate it on a proper website of my own, though it (more)
Moving Forward Posted February 21st, 2010
The last week has been a total waste. I was correct in my self diagnosis of strep throat, and it kept me coughing and exhausted for the majority of th (more)
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