Catching my Breath

I have just had my longest break from poker in 2 years, as I was at a wedding and then on holiday, so I had 17 days away from poker. I can't say that I didn't want to play at any time during this period but I resisted the temptation to go out of my way for this. I played last night just to get back in the swing of things but no luck, and I got bored and gave away the last of my chips in a spot of blind pushing rather than be shotstacked and hang on.

Before I left my good bubble had burst and so I went away on a bad patch, but that's what breaks are for isn't it? I am playing in the Laois team this weekend coming in the Irish Poker Championships team event run by PokerEvents and hopefully it will be a good event (for me and my team anyhow). I have absolutely no Laois ties apart from the fact that Andy, who was asked to pick the Laois team, knows me fairly well in a poker sense from the Fitz and asked me to play since they were short a couple of players. We have a decent enough team from the players that I know anyhow, but it is a pity that Paul Jackson cannot play as I was looking forward to seeing how he played against the field.

Hopefully I will be reporting on it next week in a positive light. It is just a pity that the Citywest hotel is so awkward to get to without a car, but I suppose it is a necessay evil since other venues are just too small.