June has been a super hectic month for me. I have been working most of the month on my own with lots of drama in between. The purpose of this blog is to inspire those who dream of being a poker pro and also other people who live vicariously through my life. So many of my old poker friends have seen me grow from a fish to who I am today, and I still argue that I have just grown to become a stronger fish. But in poker, as long as there are players worse than you, you can be profitable.
The 777 club has been growing well with lots of new players this month. So I have had the opportunity to have some rest in between but still I played 200 hours this month. 95% of the time it was 2/5 Omaha but I played 3-4 sessions of Holdem as well. Action has been really good with quite a few sessions where the game lasted really long. The longest was a 33 hour marathon where I only slept for 1.5 hours.
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| Big pot that I wasn't involved in |
I had a horrendous month last month and June started horribly as well. By the end of the first week I was stuck deeper and at one point even looked like I might lose all my profits this year. But from the 6th onwards I started clawing my way back and almost recovered half of my losses from the previous month and registered my best month ever since I started working at the 777 poker club.
So much has happened and the drama I had to go through, the people I had to deal with, the problems I had, but I must say, June was one of the better months I have had this year. There's so much I have learned about myself, about how to run a poker room, Cambodian culture and also learning to be grateful and happy. I sometimes hate myself for the depths I would stoop to for the business, but I keep telling myself one day I will look back when I am sipping on a pina colada enjoying the fruits of my labor. Also I will try to write my whole story, from how I got started on poker to where I will be, because I think my story could make a really good novel or even a movie or TV Series.
I still don't have time to exercise, I don't even have time to sleep some days. I barely have any spare time left but I guess it is a sacrifice I have to make at the moment. At least I am not gaining weight, but I am definitely not losing any. So on the front of health and weight, it is not going great.
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| Maybe I have been too patient with some people |
As usual I have allocated funds to give away as charity. But I am also actively trying to do things to help others. Whether it's lend a helping hand, listening to someone's problems, trying to make peace between some guys who used to great friends, offering someone in need to pay for their rent, giving a friend a quick loan to get out of a tough spot, or to teach my staff and inspire them to great things, I try to enrich the lives of the people around me. But I was quite disappointed to learn that some of my efforts are not appreciated at all. Maybe it's culture, maybe it's bad past experiences, but no matter how hard I try, at my own expense, my staff still doesn't know how good I am to them, and couldn't care less about me or my vision. But I have learned that I can't change everyone. And there might be people who think I am a phoney, but as long as I do my best, that's all I can do.
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