Oskar Silow

With the hope that 2012 will be a year of running over ev, I thank you for this year, dear readers and wish you all a Happy New Year!

Christmas is coming, and fast! For those of you who haven’t done their xmas shopping, they have a few sweaty days ahead of themselves. Or do they? When we were sitting on the sofa the other day my wife showed me this pic on facebook:

If your heart doesn’t drop seeing that pic I suggest you go find the nearest bridge. If ou have any idea what the world looks like you know that the wester mass comsumption, for example around xmas, defines what is wrong with this world. Most pokerplayers who win big in a tournament think that it’s their biggest score, now they can finally buy that boat, car or watch they’ve been looking at. But if they think about it for a second they should realize that the  without a doubt biggest score they’ve ever won is when they were born in the part of the world where health, food and even xmas presents is a matter of course. Unfortunately not everbody are born with good values.

I therefore have some alternatives for xmas presents for those of you who have not yet bought their gifts yet, or simply have room for another one. Donate money to:

* WWF
* PETA
* Barnmissionen
* Amnesty
* Greenpeace

Giving to charity is also a good experience for a kid. It’s good to learn why it’s more important that a kid in Africa gets HIV medicine than you getting a new video game. Of course it doesn’t matter what charity you give to since all can manage your money better than the  supermarkets. No matter which one you choose, you are guaranteed good karma

Some days it’s easier for the fish to get in to the casino….

Casino Cosmopol in Göteborg this weekend

Sometimes you’re really lucky and get to play against some super fishy player HU. It doesn’t happen as often nowadays as it used to and therefore you need to take advantage of the opportunities thta arise. Today was such an occasion. I had a really big fish hooked and ready to get reeled in, when I felt it my stomach getting upset and a visit to the toilet was inevitable. What do you do? Most fish tend to run as fast as you sit out, even if you write in the chat you’ll be back in 2 minutes. Mostly because they are so damaged that they quickly look up someone else who wants their money. The choice was easy, the computer had to come with me to the bathroom. Unfortunately, this was a costly decision because I lost a few pots on the toilet. It was not very expensive though, and also much less than what my friend bribed the restroom attendant with at Tao in Las Vegas to escape the queue

Time to introduce laptop ban to the bathroom?

Pic from here

Luckily, the fish gave everything back when I was back at my desk;) It’s a little funny that even though I won a couple of buy ins today, I was still happier when a crumpled-20kr note was waiting for me in the parking lot (about $3). Sort of the same as me getting more upset about a parking ticket than losing a $ 1k pot. Why?

Read yesterday that there will be a tourney during the WSOP next summer with a buy in of $ 1miljon. Sick! Even sicker is some of the names that bought in. Perhaps it is not really surprising that Guy Laliberte and Bobby Baldwin bought in, considering they probably have more money than they can spend, but that Gus Hansen, Durrr, Elky and Duhamel have signed up surprised me a bit. Are they really that rich or have they just extreme overconfidence in their own ability? Is it perhaps because there is a bracelet to win? It doesn’t improve the value that 11% is paid in “rake” that goes to charity. I guess I shouldn’t complain, no matter how much or how little they have, donating to charity is a good thing! However it means of course that a large part of the prize pool will disappear. Maybe Gus and Durrr don’t care cause they have some Full Tilt dough left to spend;)

Today is day 3 of EPT Prague and my teamm8, Pontus Khosravi, is eighth of a total of 104 players that are left! Best of luck Pontus!!

The man the myth the legend!

You might have wondered where the h*ll I’ve been? No? I’m gonna tell you anyway Since the value online is slowly but surely decreasing I decided to go look for value elsewhere. I took my stuff and left for Nice and Cote d’Azur! No matter how the cards fell, at least I’d get some sun

I stayed in Nice and made daytrips to Cannes and Monte Carlo. The value was awesome, after all they were french (!)

Casinos in Cannes to the lest and middle & Casino Monte Carlo to the right.

Now I’m back home and my usual grinding ways online, already yearning for my next poker trip. You feel the same way? Check out our Thailand campaign at 5050.