However, whining is for fags and I won’t even get into any of it. Just some minor mindset issues that I’m confident I’ll be able to overcome and standard variance – we’re talking about Multi Table Tournaments after all.

Now to the good stuff. I’ll be playing the ‘WSOP: $370 M.E. Qualifier [200 pkgs guaranteed!]‘, starting in about 10 hours time along with several other tournaments in the $55-215 range. For some reason, I’m pretty pumped and feeling exceptionally good about it which is never a bad thing. Obviously, the field is going to be huge and there’s a lot of variance involved. Despite that, I really feel I’ve got a big edge and will potentially do very well.
Hopefully I’ll have a few deep runs and some interesting spots to write about in my next blog entry.

Besides the above mentioned PokerStars WSOP Qualifier, I will be playing many more over the next two weeks, most probably including the ‘150 Packages Guaranteed’ on Full Tilt Poker. I will also be playing as many ANZPT-Queensland qualifiers as I possibly can, which brings me to the next topic.

As you’ve probably realised by now, I’m aiming to hit a live tournament package. However, I’m only turning 21 later this year, which rules out WSOP for this year. Well, I’m in an extremely exciting position in life at the moment.

After a drunk spontaneous idea in June 2008, I got a 1-year visa and a one-way ticket to Australia. Now, if you’re any good at maths, you’ll realise that my visa is about to expire. Just a couple of days ago, all I knew was that I definitely needed to stay where I am at the moment at least until the end of July – I’m doing a little thing with the local theatre. Thus, I’d be getting a Holiday Visa for another three months. What was going to happen after that, I had no idea. I could literally pick a completely random spot on the Globe and travel and live wherever I wanted to.

Just a few days ago, I noticed that another event of Australia New Zealand Poker Tour had been announced: ANZPT-Queensland. This led me to a decision. I haven’t been to the east coast of Australia at all and to be honest – had almost planned to leave without seeing anything else than West Australia. However, I’ve now done a whole lot of research and come up with some travel plans for August and I’m extremely thankful to ANZPT, which is what helped me make this decision – I’m going to have an absolute blast!

I’ll dedicate a post for this and what’s going to happen before and after ANZPT-Queensland in the near future. What’s for sure at this point is that I need to score a Tournament package (sell the WSOP package for $W) or just a decent cash in a MTT and I’m off to the Gold Coast pretty soon and to be honest, I don’t even doubt I will. Wish me luck!