I'm currently getting ready for my trip to Prague. I will be playing in the Unibet Open with some friends of mine. Prague is only a 5 and a half hour drive from my house. That's the cool thing about where I'm situated right now. In regards to boarders, I could probably drive to Italy, Switzerland and Germany in 1,5 hours. In about 5 hours I can get to Hungary and the Czech Republic.
We will be getting into Prague two days before we actually have to play so there will also be time to check out the city some. I've heard mixed statements about Prague, from great to dull, but the majority were positive. Regardless of what people say, it's atleast worth checking out once.
The next Unibet Open will be in Valencia. Valencia is a really cool place to visit. I stayed there for one month once to learn Spanish and I had a pretty good time. I kinda sucked, because I should've learnt more Spanish, but I got lazy speaking to all the Germans that were there.
Anyhow it would overlap with the EPT and CAPT Baden which kinda sucks. Those tournaments are definetly better for making money, but I think Valencia will be a lot more fun, so I'll have to see how I handle it.
As far as grinding has be going, I still haven't gotten any real momentum going. I am playing, but not as much as I would like to. I feel I should be working on poker 6-8 hours/day and maybe taking one day a week off, preferably on the day with the least traffic, but it's easier said than done when you have a lot of friends that do not work and are just partying/chilling most of the time. At times I feel more like a recreational player than a professional player.
On another note I still have no copy of Starcraft II, even though I preordered it. What bs. I even ordered from Amazon, but it's like preordering carries no weight. In there defence, I ordered the English version from Amazon.co.uk so it will naturally take longer, but there delivery estimate is 17 days after release. That's just too much on a preorder and by Amazon's standards.
I'm not super bothered, but obviously have to complain on principle.
I got round to watching Inception the other day. I think it's a really good movie, however I don't see it getting as much recognition as Avatar did for example. Don't take me wrong. I actually think it was better than Avatar, but I'm pretty sure it's a little too complex for your average cinema viewer for it to be as enjoyable as Avatar.
That will be all for now!
Pics will follow obv
Daniell