Luke Sheldrick’s Blog

Last night I spent the night out with my brother Paul. We try to catch up as much as our busy lives allow, which is usually on a Tuesday to go to an amateur poker night, held by Bubble Poker. Last night I was on my usual top form, and got taken out pretty early on in the night. My brother got taken out, pretty early by a Royal Flush, he had a straight, and someone else had four Jacks… a hand you wouldn’t see again. Totally recommend the night though, I always have a good time.

Then it was off to the Empire casino, to loose some more money. I have never lost before, as I usually only play red or black on the roulette. However last night, Mrs Luck had gone on holiday. It’s cool though, as I only take out what I’ll happily lose. So it was back home on the train, with a burger king, what more could a guy ask for.

Having just got back home from my Christmas week away at my brothers, had a wicked time though.

Lost remote access to my house on Saturday, which kinda sucked, and having got my house mates to reboot a few things, without restoring it, thought I would check it out when I got back.

Turns out we had a power cut the other day, and when the power came back on (after a few hours), the hardware firewall I am using (Netgear FVS124G) had lost the majority of it’s settings. What was interesting, is it some, but not all. Surely if the memory had wiped, it would have lost them all.

After a quick restore all was ok, but what a load of rubbish.

The Christmas break was cool, spent it with my Brother and his girlfriend Sally for the majority of it.

Did a range of things, Christmas eve we all went for some drinks and a chinese, Christmas day we spent at Sally’s sister’s house, Charlotte. That was cool, we go most years, and it’s a bit of a running joke, as I only see them once a year. Boxing day I spent at Mum’s.

Then I had to go back to work for a couple of days, which was bizarly busy concidering the fact most places were still off work.

Friday we went to the Comedy Store, which was really good. I personally didn’t think it was as funny as Jongleurs, however was still a good show. Then we went for a gamble at the Empire Casino.

Saturday saw us going for a chinese again, this time for Charlotte’s birthday, then in the evening, Paul, Rupert and I went to a poker contest, hosted by Craig of BubblePoker. Was only supposed to be 30ish players, but around 80 turned up, so we went out quite quickly. Then we ventured back to the Empire casino, I lost a bit, then won a bit, and overall I think I had a free night out.

Today had a bit of a lay in, then Paul and I ventured to M&S to get some stuff for the roast, had a gorgeous Chicken Roasty, then I came home, in the monster truck..

Think that’s about it.

oh, and I had a really weird dream about a friend Drew last night, about him keep hanging up on a conference call, and when I saw him (in the dream) he was deaf, so I was signing to him. When I spoke to him today, he told me how he’d had trouble over the last couple of days with his hearing as he had a horrible fit of man flu, which has blocked him all up. WEIRD!!

Last week, went to a little amatuer poker night hosted by BubblePoker. Have been a couple of times, with my brother, Paul. Had a pretty cool evening, however got thrown out this time quite early, just couldn’t get the hands in.

After that we went to the Empire Casino, in central London. Went in with £40, was happy to loose that, walked out with £300, not bad for a nights work?

Enough said.