Saving really good blog titles for really good blog entries

So I finally I’m up and running on my new account. Why is it that when you are creating an account you cant think of a good username but the second you’ve chosen something bland you kick yourself for forgetting that awesome name you were intending to use one day. Meh. Took me ages to mod the new skin as I wanted and still the layout isn’t as I’d like. Its playable though. I’ve played two small winnings sessions to begin with over the first 1000 hands. PTR has managed to pick up only about 120 of these hands so bravo to them! I’ve already found it much easier to start tables with the new name (not that anyone was scared of playing my old name, but people just don’t bother starting tables with other regs). I was intending to log a mammoth session last night but the bleeding network was kicking people left and right for ‘maintenance’. Well played ipoker.

Instead I got to see the end of the O’Sullivan v Selby quarter final in the World Snooker. At the time of writing Mark looks like a probable champion and is bookies favourite. Not bad for a pool player! Steve Davis and the commentary box ignoramuses can feck off with their contempt of the small table game. Yeah we hear you every year dissing it and making laughable comments like “He plays a bit of pool so he’ll be good at his angles and doubles”. Nobs. If its been good enough for Selby to play seriously for the duration of most of his snooker career then maybe, just maybe, it deserves a bit more credit. Tom Ford, Martin Gould, Mark Allen, Neil Robertson and Graeme Dott are a few more pro’s off the top of my head that play (or have played) both to some extent. 3 of the last 4 in the worlds – hmmmm. Feck me, even Doug Mountjoy still turns out for his local pool team and competes in senior tournaments. Maybe Davis and the old boys need to pipe down or come down my local and give me a game. Only one winner. Erm /rant

Staying with sport, there’s two weeks and 3 games left in the Premier League for Spurs. A home win this weekend against Bolton (by no means a gimme) will set up a mahooooosive game next Wednesday away at Man City. A true winner takes all affair in the race for the Champions League and its gazillions. Weekend slip ups could let Liverpool and Villa back into the equation but in reality its either ours or Cities to lose. Regardless of finishing position, its easily Spurs best season in decades. They will have won more points, won more games and played with more style than in any previous premiership season. In addition there’s a balanced, solid squad that will only need a bit of tweaking in the summer and a good infrastructure in place. Obviously a CL campaign next year would be the icing on the cake, but if it doesn’t happen at least we’re in good shape. Its not like we have over-reached ourselves to get where we are. We don’t pay huge wages, have unsustainable debt or have some sugar daddy propping us up. COYS one time!

Finally, I tipped up Topolov to win the world chess championship recently. He was 1-0 up at the time but already looks a broken man at 2.5-1.5 down. I hereby declare that I will never ever champion a moody Bulgarian ever again (Yes господин Berbatov, this includes you)

I’m off to eat some chocolate cake as its my youngests birthday today. Six years have whizzed by. Wow.