Cheers mate!

I opted for Day 1b and I was blessed with a super soft table. Nothing too exciting happened during the first few levels, the first major pot came when I coldcalled a 3bet with QQ and got it all-in on a QdTd7s flop against KdKh. The turn was the Jd for the sick river sweat, as he had an open ended straight flush draw. Obv the river bricked and I had just under 50k.

From that point I built up to 75k but the last two levels did not run quite as planned. I ended up dropping 30k to end the day with 47,125 chips. With blinds of 400/800/100 I'm still in pretty good shape, I just hope that I can get a lucky table draw. Tomorrow is an off day so I'll probably get some sun during the day and then go check out the night session at the Australian Open.

I'm beginning to fall in love with Australia more and more. It's not just the weather (though that is one of the main reasons) but it's also the general laid back attitude that Aussies seem to have. Australia seems to be a mix of the States and Europe, something I can identify pretty well with. I may come here for a few months next year around this time to escape the Euroweather and do some exploring both here and in New Zealand.

I haven't taken any pics in Melbourne yet but maybe tomorrow I'll see get some beach beautys on camera at St Kilda beach :)