The last ten years I have gained about 10 kg, and I think that this has a lot to do with my poker playing. Before I got in to the gambling business (and the slacker lifestyle that came with) I always spent about three hours a week at the gym. I also had a more active social life with clubbing and tennis playing. But now I am spending so much time playing with friends or even at online casinos so that I get pretty much no exercise what-so-ever. The worst part of it is that I love to eat while I play, so what begun with a bowl of peanuts on the side is now chicken dinner in front of the computer...
Better pick up that tennis racket I guess.

When I play poker I always seem to collect the diamonds. I don't know why it is - maybe I have happened to get more of the diamonds then other cards, but I seem to favour them unconsciously. And all of my large wins have consisted of diamonds, even diamond straights. If I don't play diamonds then it is still the red cards that I tend to keep, and I have had a few flushes with hearts as well. No black card for me, thank-you-very-much! I am not gonna' take my chances...

For some reason I am a huge supporter of outside card playing. Poker, in particular. I just love sitting their in the warm summer breeze, lazily playing with no real concern whether I win or lose. The only problem, of course, is the weather. The second it gets remotely windy then the game is pretty much over, since the card are flashed when hitting the ground, if they blow of the table. I wish that I had like a tent or a garden where it was completely still, and warm and nice. Until then, I guess I'll just pretend that their are birds singing and that the light bulbs are the sun... :(

I have heard some killer stories about women competing in large poker tours while being in their eight month and stuff. But come to think of it, maybe it is a good way to get rid of stress and anxiety. I think in general that people fuzz too much over pregnant women. Don't they know very well themselves what suits them and what doesn't?
I think that it is really cool when pregnant women keep living their ordinary life, as long as it doesn't affect the baby of course! And who knows - maybe the baby will have great odds to come out as a great poker player?