tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228482382012-01-20T10:40:01.071-03:00Musings on the power of the WWW and it's synergy with Permanent Travel. Regular posts on the PT life from the fingers and keyboard of a current PT.Perpetual_Travellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484498650974339119noreply@blogger.comBlogger1561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22848238.post-19536318368108375542010-02-17T13:29:00.003-03:002010-02-17T14:01:35.383-03:00

And so starts a new chapter in my life; although I will remain a perpetual tourist my days as a perpetual traveller are all but over. Last week I signed over a large portion of my savings in exchange for 4.3 hectares and a house in Uruguay! We move in next week, and I'm really looking forward to it. It means a whole new set of challenges and problems to solve, which tbh is just what the doctor

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Even after spending most of the last 4 years here, Argentina never fails to surprise me. Just when I think I have a handle on her ways I see or read something that leaves me feeling as though I have no idea what's going on.This time around it was the announcement that Argentina has decriminalized the consumption and possession of small amounts of narcotics back in August of this year (Here's a

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Slowly but surely those of us who can (and do) work via the internet from anywhere in the world are increasing in number.Whilst bimbling around the net today I stumbled up CocoVivo.com "A rustic tropical island retreat for location-independent knowledge workers" based in Boca del Toro, Panama.It's not exactly luxury accomodation, but as you can see from the video below the location looks pretty

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Thanks to my buddy Jordan over at HypnoticPoker for the heads up on this one:DeucesCracked, The best online poker training site in the world, is giving everyone a chance to get FREE poker training from Sept. 30 – Oct. 4th. All of the premium videos will be available for free streaming on the flash player!DeucesCracked has over 1,000 videos covering no limit hold’em, limit hold’em, pot limit omaha

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Now that spring is in the air in Argentina I feel it's time to resurrect this blog. As I'm passionate about indiviualism and freedom I'll start with this pretty worrying article from the UKs Telegraph about artificially intelligent CCTV.A new generation of Minority Report-style security cameras that can detect criminals before they strike could be in operation across Britain within five years,

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I've been meaning to post this video for quite some time....definitely worth a watch in these troubling economic times. The odds of something similar happening in the UK/USA/Europe in the not-to-distant future have significantly increased over the passed year or so imo.

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For those of you interested in offshore banking, but like me have no idea where to start reading, or how to filter out the crap on the web I've found This free report. entitled "The 10 Things You Really Need To Know Before Opening An Offshore Bank Account".The report doesn't go in to too many specifics, but it does make an excellent starting point for those considering opening a second bank

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We're coming around to the time when most poker sites begin to announce their rake races for the coming month, so I've updated my rake race calendar for anyone who's interested in these types of promotions. Not too sure if I'll be competing in one myself during March. The BetSafe race when combined with the $2K signup looks pretty sick value, but the thought of grinding 60K+ hands in one month on

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Just finished the interview, so typical that literally minutes before we're due to start chatting live my internet connection goes down. Unreal. Am looking forward to hearing the first 5 minutes of the show, apparently the host (The Man of Mystery) had a bunch of technical problems.You can listen in via the Juicestorm Gambling blog archives

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So, if you're interested in having a crack at generating some income from playing poker online here's my advice on how to go about it. The following guide represents just about the lowest cost and lowest risk approach going IMO.In the beginning you need to both learn the game and gain experience.Traditionally the best way to learn was to buy a book. This technique still holds merit, and for the

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I'm giving a live radio interview tomorrow (Wed) over at the Juicestorm gambling blog. Should be fun. I'm not too sure exactly what to expect, I can only hope I manage to convince the host and his listeners that I actually know what I'm talking about ;-)Tune in at 1pm GMT if you'd like to hear the dulcet tones of yours truly, or you can also listen to the interview via the WUBT radio archives if

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The Argies use 'que bajon' a fair bit - it means 'what a downer', and sums up my recent trip to the UK. I went for two weeks, arriving back in Buenos Aires yesterday.It was an unplanned trip to attend the funeral of my best friend: the dickhead decided to have a fatal heart attack at just 32yrs old; no age. Around 250 attended his funeral. We did try to celebrate his life as best as possible in

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Now's the time to signup to Eurolinx, if you haven't already, as they're offering a 200% upto $2000 reload bonus until 31st December. If you already have an account you still qualify for the reload.Here's how to get the maximum value from the deal:If you're a new player signup and deposit at least $500 for the 100% signup bonus.Play as much as you can from now until 30th Dec (to clear the whole

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That little black blob at the bottom is a car btw.(Source)

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Breaking news: The Cyber Gypsy is blogging again! He's currently bewtween Cambodia and Thailand I believe. Hell of a motivator to travel that British winter eh?

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Just how many online poker players are there in Buenos Aires right now??!I went to dinner a few weeks back and met bunch of them, there were 14 of us in total I think. North Americans, a couple of Canadians, a few Scandies and a few Brits. On top of this several of the guys knew of several other full time players in Buenos Aires who weren't at the dinner.Fairly amusing was the fact that I was

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Have to say I'm a fairly big fan of this months Bluff Magazine cover. Not sure about the online poker crudentials of Lacey Jones and Christina Lindley as between them have only racked up $15K in tourney finishes since 2007.Speaking of racks....

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Thoroughly demotivated by the weak British pound over the last 6 weeks: 80% of my savings are in pounds and any property I'm looking to buy here is sold in dollars. In the space of a few weeks I've waved bye-bye to 25% of my purchasing power.I am still earning in dollars though, but due to a bad in October, rather than playing more poker to take advantage of it's recent increase in value I

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Here's a few links that you might find interesting and useful if you're in to the whole idea of travelling and working at the same time:Almost Fearless. A blog that follows Christines journey from corporate manager to free wheeling travel writer.Nomadic Matt. A twenty-something vagabond who has been on the road regularly since 2005.Nerdy Nomad. Kirsty is a webmaster who uses her income to travel

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Keeping my finger on the pulse of Buenos Aires culture here's a clip of Argentinas answer to Oasis/Blur.I love the moves from the dude with the hair from 20 secs in. (I'm pretty sure he is the only one with any hair). It is actually quite a nice piece of music.

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I lost a week in August due to illness (my penchant for rare steak + '3rd world' hygiene standards finally caught up with me I think). A throughly standard +$1450 month for this 9-tabling nit. Add to this $350 in bonuses and $450 in rakeback for a total of +$2250.Septembers plan has been to go back to studying the game again, cut down to 4 tables at NL100. Actually thinking about hands/opponents/

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Here's my monthly summary for July, slightly confusing as I now have two computers. My old laptop running PokerTracker2, my new sexy Vaio desktop running PokerTracker 2 and 3. For August I'll combine databases and get PT3 running on my laptop.Ladbrokes and Doyles Room (Microgaming network)Ladbrokes uses the microgaming software but doesn't share it's players. The place is an absolute delight to

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Yesterday's press release from human resources firm Mercer comparing the global cost of living across 143 cities worldwide makes fairly interesting reading. The survey compares the cost of over 200 items in each location, including housing, transport, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment.Buenos Aires came in at a lowly 138th. Ascunicion, Paraguay (where I'm likely heading for some

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Here's the plan for the next 4 weeks or so to net >$3000US at my micro-stakes:1. VC poker. I am Emerald here so get $75 cash for 15000 of my previously earned loyalty points. I also get a 40% reload upto $150 that'll take me approx 10000 hands to clear.2. Ladbrokes poker.A $500 signup bonus plus 25% rakeback for clearing this in one month. Checking the promtions page I see they're running weekly

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Poker Stars are running a double-points promo all week, I've got a $120 bonus from April to clear there, so now's the best time do it.I always seem to run well at Stars, today was no exception:I'm done caring about my VPIP stats etc, and am focusing on playing against retards.50K hand month here I come....

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I managed a pathetic 11200 hands in June. The combination of running badly, some internet problems, tilt-induced bad play and mediocre table selection curbed my enthusiasm for the game significantly. To ease the pain I earned $550 in rakeback and bonuses for a net -$212 month poker-wise.For the last few days of the month I returned to the comfort of mindless blackjack bonus-whoring, netting

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I haven't played a hand of poker for over a week, a sick run of cards at the beginning of the month resulted an 11 buyin downswing. Pretty standard stuff but enough to a) put me on tilt, and b) remind me I'm still, at best, an average No-Limit player.Most of my play had been on the Ipoker network, so whilst I try and improve my game via cardrunners.com and stoxpoker.com I've downloaded spadeye to

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I posted a while ago that I wasn't sure what to during the next few winter months. One of the options was to head to The Mauritius for a couple of months, I'd been turned on to this island republic several months ago after reading this BBC article, specifically this:Also available is a wireless solution which needs no mobile or even landline. You can buy a modem which uses the emerging Wimax

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Travellersdigest.com just published a Top Ten Cities with the most beautiful women list. Buenos Aires took 3rd.Sadly I've only visited 4 cities on the list. L.A taking 5th spot is somewhat bemusing, and the beauty quotient in Amsterdam was pretty average (from what I remember: my week there was a bit of a blur). Friends have comfirmed the travelersdigest.com winner Stockholm is totty-tastic.FWIW

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I took the first few days of June off and started playing again yesterday, I wish I hadn't bothered. I've played poorly at times, taken some horrible beats, barely flopped a set, and last night I got completely owned for 2.5 buyins by a 36/33. I'm half expecting that 30min bloodbath to show up in a vid at one of the training sites sometime next week. After not standing up to him (i.e 4-betting

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Slightly disappointed with my months play - not enough hands, and certainly not enough hands at NL100. I had 3 nasty 4-tabling sessions at NL100 early in the month, dropping 8 buy-ins. Instead of playing through it and backing my game I dropped down to the comfort of 10-tabling NL50. I need to fix this attitude, it's costing me money.I'm a bit weird when it comes to poker goals, I don't really

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My No-limit Hold 'Em aprenticeship is officially over, I have over 80K hands in pokertracker. I can't believe I spent so many years playing Limit Hold'Em, No-Limit is much more fun:I'm pretty embarrased that I'm playing such a nitty 15.5/12 game, but in my defence:1. I figured until my post-flop play improves a lot, the fewer decisions I have to make the better.2. I was 10-tabling a lot for about

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I was rudely awoken at around 1pm the other day by kids chanting "Queremos Gas, Queremos Gas" ("We want gas, we want gas"). I grumpily got out of bed to check out what was going on and was met by the somewhat bizarre site of a bunch of 8-9 year olds on strike.Apparently the heating at the local school had broken down a couple of weeks ago and the government had done nothing about it. (There have

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I've been shamed in to posting by a recent comment from RazboyNik. (His blog is always worth checking out, not just for frequent updated content but also because he finds the coolest blogging widgets that can be shamelessly pilfered).The farm sale has fallen through. The owners wouldn't move on the price, and I couldn't get comfortable with putting the majority of my net wealth into one "project"

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I finally got around to switching from Limit to No-Limit Hold'Em at the beginning of Feb, I wish I'd done it sooner. I'm fortunate to be sharing an apartment in BA with an extremely talented NL200 and up grinder (and 2+2er) who's coached me a little. Watching him play has been a huge learning experience too.I'm also trying to watch at least one cardrunners video per day. Again, invaluable. I

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Here are some photos of the property I am thinking long and hard about buying. The entrance to the Finca. A small bridge crosses the irrigation creek that supplies water to 5 acres of peaches, plums and a variety of other fruit trees. The house, a converted barn, has 2 bedrooms and is in excellent condition. The garden is landscaped and good to go, there's also room for a pool to the right of the

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...or San Rafael to be exact. It's a smallish city located approx 250Km south of Mendoza city, located in western Argentina at the foot of the Andes mountain range. Population of 120,000 or so. San rafael has become extremely popular with tourists (mostly Argentine) during the summer months as the region offers a little of everything: plenty of outdoor activities such as white water rafting,

Perpetual_Travellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484498650974339119noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22848238.post-3506241743352764492008-01-28T14:03:00.000-03:002008-01-28T14:10:17.931-03:00

I spent Christmas and the New Year back in the UK, my first real winter in nearly 5 years. Hopefully my last real winter in at least 5 years too. Grey skies, cold winds and near permenant rain doesn't suit me, I got sick and spent most of the holidays in bed.I'm back in Buenos Aires now, and have spent the last week searching for small farms in Mendoza, I blogged about my desire to live the Good

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Should play drunk more often:

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Yeah, very drunk right now....typing through one eye. WTF is it with clubs in the "best" part (Las Canitas) of Buenos Aires playing soft-core, handbag, eurohouse that passed as dance-able music in the late-90's UK? Grrr, could only take so much dancing with my "elbows out". Ghey.Blah.......vodka+budweiser, obv time to hit the $5/$10 tables. Graph to follow....

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So I'm a perpetually travelling online poker pro eh? Got to admit I'm beginning to feel like a bit of a fraud, especially this month. I've notched up a whole 1224 hands in October, (I have poker tracker back, yey) and as far as the travelling goes: in the last 2 years I haven't been anywhere other than Argentina and the UK. There are legit excuses for both:On the poker-front other business

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Argy Newsflash:More intersting than this weekends general election (for me at least) is the sad news yesterday that 24 year old Reinaldo Waveqche lost his 82 year old wife Adelfa Volpes to "heart problems" recently. Sadly they had only enjoyed one month togethor as a married couple.

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Well, there's no getting around it, the news that Absolute Poker had a security breach of gargantuan proportions has hit/is hitting the mass media as I type. Those who ensured that Absolute couldn't sweep the scandal under the carpet when they first tried to (about a month ago) have been contacted by ABCnews and ESPN by all accounts. The $hit really has hit the fan.This has to be the biggest

Perpetual_Travellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484498650974339119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22848238.post-125241626893699172007-10-14T22:07:00.000-04:002007-10-14T22:13:55.759-04:00

I hit another royal flush playing videopoker this week for a very welcome £1000 GBP, and a career best $3200USD day. I'm really experiencing the joys of the upside of variance this month (I'm evening winning at Poker Stars) and my naturally cautious nature is already dreading the inevitable down-turn.Still, time to stop and smell the roses as they say.

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And it has been for over 24hrs now...shame, the highlight of my day is checking out where my visitors have come from, and how they got here.Best get on with some proper work then.

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I've spent the last week searching for a new apartment, and fortunately found the perfect place in the Barrio of Congreso. Congresso is a working class district just south of the very centre of Buenos Aires, and I already feel much more at home here than I ever did in the richer Barrios of Belgrano/Palermo. The building I'm living in as 120 years old and full of character. I overlook a large

Perpetual_Travellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484498650974339119noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22848238.post-78128476821010027632007-10-05T14:53:00.003-04:002010-10-27T11:24:07.800-03:00

Well known British bookie Totesport are running some awesome promotions over the next 2 weeks.1. From 4th October until 14th October we will be doubling the casinosign up bonus to 125% bonus up to £250. This is to coincide with ourLas Vegas promotion giveaway.2. 100% Bonus available Thursday 4th - Monday 8th A great bonus offer from totesport casino - we'll match your nextdeposit during this

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I had an amusing trip on the Subway in Buenos Aires the other night, it sort of sums up Argentina/the locals quite nicely IMO.It's about 10.45pm and the subte shuts down at around this time. The station is almost empty, and myself and an older guy (maybe 45yr) enter at around the same time. We discuss whether we've missed the last train or not, and conclude there's probably one left. He spots I'm

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Just a quick couple of links for anyone who wants to watch the latest movies and TV shows on their computer:TV-links.co.uk has a huge list of shows, movies, documentaries, music videos and cartoons that can all be streamed, plus very few (if any) broken links.Watchnewfilms.net lists TV shows, movies and games.Both excellent sites.(Thanks to fellow poker player and pirate Dave for sending me these

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So much for cutting down on the alcohol consumption. On Thursday night I met up with three full-time online poker players from the twoplustwo.com forums. After a few happy hour cocktails (2 strawberry dakairis for $4USD) at a bar in Palermo we hit the swanky bar "Congo" in Palermo Hollywood (Honduras 5329...a half decent map can be found here). There I got off to great start when a very

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I'm back in Buenos Aires. Hopefully this means far less boozing and far more entrepreneurial effort. After nearly two years I've finally cracked the world of affiliate marketing. It's a bit of a double edge sword really as I can sit back, do very little work and make more than enough to live very comfortably...in the 3rd world ;-)Anyway, to any regular readers who are left after my atrocious rate

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Two weeks back and I've probably consumed the same amount of alcohol as I would in 2 months in Argentina. The problem with drinking in the pub is that it's not massively conducive to economic productivity; not after the first 5 pints anyway.I have a lot of projects in the pipe-line, and whilst sat around pub tables with friends is often a good starting point for discussing "million dollar ideas"

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Lack of blog updates, tut tut.My flights back to the UK are booked, in the end I didn't bother with Despegar.com. They wanted me to jump through the following hoops:Email in a copy of my passport.Email in a copy of the front and back of my credit card.Authorise a debit from this card of 2000 pesos.Fax in a form with quite a lot of personal info.Physically go to an Argentine bank and pay 1500

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In lieu of anything interesting to blog about here's a cool website I recommend checking out.The homepage of 419eater.com reads:Welcome to the world of Scambaiting!Does somebody want to transfer millions of dollars into your account?Does someone want you pay you to cash cheques and send them the money?Met a new friend/penpal on a friendship/dating site who's asking you for money?Has a dying

Perpetual_Travellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484498650974339119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22848238.post-14299697342129086022007-07-21T13:19:00.000-04:002007-07-21T13:36:33.487-04:00

..or scalping/arbing to be more accurate. Making money form sportsbetting has been on my 'to do' list for about 4 years now, I finally placed my first arb yesterday. I placed a bet on an ATP Tennis match (two bets to be precise). If the favourite won I won $125, if the underdog won I won $20. Naturally the underdog won. But still, a positive result first time out. I'll start small, develop the

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Nothing new in the world of politics, but more corruption/dodgy goings on made the Argentine press (and the world press too) last week.Argentine Economy Minister Felisa Miceli was forced to resign on Monday, after a routine bomb inspection of her office turned up a bag of at least $64000USD in cash (denominated in pesos, dollars and euros) in the adjoining private bathroom. I say "at least"

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I've just had a read some of Tim Ferris's blog, he's the author of "The 4hr work week". He's probably the most famous Global Nomad going, and extremely successful.But my god, his blog is just rammed with bullshit. I haven't read his book (I won't be lining his pocket on principle, lol....torrent anybody?!). He does have some useful entries, and I'm sure he is an inspiration to many, but with

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So, playing regular blackjack perfectly according to basic strategy is a no-brainer. As with all regular casino games it has a negative expectation, i.e the game has a return of less than 100%. In the long run you will lose, the house edge is inescapable.In the case of blackjack the game has a return of anywhere from 98% to 99.9% depending on rule variations, number of decks etc.Online casinos

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Had a great little meeting in Buenos Aires yesterday. A guy from Norway contacted me via this blog about a month ago saying he was selling up and embarking on a Perpetual Travel experiment, and that he'd be in BA in July.We met yesterday, and I'm glad we did, I don't often meet people who are so like-minded (it's a relief when it happens).Anyway, after a beer or two we went for a stroll around

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Finally reached my 20000 FPPs target at Stars, and have ordered my 30GB Video Ipod, it takes 4-6 weeks to arrive apparently. I'll be in the UK by then so it'll be interesting to see how long it actually takes.Rather costly experiment in that I ended up winning only $190 after approx 25000 hands. I'd expect to have gained at least $1200 in bonuses and rakeback for that sort of action if I'd played

Perpetual_Travellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484498650974339119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22848238.post-32564205714490766702007-07-10T16:40:00.000-04:002007-07-18T14:01:04.105-04:00

So, yesterday it snowed here for the first time in 80-odd years. The locals are loving it, but it's a stark reminder for me that I need to switch hemispheres, and fast.If you're looking to get a flight out of Argyland your best bet is probably the Argentine site Despegar.com. I found a return flight to the UK for $1000 USD, about $400 cheaper than anywhere else I could find.There is a catch for

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It's taken approx 25000 hands, and numerous long sessions but I am finally a winning player at Stars. I booked two winning sessions last weekend for $450, meaning I am $420 in the black.Interestingly, the very early hours local time (around 9am GMT) seemed to be particularly juicy. There are bad players to be found at Stars.1500 more frequent player points and I've gained my video Ipod, after

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Wednesday was a fairly atypical day for me, I was interviewed by the Argentine journalist Sebastian Hacher (google the dude to see some of his works) about the life of an online poker professional. I gave the interview in my finest Spang-lish, so wasn't able to express myself as fully as I'd liked. I think Sebastian was more interested in the travelling aspect of my chosen career, but I'm keen to

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As a cardholder of the original NETELLER Card, you will be amongst the first to receive the new Altair Prepaid MasterCard® card, brought to you in partnership with Altair Financial Services.* This new card will replace the original Cirrus network NETELLER Card, which was retired on May 3rd, 2007. Your new Altair Prepaid MasterCard card will arrive soonWe will start our new Prepaid Card

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I can only conclude that I am not good enough to beat the combination of decent players and 5% rake at Stars. After 20K hands I have fought my way back to -$30. LOL.It doesn't help when your very first orbit of the day goes like this:$3/$6 Texas Hold'em Full Ring (first orbit so no reads...bar 3 regulars at the table).I'm in middle position with pocket Queens, and it's folded to me. I raise,

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This weekends tie between Neuva Chicago and Tigre was marred with extremely ugly scenes, one fan was killed outside the stadium, many were badly injured.The cops were essentially useless for around 30mins. In fact the fan who died lay on the ground suffering convulsions for 20mins as the cops just looked on, refusing to help despite pleas from other fans.Bizarre scenes as Chicago fans ran on to

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At last the cards are beginning to fall kindly, I've been managing to book some decent wins this week.Poker StarsI played a sporadic 10K hands or so at Stars during the last 2-3 weeks, $3/6 mostly with some $2/4, at times playing up to 6 tables, mainly to take advantage of the double points promo period, and reload bonus. The standard of play is significantly better at Stars, and as I'm still

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What is it about Argentine footballing stars and crucial handball goals?!

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I had a bit of brainwave this week: how to help take my Spanish to the next level, and maybe learn a thing or two about the semi-mysterious (to me at least) world of pot-limit and no-limit hold 'em at the same time...Introducing: Outdraw Bestial. Nothing to do with having sex with animals (though I can't rule out that the author of the blog doesn't!) :)Bestial means "Animalistic" in Spanish

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Another quiet week grinding in my local net cafe. The talk of the town this week wasn't the forthcoming election of the Mayor of Buenos Aires (looks like Mauricio Macri, businessman and owner of football club Boca Junoirs will win) but rather TV celeb Nazarena Velez exposing her norks on live TV. The show, bailando por un sueño ("dancing for a dream") is the no.2 show in Argentina, after Big

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I wish I could post more regularly but I'm not in the best of moods.Argentina is cold now, typically just a couple above freezing at night, maybe 15 degrees celsius in the afternoons. I really should switch hemispheres but my private life is hampering my travel plans.I've also been getting a severe spanking at the poker tables this week. Poker can bore me at the best of times, but it's

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I am a Perpetual Traveller, a Global Nomad, a Cyber Gypsy, call me what you will. I bimble my way around the world minding my own business, harming no one and doing my best to stay out of harms way.How did this come about? Like so many I found myself somewhat disillusioned with life as Western society seemed to define it, my professional career (Clinical Research Associate) and it's associated

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Quick reveiew of Aprils financial performance, more for my benefit than yours:Poker: +$250+EV Blackjack: +$1180Websites: +$1700Total: +$3130I barely managed 20hrs of table time during the entire month: lack of a reliable net connection and lack of desire on my part are to blame. Must knuckle down in May, and I think it's time to learn how play No-limit cash properly.On the blackjack front

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Great story on Tuesday, that even made it to the press here in Argentina.A man who bet £100 a decade ago that he would live to be 100 is celebrating his birthday with a cheque for £25,000. Alec Holden, from Epsom in Surrey, is picking up his winnings from bookmaker William Hill, which gave him odds of 250/1 that he would reach his century. Mr Holden puts his longevity down to porridge for

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Bad news in my inbox from neteller today, they're basically cancelling their debit card facility. Nice of them to give me zero hours notice that transfers to the debit card would no longer be processed.Though the exchange rates and fees neteller offered weren't exactly great (usually costing me 3%) the ability to logon, transfer some of my bankroll to the card, wait 15mins and withdraw the cash

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I found this article produced in Jan 2007 by the OSAC (Overseas Security Advisory Council) that summarizes the current crime situation in Argentina quite nicely. Having lived here for around 12 of the last 18months I find myself agreeing with practically everything the report states. Here are a few of the most pertinent sections:Traffic accidents are still the primary threat to private sector

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One of the things the Argentines have got right in Buenos Aires IMO is their underground train system, or "The Subte".I've attached a map of the system, taken from the official Subte website, the system covers the majority of the Capital and runs from 5am to 11pm (with variatons according to line/day). You can go from anywhere to anywhere on the Subte for a flat rate of 70 centavos (approx

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I've fallen back in love with the internet! I mainly have to thank a 25year old Canadian guy called Sean Aiken, and his fantastic idea about how to find a career he is passionate about.Sean has recently created the brilliant little website: oneweekjob.com where he's documenting his search for his perfect job. The idea is that Sean travels week to week throughout Canada, working for a week at a

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For obvious reasons....

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The Argentine media reported that rents have risen by nearly 30% over the past 12 months a couple of weeks back. A pretty significant jump.Browsing the plethora of short-term, tourist-orientated apartment rental websites I can see this is clearly true for vistors too. An apartment that would've cost $600 USD per month when I first came here in late 2005 is now being advertised at $800, often

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Around this time last week I was thinking about writing about just how great the weather is during the month of March in Buenos Aires. It's the very late summer/early autumn and typically temperatures average around 27 degrees C, humidity is relatively low and there's nearly always a cool breeze. A great time to walk around the city and explore.Then this week happened, my god has it rained. Short

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Just a quick shout to one of my favourite poker bloggers Rob Sherwood, over at sherwoodpoker.blogspot.com. Rob's recently won his way through to a shot at $1million....he has a seat at the 6-player final table of the Mansion Poker Dome ChallengeRob qualified for his seat at the final table by first winning a seat to the semi-final via online qualification, then winning the semi-final heat in

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So Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dumber came to town this weekend. Well, they came to Latin America at least. Whilst Venezualan President Hugo Chavez was ranting to a crowd of 20,000 in Buenos Aires, Bush was arriving across the river in Uruguay, having just signed a bio-fuel deal in Brazil.I watched a little of Chavez's anti-Bush tirade live on Argentine TV. I've never believed any words that came

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A little satire I found on YouTube yesterday.

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After yesterdays random pot-eating granny post I thought it was time to write something a little more relevant to Perpetual Travel, so here goes.Unless you're very rich, or retired and very rich, becoming a permanent tourist is only viable if you are able to generate an income, no matter what country you are currently chosing to reside in. This is where the internet is so powerful, if you can do

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It's not often I get to feel proud of 'being British', but this 68-year-old granny has this week managed to do just that....allbeit temporarily. Patricia was again convicted of possessing cannabis last week, in breach of a 6-month suspended jail sentence for possession and intent to supply, dished out in 2005. Today she was spared a jail sentence but handed 250 hours of community service.This

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I had forgotten about a $100 reload bonus that had been sitting in my Ladbrokes live casino account for a few weeks now, until I received a reminder via e-mail from them on Friday night. It's always nice to find money I'd forgotten I had, kinda like find a cash in an old pair of jeans.Ladbrokes live is one of those casinos that uses webcams to allow players to experience real-time play of

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Well done to Andy (aka Tufat23 at 2+2) over at tufat.blogspot.com for recording an excellent $12K month in February.I've been following his blog for nearly a year now. If you can get passed his terrible spelling (more accurately: his lack of proof-reading) and the frequent "ship it", "hollas" and "yo's" his blog makes an interesting read. ;-)Tufat started blogging as a micro No-Limit player (NL25

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I really am without a PC now, at least until 20th March, when a friend from the UK is coming over and kindly bringing a replacement. I was fortunate to have an Argentine friend lend me his PC for a few weeks, but now he and his wife have relocated to Bariloche in Patagonia, and I am forced to spend time in the noisy and hot ciber cafes. I´m not sure if I´ll be able to blog as much as I´d like,

Perpetual_Travellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484498650974339119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22848238.post-71680768886306349972007-02-27T03:18:00.000-03:002007-02-27T16:17:30.628-03:00

To sharpen my Spanish skills I've been forcing myself to watch Argentine TV for at least an hour per day during the last few weeks. This is how I stumbled upon this little (or should I say 'big') beauty on Foxlife.Alessandra Rampolla, Puerto Rican by birth, is a certified clinical sexologist who dishes out advice on all things sexual to Latin America on her show "Tu Manera" ("Your way"). As you

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The UK has been accused of failing its children, it came bottom of a league table for child well-being across 21 industrialised countries according to a recent UNICEF report. (Adobe)The Netherlands finished top, followed by Sweden then Denmark. Congrats to the USA for avoiding relegation and finishing in 20th position.This report is so unusual because it makes a radical departure.It attempts to

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Most visitors come to Buenos Aires for a few weeks or perhaps a couple of months at most, such visitors are very well catered for here.For those coming for a week or two there's an abundance of reasonably priced hotels in the city. Expect to pay anywhere from US$40 to US$200 per night depending on your standards.For longer term visitors short-term rentals represent much better value. Fully

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This blog is one year old today.I'm pretty chuffed I've kept posting, though not overjoyed at my total post count (just 66). This month has seen more regular updates however, and I expect to keep going at the current rate.Think I'll buy some Argy champagne to celebrate.

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The acronym PT can mean many things: perpetual traveller, prior taxpayer, permanent tourist, possibility thinker, privacy tactician to name but a few.The most frequently quoted definition of PT was put forward by Harry Schultz (the famous investment advisor) and W.G Hill (the author of the book "PT"), and is "perpetual traveller". A perpetual traveller is someone who benefits from the treatment

Perpetual_Travellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484498650974339119noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22848238.post-77825378441129927862007-02-20T20:25:00.000-03:002007-02-20T21:39:11.434-03:00

The media here has been awash with reports on the recent violence that marked the opening of the second half of the Argentine Football season last week.So-called fans of Argentine club River Plate fought in the clubs social area last week, hours before the start of the opening game versus Lanus. Four people were injured as River fans fought amongst themselves, terrorising families who had come to

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Had the familiar "you know about the results of LSD trials on spiderweb building?" conversation last night with some friends and was just searching for a link as proof, when I stumbled upon this beauty. It's pretty funny IMO.The clip has received 3.5 million views in one month. WOW.

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Warning: The following is a fairly long poker-realted post, if you're looking for anything Perpetual Travel related this is what I first had to say about it last year, and if you're planning to become a Perpetual Traveller then maybe Nabombs progress towards becoming a PT might interest you. (He's gunning for 75-large (USD) in the bank, on top of other investments. A recent 5-figure bonus from

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Wayne Schenk was diagnosed in December with inoperable lung cancer. Doctors at a Veterans Affairs hospital told the former Marine he might live for another year or, if he's lucky, 18 months.Five weeks later, Schenk bought a $5 scratch-off High Stakes Blackjack ticket at a drugstore near his home in Ontario County and hit the jackpot. But there was a catch: The $1 million prize pays out in $50,000

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