Update

Well, I've ploughed through a few more Glastonbury hours today. Not that I actually get to watch a full set. It's just categorisation. I sometimes wonder if I spend too much time categorising and too little time living.

However, a few gems have appeared. One was the surprise appearance of Beirut, whose Gulag Orkestar was one of the highlights of last year. I had always assumed that this was the kind of stuff put together in a bedroom, but, lo and behold, here he was, live, with about half a dozen players of obscure brass instruments, knocking out Balkan folk songs in a southern California-stylee. The weird thing is, Beirut looks like a Southern California kid, but his music sounds nothing like (think Klezmer meets the Romanian AntiChrist). An idle passer-by, on hearing the opening bars, would have thought. "what the... ?!"

Marvellous. He got the crowd going by the end, as well.

Here's some figures for the first six months. Sorry, no time to put together a table. I hope that this comes out readable. All figures are dollars. Games where less than 1,500 hands were played have been excluded.

Stake---------BONUS-----$2-$4----$1-$2(6)---$3-$6---$1-$2----$100NL----$50NL
Hands Played----0-------21795------3053-------1626------7955----3780-----27191
Win (Loss----+2,863-----($201)-----+$42-------($181)----+$246---+$268---+$1,387
W/R(Loss) per 100-------(0.92c)-----$1.38------($11.14)---$3.09---$7.10-----$5.10

I put these together a few days ago.

My figures for the half year to date are:


393.50 hours
67,910 hands
$4,319 won
$10.44 per hour
$6.36 per 100 hands

I should also point out that I've actually only played for five months in the first six months of the year, owing to a greater than usual time away, and a short period of no broadband, So, although I am on a par with my performances last year and in 2005 (at the same date), I've actually played about 15,000 hands (and 80 to 90 hours) fewer.

The charts for the year to date are somewhat revealing:

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