I have a backer. I have a couple of reservations about being staked for poker, but needs must and I can't afford to play the stakes I want to play on a regular basis so having a backer actually comes in handy. I'm playing the guaranteeds on blonde that are around $30 and under, which is at a level I'd like to play, and whilst I do generally play at this level, I can't do 4 or 5 comps a night without getting a result first, so having a backer is good.

It takes a bit of adjusting changing from the Stars/Tilt structure to the iPoker structure, but I think I'm getting there. I started off fairly badly on my first day (Tuesday) having no cashes in 5, but yesterday went quite well with 3 out of 5 including a 5th place in my highest buy in of the day for $300ish which not only got me out of the small amount of make up I had to clear but leaves me up a couple of hundred.....so far. There's a long way to go till the end of the month, but I was feeling bad about being in make up straight away so it's good to get out. Nice to get my best result in the highest buy in for a change, it usually works the other way round!

As for the tennis betting, well I haven't really had that much time to look at it, but I'm off to a bad start. Not too sure about these events after the grand slam events, it seems like some have had a nice payday and don't give a toss at the moment. Perhaps that's just my excuse for the bad start. I'm not sure why I do sports betting, perhaps I have a small problem. I don't bet big, far from it, only a couple of quid a time, and I don't hide my losses and it's caused no problems, but I do like a punt. I think I have it in my head that it's an easy way to make some money, shame it's not working out really. Ah well.