Just for some fun ... and for the first time in over 6 months ... I jumped onto an MTT today ... No Limit Holdem ... $1.00 buyin. 114 player tournament I finished 5th.

I played Harrington style and I hit well ... it all worked out nicely on this occassion. Net profit was only something like $6.00 ... but the feeling of picking up an old game and getting in there is quite good.

so.. what's the update on the house(s)?

btw. i think my sig sucks..

Hey Red, thanks for asking ... everything is pretty much settled down now. I'm just cleaning up the final paperwork (seeing the lawyer on Thursday) ... other than that ... now I get to sit and wait for 2 months when I take ownership. All the excitement's over for now FINALLY.

So I've gotten back to playing some poker this week. Actually being able to sit down for 5 or 6 hours at a time helps a lot. I started with $200 (I had withdrawn everything but that) ... it fell to $100 ... and in the last 3 days I ran it up to $600 playing 20PLO. Unfortunately I dropped $100 on Sit and Go tournaments and couldn't win a thing. Wish me luck cause if this heater is sustainable I'm just gonna take speed and play 24/7 for the next 3 months straight. Then go on a vacation. There's been tons of funny hands and discussable situations but I just don't feel like pulling them out.

I'm waiting also on that union job I was talking about before. There's a strike slowing down the whole construction sector here right now ... but it should be over in about a week or two. I think then I'll be busy, but for now I've got a lot of time to just play poker. I'll try to write a bit more in here as I've really neglected this journal for awhile.

GL at the tables all

Today's graph so far (Notice the incredibly steep decline at first) ... also that last drop there at around hand 572 is what happens when you don't see the straight.

It was up and down all day. I kept hitting breakeven or just thereabouts … and then lose a stack or two … etc. After 2,017 hands today … this one finally put me back in the positive. 5 buyin pot … I felt very happy when the flop hit.

Oddly, I was also dealt quad aces in the pocket today for the first time.


- Lethos sitting in seat 1 with $17.25
- torl_ sitting in seat 2 with $17.35
- bobbeli sitting in seat 3 with $25.90 [Dealer]
- jochenized sitting in seat 4 with $16.17
- pokerzen sitting in seat 5 with $41.83
- tommyburman sitting in seat 6 with $58.79

jochenized posted the small blind - $0.10
pokerzen posted the big blind - $0.20
** Dealing card to pokerzen:
tommyburman called - $0.20
Lethos called - $0.20
torl_ folded
bobbeli folded
jochenized raised - $1.00
pokerzen raised - $3.40
tommyburman called - $3.40
Lethos folded
jochenized raised - $13.80
pokerzen went all-in - $38.63
tommyburman called - $42.03
jochenized went all-in - $2.47

** Dealing the flop:

** Dealing the turn:

** Dealing the river:
pokerzen shows: 5 of Clubs, 7 of Hearts, Ace of Diamonds, Ace of Clubs
tommyburman mucks:
jochenized mucks:
pokerzen wins $48.71 from the main pot
pokerzen wins $100.23 from side pot 1

End of game 1467018324

Graph of my first week back at poker full time ... 20PLO ... add about $100 in RB ... it really sucks that I had a 6000 hand breakeven streak ... but at least I recouped losses and didn't lose winnings:

* lol *

I tried again. LHE this time ... couldn't make the bubble obv. $10 down the tubes. I don't care ... I'm lightin my cigarettes with money today * g *

BECAUSE ..... (see next post)

Today is easily and by far the most profitable poker day I've ever had.

Revenue streams:

Tourney: $657
Cash Games: $388.56
RB: $198.89
Bonus: $100
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This isn't bad considering I had about $600 in my bankroll yesterday. A couple or three weeks ago ... I had $100 only in my BR ... now I'm just shy of 2K.

Some hand postings later. Right now: WOOT WOOT!!

Here's today's cash games chart ... it was a bit of a ride ... but we got there ... I'm especially fond of a 300 hand stretch starting at right about hand 1600.