Played again this evening after work as always. I put in a session that was about an hour and a half, 8 tables. Broke even for a while, got up a bit, and yo-yo'd back and forth. I was starting to get some steam going for me when this beauty came up. Nothing I can do here obviously, but it's an annoying setback.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (5 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

UTG ($24.65)
MP ($25)
Button ($65.75)
Hero ($22.30)
BB ($32.55)

Preflop: Hero is SB with , .
UTG raises to $0.85, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.75, 1 fold.

Flop: ($1.95) , , (2 players)
Hero bets $1.95, UTG raises to $6.25, Hero raises to $22.65, UTG raises to $30.05 (All-In), Hero calls $0.75 (All-In).

Turn: ($48.75) (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($48.75) (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $48.75

Villain had AK.


The cards weren't particularly nice to me today, but nothing sickeningly consistant and bad. It was pretty much a "meh" day as far as cards go. Either way, I had another winning day, at +$32 so I am happy that my winning streak continues. I'm knocking on the door of $1100, and hope to push through that later on tonight or tomorrow...whenever the next time I play may be.

+$32

My girlfriend went to six flags with her family today, but I didn't feel like going, so I stayed home and played some poker. Cards were running pretty well all day until about the last half an hour or so. I got rivered with a few 2 outers that hurt pretty bad at the end of my session. I was up 8 buyins at one point today, but when I left the tables, I was up just over $90, which is a little under 4 buyins. Not a bad day by any means, but it hurts to see all that go away in the last few minutes of playing. I had to stop though, because I could generally feel myself starting to lose concentration. That wasn't the reason I lost those buyins, I'd lose them in those spots every time...but I feel good that I knew I had to take a break and quit playing when I did.

I put in something like 3700 hands today and my winrate is showing 5.78PTbb/100 over 8 tables for an hourly rate of $23/hr + rb. Overall today was a successful day...I just wish I wouldnt have got stacked a few times at the end of the day.

+$90

Here is my ugly graph:

Sat down for a session this evening. Just under 1,000 hands and it went pretty well.

Here are the stats overall from today (this includes the #s from the previous post)

I logged around 2.5-3hrs of playing today. I'm at home on a different computer, so I was only on 6 tables rather than 8, nor do I have pokertracker results to post right this second, but I did have another good day at the tables so far. I'm going to try to put in a couple more hours by the end of the day, but I have some errands to run so I'm not sure if I'm going to get around to it. Today was a solid day all around and I logged a win of about $125-$130 at 25nl.

Things are going well right now at 25nl...let's hope I can keep up these good days. I might try to squeeze a few MTT in later on rather than cash games. We'll see.

Sorry for lack of updates, I've been very busy with moving out of my old apartment, my grandfather passing away and all sorts of other stuff. I've been pretty hectic.

I did end up playing 2 sessions yesterday. The first session (50NL), I found myself getting destroyed with some ugly river cards that gave people hands I didnt even see coming much of hte time. Lots of 2-3 out cards that had me incredibly flustered and down 4 buyins somewhat quickly. I closed down my tables and called it quits.

I sat down later on in the evening, probably aroudn 9:30 with intention of putting in a pretty long session. I fired up 6 tables of 50NL and went at it. Things were sort of rocky, and again got off to a slow start and I found myself down 2 more buyins but I continue to plug away. After about 2.5 hours of play, everythign turned around and I ran just ridiculously hot. Like I've never ran before. I was hitting sets everywhere...a lot didn't pay off, but I won a bunch of medium sized pot (20-25 pots) which contribute nicely to crawling out of a hole. Hands such as these helped out a lot

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Button ($49.25)
SB ($101.50)
Hero ($133.20)
UTG ($50.50)
MP ($112.50)
CO ($79.30)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
1 fold, MP raises to $1.5, 2 folds, SB calls $1.25, Hero calls $1.

Flop: ($4.50) , , (3 players)
SB bets $3, Hero calls $3, MP raises to $12, SB calls $9, Hero calls $9.

Turn: ($40.50) (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $25, MP calls $25, SB folds.

River: ($90.50) (2 players)
Hero bets $65, MP calls $65.

Final Pot: $220.50

Results in white below:
Hero has 3s 3h (three of a kind, threes).
MP has Qh Qd (one pair, queens).
Outcome: Hero wins $220.50.

I had fairly good reads on both opponents, and everything played out very well.

That one was nice, but this one was even better:

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) from (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

UTG ($162.05)
Hero ($158.15)
CO ($13.30)
Button ($48.50)
SB ($16.90)
BB ($41.25)

Preflop: Hero is MP with , .
UTG raises to $1.75, Hero calls $1.75, 4 folds.

Flop: ($4.25) , , (2 players)
UTG bets $4.25, Hero calls $4.25.

Turn: ($12.75) (2 players)
UTG bets $0.5, Hero calls $0.50.

River: ($13.75) (2 players)
UTG bets $13.75, Hero raises to $151.65 (All-In), UTG calls $137.90.

Final Pot: $317.05

Results in white below:
UTG has Js Jc (full house, jacks full of nines).
Hero has 8h 7h (straight flush, jack high).
Outcome: Hero wins $317.05.

And this one is small, but it's good evidence as to how I was running.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (2 handed) from (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

Hero ($390.35)
BB ($15.15)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
Hero raises to $3.25, BB raises to $6, Hero raises to $393.6 (All-In), BB calls $9.65 (All-In).

Flop: ($31.30) , , (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($31.30) (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($31.30) (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $31.30

Results in white below:
Hero has Ad Ks (flush, ace high).
BB has As Kh (two pair, kings and twos).
Outcome: Hero wins $409.25.

At the table i had ~$400 at, I was sitting HU for much of the time. A player would sit down with $20, call down with nothing...rinse, repeat. I made good money there.

All in all, I won back the 6 buyins that I was down, and on top of that, I won another 6 to cap off the night. I've been playing poker for a few years and have never ran like this. It was an amazing feeling.