Close enough though, just a couple of Aces and Kings away from me having him drawing dead preflop. But anyway, who's playin quad Kings preflop in Omaha 8?...........uhm, don't answer that.

Interesting series of developments tonight in the Stars cash games.

1 - Finally get the load to go through with epass. 2 1/2 weeks setup time in total.
2 - Make my first deposit onto Stars.
3 - Cards mysteriously start falling my way tonight.

KK 4x in 167 hands. Win all 4x.

My first PFR OTB is again called by the BB as is custom. But for the first time, I flop a set and of course he doesn't fold to the c-bet or the river bet, which is actually GOOD for the first time.

My 2nd PFR (AQ) vs 2 limpers, I whiff the flop, and THEY BOTH FOLD to the c-bet.

I stack my first fully stacked player in 3 weeks. I flop the 2nd nut straight and miraculously he doesn't have the nuts and doesn't even draw out with middle set.

I call a raise with suited clubs in position vs 3. The flop comes all hearts and I have bottom pair. I throw out a bluff when checked to me and only get called in 1 spot. I miraculously turn trips and win a sizeable pot against top pair with the .

I limp in with KK UTG. 4 more loose players limp and I figure I'm going to have to dump it to a bad flop, but BB raises 8x BB instead. I re-raise and instead of seeing AA, where I am 100% sure that would have happened or I would have been setted a few days ago, BB FOLDS!

Maybe I have to deposit every day.

It's All In The Deposit

Things continue to go much more smoothly since my deposit. It's amazing the cards I'm suddenly catching. The only complaint that I can give about tonight's session is that I still can't employ a successful c-bet. The only difference is that I suddenly have hands now, but after getting 1 fold yesterday I'm now at 29 out of the last 35 c-betting ops failed (doesn't mean I lost the pot, just that opponent did something other than fold on the flop).

With the deposit, I now have enough to move back up to $50NL, but I'm stubborn. I refuse to move up until I'm beating the $25NL game on Stars. Here are some of the interesting hands from tonight. I haven't been posting much in the other forums because most of my hands were just bad cards, not much to discuss, but the last 2 actually involve some strategy and if I'm still thinking about them tomorrow, I may post in the NL section. But if you read them here, you'll already have the results.


Now for the good: Yeah, it's the deposit.
$0.1/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($12.10)
UTG+1 ($18.60) (PFR 42% of hands)
MP1 ($12.85)
MP2 ($14.75)
CO ($27.05)
BTN ($25.20)
Hero ($23.05)
BB ($14.75) (1st hand)

Pre-flop: ($0.35, 8 players) Hero is SB [Qc]
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $0.75, 2 folds, CO calls $0.75, 1 fold, Hero raises to $3.75, BB calls $3.5, UTG+1 folds, CO calls $3

Flop: [5c][4h] ($12, 3 players)
Hero bets $8, BB calls $8, 1 fold

Turn: ($28, 2 players)
Hero bets $3, BB goes all-in $3

River: ($34, 2 players)

Final Pot: $34
Hero shows: [Qc]
BB shows: [Kc]

Hero wins $32 ( won +$17.25 )
CO lost -$3.75
BB lost -$14.75
UTG+1 lost -$0.75

So after the hand, BB berates me for being a fish.
wgbj said, "nice fish you idiot"
wgbj said, "you got lucky to"
wgbj said, "what chiy luck moron"
Uhm, was I supposed to open-fold at some point in that hand?

Another asshole was riding me from the rail for some unknown reason, then takes a seat vacated directly to my left, with position on me. Then he proceeds to play 75/35 his first 20 hands around and this is what happened to him.

Freerolling and Overbets?
$0.1/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($4.75)
UTG+1 ($18.40)
MP1 ($24.90)
MP2 ($30.45)
Hero ($40.75)
BTN ($54.20)
SB ($25.55)
BB ($9.75)

Pre-flop: ($0.35, 8 players) Hero is CO [8c]
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.25, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.25, BTN calls $0.25, SB calls $0.15, BB checks

Flop: [6h][7s] ($1.25, 5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 bets $0.25, Hero calls $0.25, BTN calls $0.25, SB folds, BB folds

Turn: ($2, 3 players)
UTG+1 bets $0.25, Hero raises to $4.5, BTN calls $4.5, UTG+1 folds

My first thought, since they were both fish, was actually about pushing since I expected either one to call with an 8. Meanwhile, I have the nuts + the flush draw which I didn't even think I needed. Instead, I settled for an over-bet and only OTB fish called.

River: ($11.25, 2 players)
Hero goes all-in $35.75, BTN calls $35.75

Here I figure that he he has the 8 and will call. Even if he has the flush, that was the BEST card in the world. So I push, thinking that he will call, and I was right. I had no idea how sick that card was though. Strangely he wasn't much of a dick after the hand anymore. Just said nh and left it at that.

Final Pot: $82.75
Hero shows: [8c]
BTN shows: [Kc]

Hero wins $79 ( won +$38.25 )
BTN lost -$40.75
SB lost -$0.25
BB lost -$0.25
UTG+1 lost -$0.75

Short stack messing me up?

$0.1/$0.25 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($22.90)
UTG+1 ($16.45)
CO ($8.00)
Hero ($81.10)
SB ($28.55)
BB ($22.45)

Pre-flop: ($0.35, 6 players) Hero is BTN [9s]
UTG calls $0.25, 1 fold, CO calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25, SB raises to $1.5, 1 fold, UTG folds, CO calls $1.25, Hero calls $1.25

Flop: [4h][7s] ($5, 3 players)
SB bets $2.75, CO goes all-in $6.5, Hero calls $6.5, SB calls $3.75

The short stack is a preflop fish, but generally folds post-flop when he misses. No read on SB. Here I believe he has at least top pair. If he had folded, I would have pushed. There is enough in the pot + fold equity would make this +EV I figure.

Shortie's push negates that now since I can win by getting SB to fold. However, shortie does inflate the pot for me which is good. I figure my best move is to call now and I don't care what SB does. If SB pushes, there is enough in the pot for me to call. The only hand I don't want to see is JJ, which I don't think he has because I think shortie has a J.

Turn: ($24.5, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Again, even with the additional outs, there is no need to bet SB out here because I can't win any additional money unless I hit the straight or flush which will beat SB's hand anyway.

River: ($24.5, 3 players)
SB bets $3.75, Hero folds, Hero says "nh"

Final Pot: $24.50
SB shows: [Qc]
CO shows: [Ac]

SB wins $23 ( won +$15.00 )
Hero lost -$8.00
UTG lost -$0.25
CO lost -$8.00

Haven't been doing as much hangin around BTP the last week or so besides my journal. Been doing a lot of getting ready for cold-weather type stuff around the house. Plus I have a lot of outside the house activities/chores next week too. So that's what the outside world looks like?

Just to further illustrate my theory about how they are perfectly defending against the AK raise, but leaving themselves wide open against any other hand:

1st PFR - I have a 0% PFR at this table, no cards. I open-raise [Kd] 2 off button.
SB (18% VP$IP) calls.
[2s][5s] - SB min-donks/calls raise
- SB check/calls 2nd barrel
- Check/check SB turns over [2d]

2nd PFR - Open-raise [Th] CO, BB calls
9K7 rainbow. BB folds to c-bet w/ K on flop.

3rd PFR - I open-raise [Js] in MP, OTB calls
[Jc][2s] - I lead top set, OTB calls (no A, no K)
- I bet, OTB folds (K killed my action because I'm supposed to have AK)

4th PFR - I open-raise [Jc] MP, BB calls
QK5 rainbow, BB folds to c-bet w/ K on flop.

I'm now almost 100% convinced that they are only thinking about AK when I raise so it's time to adjust.

Furthermore:
4th straight winning session since deposit.
Before deposit: -15.86 BB/100
Since deposit: +48.10 BB/100

Before deposit: 14 for 151 floppin sets
Since deposit: 4 for 23 floppin sets

YESSSSSSS!!!! IN PROFIT FOR THE MONTH!!!!

Over 9 hours of poker today. 5 MTT's, went deep in 3
$100K at Stars 605 out of 17984
PLHE tourny that I've now Final Tabled 3 out of 4x this week 8 out of 242.

And this.......


It's all in the deposit.

Well Done Sir!!!

TY all.

The Win

As far as the tournament goes, I was actually the short stack multiple times with 11 left. With 2 short-handed tables, it seemed that I was the only one pushing and trying to accumulate chips while others only pushed when absolutely necessary in trying to fold their way in. I ended up 3rd short stack and in bad shape going into the final table. One player ended up being dominant and became very aggressive. Before I knew it, we were down to 3 and I ended up doubling up and taking out the other short stack, but still facing almost a 6-1 disadvantage going into HU.

Let me just say this: It was my first time playing PLO8 HU and I will be the first to admit that my Omaha 8 HU game kinda sucks. The player with the big stack was very aggressive though and I figured that it was more important that I knew how to play HU in a tournament setting than knowing how to play PLO8 HU. I limped in a few times and checked on the flop or bet small when I knew he would come over the top of me. Then as Phil Helmuth would say, I trapped him with a couple of times and then finally scooped a pot with a low and a flush to even up. From there, I just happened to catch a few cards and trap him once or twice again for the win. Sure, I got lucky a few times, but I got pretty unlucky quite a few times in the past month and even on that day in getting knocked out of other tournaments after getting it in with the best hand.

I just realized today that even though I've made several final tables and even a few 2nd's in much larger fields, this is the largest field MTT that I've actually won. It's also actually my 2nd largest cash as well. I actually regretted registering shortly after it started because I'd already been playing 5 hours and didn't feel focused. I figured it would probably be a short trip. Ironic, huh?

The Month

So in the last week, I've took my deficit for the month, at it's highest point, and doubled it, to finish with just about that much of a profit mostly through MTT's. Pretty amazing. I've taken the last 3 days of the month (Mon - Wed) off. I've had some other things to do, including helping a friend move tomorrow, so it's a welcome break.

Return to $50NL

I've decided to go back to $50NL starting Thursday. I have more than enough money in Stars right now, especially after Sunday, and there is no sense in continuing to mess around at $25NL just for pride. I was pretty close to even anyway after a couple of nice pots this past week (See straight flush over K-hi flush in deep stacked pot a few posts back).

I also plan on playing half tournaments and half cash games at least for the next month as well as mixing in more non-hold'em games in both cash tables and tournaments. I want to continue to improve at PL/NLO8 first, probably the game I enjoy the most right now even if it's not my most profitable cash game, then add other games (Stud 8 and PLO). NL08 games are fun when you can over-bet the pot when freerolling or with a monster double draw and get bad players to put a lot of money in bad.

Live Play

So I had this theory that I could take $1K out of my online bankroll, start playing 2/4 live and actually build a live bankroll from the bottom and move up over a relatively short enough period of time. I've pretty much decided to give up on that experiment for the time being. It went well enough at first, but it just doesn't seem worth it when you include expenses. Even before my recent $400 downswing, I was only clearing about $7 per hour after expenses (about $9-10 before). Now I'm about even and even though I really enjoy the social aspect and occasional scenery of live play much more, I just don't think it's worth it at this point. Especially now that the weather is getting colder and I don't want to stand around waiting for buses anymore. (I HATE that fucking bus, but there is no point in spending $40-50 to drive down there when your expected profit is around $50-100 and you also plan on drinking, but unfortunately gas ain't cheap and neither are rooms in AC - at least for a 2/4 player.) If AC were a half hour away rather than an hour and a half, things may be different.

That's not to say that I definitely won't be going a time or two over the next few months, but just that those will be more for the social aspect of a day/night out because I defintely do enjoy playing live more than online. I may re-think this again after winter or when I have about $2K to play 3/6, but probably not until I can play at least 5/10 consistantly. It has still been a enjoyable learning or acclimation experience to live cash game play (I'd previously played tournaments exclusively live).

The return to $50NL and Stars debut went amazingly well tonight. +$81.60 over 291 hands and I was a bit of a card rack pre (AA/KK 5x) and post flop. There is much more of a difference between $25 and $50 players on Stars. I felt much more comfortable with a looser and more aggressive stye, especially post-flop here as most players were tight enough that it was easier to tell where I was. I did a lot of picking up orphan pots post-flop too. Real quickly, here are some of the key hands:

Only bad beat of the session. AK still sucks. This hand is even more irritating because I had been extremely aggressive on this table (27/8 + 7 AF) and thought I had "earned" this call:
$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($30.00)
UTG+1 ($43.50)
MP1 ($106.85)
Hero ($80.55)
CO ($50.25)
BTN ($45.10)
SB ($48.35)
BB ($64.40)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 8 players) Hero is MP2 [Kc]
UTG raises to $2, 2 folds, Hero calls $2, 4 folds
25.10% (EV = -$0.81)
74.90% (EV = $1.56)

Flop: [3h][Kd] ($4.75, 2 players)
UTG bets $3, Hero calls $3
12.70% (EV = -$1.63)
87.30% (EV = $6.38)

Turn: ($10.75, 2 players)
UTG bets $4.5, Hero raises to $15, UTG calls $10.5
10.20% (EV = -$10.84)
89.80% (EV = $21.59)

River: ($40.75, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $11, UTG goes all-in $10
50.00% (EV = $20.38)
50.00% (EV = $19.38)

Final Pot: $60.75
UTG shows: [Ks]
Hero shows: [Kc]

UTG wins $28 ( lost -$2 )
Hero wins $29 ( lost -$2 )
UTG lost -$2.00
Hero lost -$2.00


Hand 2: After this hand, villain commented "with a draw???". Uhm....sure, getting 2-1 with a pair and a draw.
$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($37.55)
UTG+1 ($30.15)
MP1 ($110.50)
Hero ($55.70)
CO ($25.70)
BTN ($15.80)
SB ($55.50)
BB ($46.25)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 8 players) Hero is MP2 [7c]
UTG raises to $2, 2 folds, Hero calls $2, CO calls $2, 1 fold, SB calls $1.75, 1 fold
40.30% (EV = $1.43)
59.70% (EV = $3.07)

Flop: [5s][Ac] ($8.5, 4 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $5, CO goes all-in $23.7, SB folds, UTG folds, Hero calls $18.7
39.20% (EV = -$1.79)
60.80% (EV = $10.29)

Turn: ($55.9, 2 players)
90.90% (EV = $50.81)
9.10% (EV = $5.09)

River: ($55.9, 2 players)
100.00% (EV = $55.90)
0.00% (EV = $0.00)

Final Pot: $55.90
Hero shows: [7c]
CO shows: [Th]

Hero wins $53 ( won +$27.3 )
SB lost -$2.00
UTG lost -$2.00
CO lost -$25.70

Hand 3: This one was tricky. Opponent was loose (35/7 w/ 60 WTSD) so far, not very many hands. But his AF wasn't very high. I was unsure of whether to call or push on the turn because I didn't have a good enough read on him yet. He'd been more of a caller than an aggressor so far though.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($28.75)
UTG+1 ($68.20)
Hero ($53.50)
MP2 ($29.25)
CO ($31.30)
BTN ($56.35)
SB ($47.50)
BB ($29.20)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 8 players) Hero is MP1 [As]
2 folds, Hero raises to $1.75, 3 folds, SB calls $1.5, 1 fold

Flop: [2s][Ad] ($4, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.75, SB calls $2.75

Turn: ($9.5, 2 players)
SB bets $9, Hero calls $9

River: ($27.5, 2 players)
SB bets $20.5, Hero goes all-in $40, SB goes all-in $13.5

Final Pot: $95.50
SB shows: [Js]
Hero shows: [As]

Hero wins $98 ( won +$44.5 )
SB lost -$47.50

The party's over. The late session was REAL quick. Bout 20 minutes. Lost almost all of it back in 2 hands. One on a sick flop w/ a pair + OESFD and the other vs a complete fucking idiot that put most his stack in way behind and caught a miracle on the turn. I quit soon after when my face turned red and my hand with a vice-like grip on my mouse started shaking. I felt that my play might start to suffer. Give me one of those 2 pots and I'm having an awesome day. Fucked up thing was that I forced myself to play the 2nd session too.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($64.30)
UTG+1 ($25.30)
MP1 ($41.95)
MP2 ($53.10)
BTN ($29.25)
Hero ($60.60)
BB ($61.20)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 8 players) Hero is SB [5c]
1 fold, TheCobra17 calls $0.5 ($56.85), 1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $1.5 ($23.80), 3 folds, Hero calls $1.25 ($59.10), BB calls $1 ($59.70), TheCobra17 folds ($56.85)
63.60% (EV = $1.68)
19.30% (EV = -$0.53)
17.10% (EV = -$0.65)

Flop: [6c][7c] ($5, 2 players)
Hero checks ($59.10), BB checks ($59.70), UTG+1 goes all-in $23.8 ($0.00), Hero calls $23.8 ($35.30), BB goes all-in $59.7 ($0.00), Hero goes all-in $35.3 ($0.00)
6.30% (EV = -$18.99)
54.30% (EV = $20.72)
39.40% (EV = -$1.55)

Turn: ($147, 2 players)
7.10% (EV = $5.42)
35.70% (EV = $52.48)
57.10% (EV = $84.28)

River: ($147, 2 players)
0.00% (EV = $0.00)
0.00% (EV = $0.00)
100.00% (EV = $147.60)

Final Pot: $147
UTG+1 shows: [Jd]
Hero shows: [5c]
BB shows: [6s]

BB wins $143.6 ( won +$82.4 )
UTG+1 lost -$25.30
Hero lost -$60.60
TheCobra17 lost -$0.50



Opponent was 39/17 w/ 33 WTSD in this hand. WTF was this?

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($50.00)
UTG+1 ($60.75)
Hero ($60.55)
MP2 ($50.00)
LP ($72.20)
CO ($28.85)
BTN ($49.00)
SB ($50.85)
BB ($30.40)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 9 players) Hero is MP1 [Ks]
2 folds, Hero raises to $1.75 ($58.80), 3 folds, BTN calls $1.75 ($47.25), 1 fold, BB calls $1.25 ($28.65)
33.60% (EV = $0.10)
66.40% (EV = $1.90)

Flop: [5s][9c] ($5.5, 3 players)
BB bets $5 ($23.65), Hero raises to $15 ($43.80), 1 fold, BB calls $10 ($13.65)
26.20% (EV = -$5.70)
73.80% (EV = $11.20)

Turn: ($35.5, 2 players)
BB bets $4.5 ($9.15), Hero raises to $15 ($28.80), BB goes all-in $9.15 ($0.00)
95.50% (EV = $46.32)
4.50% (EV = -$12.17)

River: ($62.8, 2 players)
100.00% (EV = $62.80)
0.00% (EV = $0.00)

Final Pot: $62.80
BB shows: [Ac]
Hero shows: [Ks]

BB wins $59 ( won +$28.6 )
Hero wins $1.35 ( lost -$30.4 )
BTN lost -$1.75
Hero lost -$30.40

Blah. 3 hour rollercoaster session tonight. Very small win in the end.

Seemed that I sat down in the "let's all raise and re-raise the next guy that sits here next" seat. Finally got fed up and got into a CO vs OTB war with A7s. I opened for a raise, was called OTB, flopped top pair on a 257 board with 2 clubs. My c-bet was raised by OTB. I was sick of being raised, figured there was a good chance he was making a play and called. Hit 2 pair on the turn unfortunately and dropped a stack to a set of 7's.

My real talent in NL cash games seems to be avoiding going broke many times when I should. After dropping the 1st stack, I realized that this might be one of those nights and somehow avoided the river check-raise against a fish (56/9 28 WTSD) here: Yup, he's playing 32s and calling down for a flush on a paired board. Slowed down on the turn because the board got ugly for trips, but why couldn't I have 87? Sorry dude, not paying you off on the river.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($48.75)
UTG+1 ($45.00)
MP1 ($28.05)
MP2 ($50.40)
CO ($40.70)
Hero ($49.35)
SB ($53.30)
BB ($50.45)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 8 players) Hero is BTN [7h]
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.5 ($44.50), MP1 calls $0.5 ($27.55), 2 folds, Hero calls $0.5 ($48.85), 1 fold, BB checks ($49.95)
37.40% (EV = $0.34)
62.60% (EV = $0.91)

Flop: [8s][7d] ($2.25, 4 players)
BB checks ($49.95), UTG+1 checks ($44.50), MP1 checks ($27.55), Hero bets $2 ($46.85), BB folds ($49.95), UTG+1 folds ($44.50), MP1 calls $2 ($25.55)
24.80% (EV = -$0.45)
75.20% (EV = $2.70)

Turn: ($6.25, 2 players)
MP1 checks ($25.55), Hero bets $3.5 ($43.35), MP1 calls $3.5 ($22.05)
15.90% (EV = -$1.39)
84.10% (EV = $7.64)

River: ($13.25, 2 players)
MP1 checks ($22.05), Hero checks ($43.35)
100.00% (EV = $13.25)
0.00% (EV = $0.00)

Final Pot: $13.25
MP1 shows: [3s]
Hero shows: [7h]

MP1 wins $12 ( won +$6 )
BB lost -$0.50
UTG+1 lost -$0.50
Hero lost -$6.00

Not long later, I can dodge bullets again. I think I was supposed to go broke here, but I don't know. Just didn't feel right so I checked the river.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($69.55)
Hero ($74.35)
MP1 ($47.75)
MP2 ($49.25)
CO ($50.70)
BTN ($49.75)
SB ($29.50)
BB ($51.80)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 8 players) Hero is UTG+1 [7c]
UTG calls $0.5, Hero calls $0.5, 1 fold, MP2 calls $0.5, 2 folds, SB calls $0.25, BB checks

Flop: [6c][6d] ($2.5, 5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $1.75, MP2 calls $1.75, SB folds, BB folds, UTG folds

Turn: ($6, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks

River: ($6, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets $4.5, Hero calls $4.5

Final Pot: $15
Hero shows: [7c]
MP2 shows: [6s]

MP2 wins $14 ( won +$7.25 )
SB lost -$0.50
BB lost -$0.50
UTG lost -$0.50
Hero lost -$6.75

Made a move against an overaggressive Button with a limp-re-raise with [9h] because he'd been folding to resistance and counter-aggression. This time however he called the re-raise and pushed on a Q-hi flop. Of course I flopped a flush draw and had a decision getting 2-1 for all my money. I figured that I was 2-1 if he had an overpair but less if he had a set of Q's so I folded. When I run his range on pokerstove though, it says I should have called with the [3s][7h] board.

Patience paid off and I finally caught one. While I seem to struggle when they have outs, I'm fairly competant at winning when they shove in dead. I have no idea what he thought he was doing here, but I'm very thankful for it. I don't ask why lately, I'm just thankful:
$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
7 players
Converted at

Stacks:
Hero ($76.60)
UTG+1 ($47.50)
MP ($85.95)
CO ($59.95)
BTN ($55.55)
SB ($29.45)
BB ($43.65)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 7 players) Hero is UTG [Kd]
Hero calls $0.5 ($76.10), 3 folds, BTN calls $0.5 ($55.05), SB calls $0.25 ($28.95), BB checks ($43.15)
33.80% (EV = $0.18)
66.20% (EV = $0.82)

Flop: [Qd][Jd] ($2, 4 players)
SB bets $2.5 ($26.45), BB calls $2.5 ($40.65), Hero raises to $13 ($63.10), 1 fold, SB folds ($26.45), BB calls $10.5 ($30.15)
2.80% (EV = -$12.15)
97.20% (EV = $16.65)

Turn: ($30.5, 2 players)
BB goes all-in $30.15 ($0.00), Hero calls $30.15 ($32.95)
0.00% (EV = -$30.15)
100.00% (EV = $60.65)

River: ($90.8, 2 players)
0.00% (EV = $0.00)
100.00% (EV = $90.80)

Final Pot: $90.80
BB shows: [2h]
Hero shows: [Kd]

Hero wins $87 ( won +$43.35 )
BTN lost -$0.50
SB lost -$3.00
BB lost -$43.65

But of course the roller coaster continues and KK has been brutal to me to start the month. 2nd and 3rd time I've lost decent pots with them.
Hand 1: I won't normally go nuts if I limp and nobody raises, but I knew he was a fish with a Jack.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($25.05)
Hero ($49.80)
MP1 ($30.50)
MP2 ($36.65)
CO ($20.00)
BTN ($11.30)
SB ($19.85)
BB ($43.95)
[CO posted $0.5]

Pre-flop: ($1.25, 8 players) Hero is UTG+1 [Ks]
1 fold, Hero calls $0.5 ($49.30), 1 fold, MP2 calls $0.5 ($36.15), CO checks ($19.50), 1 fold, SB calls $0.25 ($19.35), BB checks ($43.45)
14.70% (EV = -$0.13)
85.30% (EV = $1.63)

Flop: [2d][6s] ($2.5, 5 players)
SB bets $1 ($18.35), 1 fold, Hero raises to $4.5 ($44.80), 2 folds, SB calls $3.5 ($14.85)
18.40% (EV = -$2.38)
81.60% (EV = $4.88)

Turn: ($11.5, 2 players)
SB checks ($14.85), Hero bets $8.5 ($36.30), SB goes all-in $14.85 ($0.00), Hero calls $6.35 ($29.95)
81.80% (EV = $18.85)
18.20% (EV = -$7.35)

River: ($41.2, 2 players)
100.00% (EV = $41.20)
0.00% (EV = $0.00)

Final Pot: $41.20
SB shows: [Js]
Hero shows: [Ks]

SB wins $39 ( won +$19.15 )
BB lost -$0.50
Hero lost -$19.85
MP2 lost -$0.50
CO lost -$0.50

Hand 2: This guy was a set miner (16/8) so I have no idea WTF he was doing with AT here. I figured if I bet the flop, he'd fold everything I beat and it could also look like I might have a big hand if I check, so I did. After the turn c/r I was sure he had the Ace and figure I'd lost as little as I could while allowing myself to win a little bit more if he didn't have an Ace.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($94.45)
UTG+1 ($37.05)
MP1 ($78.35)
MP2 ($55.35)
CO ($28.95)
BTN ($13.00)
SB ($54.20)
Hero ($66.30)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 8 players) Hero is BB [Ks]
2 folds, MP1 raises to $1.5, 4 folds, Hero raises to $5.5, MP1 calls $4

Flop: [5c][5h] ($11.25, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 checks

Turn: ($11.25, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets $4.5, Hero raises to $10, MP1 calls $5.5

River: ($31.25, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 checks

Final Pot: $31.25
Hero shows: [Ks]
MP1 shows: [Tc]

MP1 wins $29 ( won +$13.5 )
Hero lost -$15.50

The rollercoaster put me back up slightly though again with my first set of the night. It's nice to flop a set where I know I'm actually ahead (he would have re-raised JJ or at least pushed the flop). Nice to not be the one with 2 pair for once.
$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($20.55)
UTG+1 ($22.50)
MP1 ($34.20)
MP2 ($43.60)
CO ($32.30)
Hero ($50.80)
SB ($37.25)
BB ($36.15)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 8 players) Hero is BTN [7s]
2 folds, MP1 raises to $1 ($33.20), 2 folds, Hero calls $1 ($49.80), SB calls $0.75 ($36.25), BB calls $0.5 ($35.15)
70.70% (EV = $1.83)
29.30% (EV = $0.17)

Flop: [Js][6h] ($4, 4 players)
SB checks ($36.25), BB bets $1 ($34.15), 1 fold, Hero raises to $5 ($44.80), SB folds ($36.25), BB calls $4 ($30.15)
91.30% (EV = $7.78)
8.70% (EV = -$3.78)

Turn: ($14, 2 players)
BB bets $2 ($28.15), Hero raises to $17 ($27.80), BB calls $15 ($13.15)
95.50% (EV = $28.84)
4.50% (EV = -$14.84)

River: ($48, 2 players)
BB goes all-in $13.15 ($0.00), Hero calls $13.15 ($14.65)
100.00% (EV = $61.15)
0.00% (EV = -$13.15)

Final Pot: $74.30
Hero shows: [7s]
BB shows: [Jh]

Hero wins $71 ( won +$34.85 )
MP1 lost -$1.00
SB lost -$1.00
BB lost -$36.15

Picked up several small pots in my last orbit as well to finish up a little less than 1/2 stack. Still frustrating start to the month though, take a look. I'm catching cards preflop and flop, but not so much turn and river in a very small sample so far. But, again, if I'm running slightly bad and still not losing, there is hope if I can turn it around. At least I'm not losing to start the month yet again:



Other news. My order from the Full Tilt store said "please allow four weeks for delivery". Well, it's been 5 weeks so I e-mailed them and they said it's on back-order. Shouldn't that be something they're supposed to tell me? Supposed to be a shipment early next week and should get it by the end of the week. Why do I have a feeling that this is going to be a project?

I was unaware that I would be required to deposit EVERY month in order to be allowed to run well. I knew that I wouldn't be able to keep up my streak of running poorly yet eeking out small wins. Today I both ran bad and lost.

The tables were full of fish and I couldn't figure out who actually had a hand and who was a complete idiot. In other words, I really wasn't sure where I was all day long.

3 sessions, all about 1 hour each, a little over 500 hands.

Session 1:
I should have known what kind of day it was going to be when on the very first hand I saw, in a limped in pot, 1 player overbet the pot, an UTG limper pushed. You wouldn't believe me if I told you, so here it is:
$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($33.50)
UTG+1 ($55.95)
MP1 ($52.40)
MP2 ($46.25)
MP3 ($48.25)
Hero ($50.00)
BTN ($49.25)
SB ($24.95)
BB ($50.00)
[Hero posted $0.5]

Pre-flop: ($1.25, 9 players) Hero is CO [4s]
UTG calls $0.5, UTG+1 calls $0.5, 3 folds, Hero checks, 1 fold, SB calls $0.25, BB checks

Flop: [6d][5d] ($2.5, 5 players)
SB bets $4.5, 1 fold, UTG goes all-in $33, 1 fold, Hero folds, SB goes all-in $19.95

Turn: ($51.4, 2 players)

River: ($51.4, 2 players)

Final Pot: $51.40
SB shows: [9c]
UTG shows: [2s]

SB wins $24 ( lost -$0.95 )
UTG wins $32.55 ( lost -$0.95 )
Hero lost -$0.50
SB lost -$0.95
BB lost -$0.50
UTG lost -$0.95
UTG+1 lost -$0.50

Limping in and then betting 2x the pot on the flop or checking and doing it on the river when nobody has shown any interest is something that I've seen quite often lately, many times when I flop TP without a good kicker. I've never had any clue what it's meant. I guess this is it, I shoulda been calling.

Absolutely NOTHING else happended during the 1st session. Card dead, except for a smallish pot with a flush, just about the entire session although the fish were aplenty, which was frustrating.

Session 2:
AGAIN the fish were all over the place. Very loose & Very aggressive. Yet again, I couldn't catch a hand and started to tilt slightly towards the end. The difference though, is when I tilt now, I think that I'm at least giving myself a chance to win as in the following hands.........of which I lost almost every one though.

Opponent is 57/13 but 11 WTSD. Of course he's got me drawing dead with the flush draw. Silly me.
$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($41.95)
UTG+1 ($27.25)
MP1 ($43.80)
MP2 ($21.50)
CO ($30.35)
Hero ($49.25)
SB ($6.05)
BB ($49.25)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 8 players) Hero is BTN [8h]
2 folds, MP1 calls $0.5, MP2 raises to $2, 1 fold, Hero calls $2, SB calls $1.75, 1 fold, MP1 calls $1.5
36.50% (EV = $1.10)
63.50% (EV = $3.40)

Flop: [As][5h] ($8.5, 4 players)
SB checks, MP1 checks, MP2 bets $2.5, Hero raises to $20.5, SB folds, MP1 folds, MP2 goes all-in $17
4.00% (EV = -$18.60)
96.00% (EV = $26.10)

Turn: ($47.5, 2 players)
0.00% (EV = $0.00)
100.00% (EV = $47.50)

River: ($47.5, 2 players)
0.00% (EV = $0.00)
100.00% (EV = $47.50)

Final Pot: $47.50
Hero shows: [8h]
MP2 shows: [Kh]

Hero wins $1 ( lost -$21.5 )
MP2 wins $45 ( won +$23.5 )
Hero lost -$21.50
SB lost -$2.00
MP1 lost -$2.00

Semi-tilt #2: Here's the 2nd move I made today. Also against a fish (41/7 but 50 WTSD) but at a short handed table. I tried to be tricky thinking he can't have something everyhand, but of course I was wrong. I very seriously thought about pushing the turn, but came to my senses. Only tilt when I'm still giving myself a chance to win.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at

Stacks:
Hero ($53.55)
CO ($9.25)
BTN ($85.65)
SB ($24.90)
BB ($38.05)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 5 players) Hero is UTG [Qh]
Hero raises to $1.75 ($51.80), 1 fold, BTN calls $1.75 ($83.90), 2 folds

Flop: [7h][6c] ($4.25, 2 players)
Hero checks ($51.80), BTN bets $1.5 ($82.40), Hero raises to $5 ($46.80), BTN calls $3.5 ($78.90)

Turn: ($14.25, 2 players)
Hero bets $7 ($39.80), BTN raises to $14 ($64.90), Hero folds ($39.80)

Final Pot: $28.25

BTN wins $33 ( won +$12.25 )
Hero lost -$13.75

Lost another decent pot to someone who I mistakenly put on the missed 9 out flush draw when they actually were calling with the 2 out set draw which hit on the river.

Semi-tilt #3: My first set of the day. I limp 88 UTG, fishy w/ $5 raises to $2, fishy with $5 in BB calls, I put them both in. Both call. BB fishy has ATo, other fishy has KJo.
Board JT8Q4. I gots lucky and win a $10 pot.

Session 3: More fishies, more losing.

Opponent 29/13 w/ 18 WTSD. Figured I had some fold equity here + a nice draw. Less outs than I thought. When I should call, I raise, when I should raise, I call......ugh. Also thought we'd have 1/2 the table in preflop since that's about how many were calling my raises. This is where they all decide to fold though.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($19.85)
UTG+1 ($28.65)
MP1 ($26.25)
MP2 ($49.25)
Hero ($50.45)
CO ($44.50)
BTN ($26.65)
SB ($48.00)
BB ($30.00)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 9 players) Hero is MP3 [Tc]
2 folds, MP1 raises to $2, 1 fold, Hero calls $2, 4 folds
20.60% (EV = -$1.02)
79.40% (EV = $1.77)

Flop: [8c][2h] ($4.75, 2 players)
MP1 bets $2, Hero raises to $10, MP1 goes all-in $24.25, Hero calls $14.25
33.00% (EV = -$6.68)
67.00% (EV = $11.43)

Turn: ($53.25, 2 players)
25.00% (EV = $13.31)
75.00% (EV = $39.94)

River: ($53.25, 2 players)
0.00% (EV = $0.00)
100.00% (EV = $53.25)

Final Pot: $53.25
Hero shows: [Tc]
MP1 shows: [Ac]

MP1 wins $50 ( won +$23.75 )
Hero lost -$26.25


First hand at a brand new table. Was wondering how I was going to lose this one. Every card I didn't want to see on that board. At least his real hand made me laugh.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
9 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($10.00)
UTG+1 ($25.85)
MP1 ($18.30)
MP2 ($104.60)
MP3 ($36.70)
Hero ($50.00)
BTN ($50.60)
SB ($29.45)
BB ($9.85)
[Hero posted $0.5]

Pre-flop: ($1.25, 9 players) Hero is CO [Ad]
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.5, MP1 calls $0.5, MP2 calls $0.5, 1 fold, Hero raises to $4, 2 folds, BB goes all-in $9.85, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, Hero calls $5.85
81.50% (EV = $7.63)
18.50% (EV = -$5.97)

Flop: [Qc][Qs] ($21.45, 2 players)
12.20% (EV = $2.62)
87.80% (EV = $18.39)

Turn: ($21.45, 2 players)
4.50% (EV = $0.97)
95.50% (EV = $20.01)

River: ($21.45, 2 players)
Hero says "nh"
0.00% (EV = $0.00)
100.00% (EV = $20.95)

Final Pot: $21.45
Hero shows: [Ad]
BB shows: [Qd]

BB wins $20 ( won +$10.15 )
UTG+1 lost -$0.50
MP1 lost -$0.50
MP2 lost -$0.50
Hero lost -$9.85

He ended up running 85/40 and got me again when I flopped a straight flush draw and he a boat. I rivered the straight.

Finally flopped my 2nd and last set of the night here. BB was 13/4. I couldn't believe he had AK there, but really there was nothing else I could put him on. No way he's not raising KK+ there and I have the only other cards that hit that flop. I guess I could have gotten him in on the flop, but I figured I'd wait till the turn just in case it was AJ/AQ so I wouldn't lose him.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($80.65)
UTG+1 ($26.20)
MP1 ($38.65)
MP2 ($75.15)
CO ($44.95)
BTN ($32.35)
Hero ($49.50)
BB ($49.95)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 8 players) Hero is SB [2d]
3 folds, MP2 calls $0.5 ($74.65), 2 folds, Hero calls $0.25 ($49.00), BB checks ($49.45)

Flop: [Kh][Ac] ($1.5, 3 players)
Hero bets $1 ($48.00), MP1 says "u got lucky" ($38.65), BB raises to $3.5 ($45.95), 1 fold, Hero calls $2.5 ($45.50)

Turn: ($8.5, 2 players)
Hero checks ($45.50), BB bets $8.5 ($37.45), Hero goes all-in $45.5 ($0.00), BB calls $37 ($0.45)

River: ($99.5, 2 players)

Final Pot: $99.50
Hero shows: [2d]
BB shows: [Ad]

Hero wins $96 ( won +$46.5 )
MP2 lost -$0.50
BB lost -$49.50

That's about it as far as good hands today. No, not about, that was it. All the fish and the rock is the only guy I stack.

A few minutes later I caught KK at all 3 tables at the same time. SHIT!
1 - 2 callers, took it down on rag flop.
2 - took the blinds
3 - absolutely no read on opponent. rest of table is very loose and crazy. anyone playing this different? I'm 64% against the following range 77-66,AQs,KQs,98s,AQo,KQo and thought about folding the river.

$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
8 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($34.55)
UTG+1 ($100.10)
Hero ($48.75)
MP2 ($45.10)
CO ($63.20)
BTN ($20.20)
SB ($9.50)
BB ($50.00)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 8 players) Hero is MP1 [Ks]
UTG calls $0.5 ($34.05), UTG+1 calls $0.5 ($99.60), Hero raises to $2.75 ($46.00), 5 folds, UTG folds ($34.05), UTG+1 calls $2.25 ($97.35)

Flop: [6d][Qs] ($6.75, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks ($97.35), Hero bets $4 ($42.00), UTG+1 raises to $8 ($89.35), Hero calls $4 ($38.00)

Turn: ($22.75, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $7 ($82.35), Hero calls $7 ($31.00)

River: ($36.75, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $15 ($67.35), Hero calls $15 ($16.00)

Final Pot: $66.75
UTG+1 shows: [7d]
Hero shows: [Ks]

UTG+1 wins $63 ( won +$30.25 )
UTG lost -$0.50
Hero lost -$32.75

Other notes:
- Just 2 for 26 flopping sets today.
- After going through PokerEV, I've found that I'm on a 23K hand break even stretch at Full Ring NLHE only. This doesn't include any live play, non-NLHE games, 6-max, or MTT's. That sucks. Not sure where I'm going wrong. Thought it might be a lack of aggression, 3-betting, c/r'ing, or 2-barrelling, but I'm getting pounded on virtually everytime I do it without a monster.

- The good news is that I'm exactly even for November so far despite the ugly graph this week. Thank GOD tomorrow and Tuesday are MTT days.

The Good: Played 6 tournies today. Cashed in the last 4.

The Bad: All 4 were smallish cashes so I really didn't even make much on the day. Put in like 7 hours for about a $20 profit. Closer to $50 if you count the PCA Step 1, but I don't get to see that money. Just hoping I can stick around in a few of them long enough to make my $7.50 invested +EV in terms of FPP's.

$20+2 180 player SNG - 65th
Ran 99 into QQ getting shortish stacked.

$10+1 $100K Gaurranteed - 10,942nd out of 18,572
First time I've failed to crack the 10K mark. First time I think I've failed to cash in this lottery actually.
Blinds 100/200 - UTG limp, table bit stack (18K) raises to 600 in HJ, I push 66 OTB (2.145). Blinds and UTG fold. Big stack calls with K9s. King on the flop.

Even though I failed to cash in the first 2, I have no problem with the way I played.

$7+.50 PCA Step 1 - 1st Advance to Step 2 $27
Was supposed to be easy. Was table big stack almost the entire way and they allowed me to steal at will when it got to 3 handed.
No Limit Holdem Tournament
3 players
Converted at

Stacks:
BTN (4900)
SB (2465)
Hero (6135)

Blinds: 75/ 150

Pre-flop: (225, 3 players) Hero is BB [Ah]
1 fold, SB calls 75, Hero raises to 600, SB calls 450
5.90% (EV = -$529.20)
94.10% (EV = $529.20)

Flop: [5h][8s] (1200, 2 players)
SB goes all-in 1865, Hero calls 1865
13.90% (EV = -$1179.73)
86.10% (EV = $2379.73)

Turn: (4930, 2 players)
4.50% (EV = $221.85)
95.50% (EV = $4708.15)

River: (4930, 2 players)
100.00% (EV = $4930.00)
0.00% (EV = $0.00)

Final Pot: 4930
SB shows: [9d]
Hero shows: [Ah]

SB wins 4930 ( won +2465 )
Hero lost -2465

Then 2 big stacks went to war a few hands later on 4J5 flop. AJ vs KJ and same guy sucked out again with K on the river. Other guy was crippled and gone a few hands later. I really don't expect to go anywhere with these Steps. Will just be happy to get some play out of my $7.50.

$10+1 HORSE - 29th out of 272 - $13.60 cash
Yay, $2.60 profit. Don't even remember the hand I went out on. Was either Razz or Stud

$10+1 $20K Gaurranteed - 178th out of 2805 - $25.24 cash
- Got AA cracked by J7s on KJx flop in a battle of big stacks early in the pay period. Don't know why I thought he had the J on the turn. Figured I'd get c/r'ed with K and if he only had the naked K then he was only drawing to 2 outs once board paired so I wasn't worried about giving him a free card. Kinda dodged a bullet here.
No Limit Holdem Tournament
9 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG (36674)
UTG+1 (27967)
MP1 (5440)
MP2 (22425)
MP3 (14656)
Hero (56604)
BTN (15525)
SB (36295)
BB (57060)

Blinds: 500/ 1000 Ante 100

Pre-flop: (2400, 9 players) Hero is CO [As]
5 folds, Hero raises to 3500 (53104), 2 folds, BB calls 2500 (53560)
81.20% (EV = $3320.80)
18.80% (EV = -$1920.80)

Flop: [Ks][5c] (8400, 2 players)
BB checks (53560), Hero bets 5000 (48104), BB calls 5000 (48560)
77.20% (EV = $9204.80)
22.80% (EV = -$804.80)

Turn: (18400, 2 players)
BB checks (48560), Hero checks (48104)
4.50% (EV = $828.00)
95.50% (EV = $17572.00)

River: (18400, 2 players)
BB bets 6000 (42560), Hero calls 6000 (42104)
0.00% (EV = -$6000.00)
100.00% (EV = $24400.00)

Final Pot: 30400
Hero shows: [As]
BB shows: [7c]

BB wins 30400 ( won +15900 )
Hero lost -14500

- Ran 33 OTB into KK from BB. He never bet. Just called pre-flop and flop.
- Got stuck in 3 way all-in with KTo and a crippled stack. I was live against AQ and AJ though. King on the flop and only 2 Aces left! Ace on the turn.

$25+2.50 $25K Gaurranted - 96th out of 1462 - $69.44 cash
Sooooo card dead at an aggressive table for like the last half hour. Wound up open-pushing K8o in CO for 12K w/ 1K/2K blinds (200 ante). Button had AK.

5 hours - 8 tournaments. 1 cash, 1 do-over, small loss on the night. Played really well in some, not so well in others, and dealt with some cold decks as well.

$11 HORSE 50/224
Ran hot when the blinds were small early, then Razz killed me later. Should have known when I was dealt AAA on the first Razz hand of the night.
Eh my knockout hand Stud H/L - [3h][2h][9c][5d] couldn't catch a high or a low. Got called by someone showing J8o on 4th street, he hit another J on the turn and that was his final hand. Pair of Jacks. No idea what he was doing in the pot. Woulda had a good shot at cashing if I had scooped that pot.

$11 $20K Gaurranteed 2038/2491
This was one of the more interesting hands of the night and I really like my play here, but it didn't work out.
No Limit Holdem Tournament
9 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG (2270)
Hero (3130)
MP1 (3775)
MP2 (7925)
MP3 (3225)
CO (3165)
BTN (6790)
SB (2970)
BB (3390)

Blinds: 15/ 30

Pre-flop: (45, 9 players) Hero is UTG+1 [Jc]
UTG raises to 60, Hero raises to 200, MP1 calls 200, 3 folds, BTN raises to 720, 2 folds, UTG calls 660,

Reads:
UTG - had min-raised a few times from oop so far and not shown strength on the flop. I have no idea what he was doing besides padding the pot when he called the 2nd time around though.
MP1 - Had been calling fairly liberally. Not a factor in the decision.
OTB - New to the table and a big stack. The pot was now so big due to the dead money put in by UTG and MP1 that I felt unknown OTB w/ a big stack had a wide enough range to include enough hands that I was ahead of (TT), even with (AK/AQ), or squeezing with that a push was the correct play.

Hero goes all-in 3130, MP1 folds, BTN calls 2410, UTG folds

Flop: [5h][Ah] (7225, 2 players)

Turn: (7225, 2 players)

River: (7225, 2 players)

Final Pot: 7225
Hero shows: [Jc]
BTN shows: [Ac]

BTN wins 7225 ( won +4095 )
Hero lost -3130
MP1 lost -200
UTG lost -720

Right play, wrong result. I'd do it again.

$22 180 player SNG 114/180
I played horribly and deserved what I got.

One of my biggest leaks is that I have a lot of trouble folding to preflop re-raises, especially if they are retarded re-raises. Then I usually go and flop top pair and stack off.
I open-raised [Th] 3x, 3 off the button. SB min-raised me so of course I called, even though I now had 20% of my stack in the pot. T-hi rainbow flop. He bets 2/3 pot, I debate and decide to stack off. He shows QQ and I hit a T on the river.

But then I lost another JJ vs AK all-in preflop hand with some extra dead money in the pot and poetically exit when a loose button called a PFR with QT and out flops me. I flopped middle-pair w/ A9s on Q9x board and any c-bet basically left me short-stacked.

$27.50 $25K Gaurranteed 88/1319 $72.54 cash
Highlight of the night, kept me going 0'fer tonight. Got stuck in a bad seat for about a half hour before the bubble. Surrounded by short stacks who were pushing at will, the only 2 decently stacked players were both directly to my left. I was card dead and couldn't steal because I was usually already facing an all-in or likely to see one behind me.

Finally picked up [Td] and re-raised a decent stack. He shoved and showed KK when I folded. Got past the bubble and a few more levels by aggressively pushing and not getting called (even though I really wanted some with KK and AQ). Even got a button raiser to put in 6K of 16K stack preflop, but fold to my SB push (WTF??)

Exit hand - Open-push AKo, get called by 2 big stacks (99 & AK) behind me. 99 holds up.

$11 LO8 60/144
Why do I play limit tournaments. Run hot early again and then get cold-decked when the blinds go up where 1 hand will eat your whole stack.

$11 Sunday Million Sat 36/79
Odd payout structure where top 3 got seats and 4-16 got their $11 back. I had a big enough stack where I probably could have easily made this fold and still had a chance. Maybe I should have and would have if there were more actual seats, but I felt the push was the best move here.

Blinds 50/100 - [9s] CO (4265)
I open for 350
OTB - brand new to table (8398) makes it 900
Again, like the JJ hand earlier, I thought there was enough of a chance that this was a move or overs so I pushed. Wrong. OTB had QQ, which, if he knew he wasn't going to fold, I don't understand why he didn't raise more to discourage an A or K from calling. Especially with a big stack in a satellite where survival and uncontested chip accumulation should be more important. I probably would have raised closer to 1200.

PCA Round 1 Freeroll 4464/10,000
As usual, complete waste of time.
- Shortie pushes, I re-push AJo OTB. Flop an Ace, but T6o is good with the flush.
- Again OTB w/ [Jd], 2 limpers, I push for 6+BB. 2nd limper calls with [8h]. Q on the flop.

$27 PCA Step 2 - 4/9 Re-do Step 2
I was the 2nd most aggressive player when it got down to 6 and was really getting a free ride for the most part. Went out when OTB pushed 55 and I called with AK in BB.