6-max limit hold'em .50/1.00

Played another session today and won another $32. Unlike my earlier session, I got beat on the river a bunch of times, I would estimate about half a dozen. But I also won a couple of big pots to make up for the wons that I lost.

In my most interesting hand today. I had pocket aces and the flop came 5 5 5. Except for quad fives I had the best hand. One of my opponents kept reraising me and I kept raising back. I was slight worried by quads, but I figured that my opponent might also be raising with a number of other hands. The turn was a ten and my opponent kept reraising me and I raised back. The river was a queen and my opponent only called my bet. Now I was certain that I had won, and I was right because my opponent mucked K T. He had actually raisined the flop with nothing and actually only got a hand when the ten hit the turn. Thanks to him I won a $30 pot.

2007 Totals: Playing +900 and Bonus +150.

6-max limit hold'em .50/1.00

I won another $4 today in a up and down and up session.

I started out up about $25, then I went on a downturn and lost all that I had won and then about $20 more.

During the downturn, I flopped a set of fours and lost to a runner-runner straight. I also flopped the nut straight with QJ on a board of T 9 8. I was against 77. But I lost to a runner-runner full house with a final board of T 9 8 7 9.

My most successful hand during the downturn was Q 5 offsuit, when flopped a queen and got fives on both the turn and the river for a full house.

I changed tables and started to win again. I got really lucky in 3 hands in good sized pots and ended up the $4. The lucky hands were as follows:

1. I had K T against A T and won with a ten on the flop and a king on the turn.

2. Three hands later, I had K J against QQ. I flopped a jack and got a king on the turn again.

3. The very next hand I had K T against Q 9. The flop was J 9 7. My opponent flopped a pair of nines and I flopped an inside straight draw and an overcard. The turn was the Q, giving me a straight and my opponent two pair. The river was a brick and I won a nice sized pot.

At this level I am averaging about 4 big bets per 100 hands.

2007 Totals: Playing +913 and Bonus +150

6-max limit hold'em .50/1.00

I won another $9 today. Didn't play much as I was out of town for most of the day. No interesting hands to report.

2007 Totals: Playing +922 and Bonus +150.

6-max limit hold'em .50/1.00

Played another short session and won $44.

I made a flush with Jc Tc against QQ and won a nice sized pot. And pocket aces held up to win in another nice pot.

2007 Totals: Playing +977 and Bonus +150.

6-max limit hold'em .50/1.00

I had a good day today and I won $71, although for a time I was down about $15. The pot were big and it was a day for draws being completed, both for and against me. Because the pots were big, I managed to win much more when I made the draws, than I lost when the draws were made against me.

As I remember I had pocket aces twice and lost both times. Once when my opponent made a flush on the river. The second time was when my opponent made two pair on the turn. As per usual with pocket aces, I managed to lose multiple bets with both hands.

2007 Totals: Playing +1048 and Bonus +150.

6-max limit hold'em .50/1.00

Four days and about 2,000 hands of nearly breakeven poker. Actually I won an additional $2.

At one point I was down $81, and thinking I wasn't going to be able to hit a new high, but I did.

I won't bore you with all of the gruesome details, but yesterday in one hand I rivered the nut flush, but the river card paired the board and wouldn't you know it, but my opponent had made a full house on the river to beat me. In another hand I rivered the second nut flush and lost to the nut flush which was made on the river. That was the way my 4 days were going.

But at the end of yesterday I made a really lucky flush draw on the river on a paired board and won a $26 pot and made $18 profit on the hand.

Today I had a good day, flopped two sets which both held up. I had two hands of pocket aces and both won. And more importantly my hands avoided getting outdraw on the river, except for one instance in which I was leading until the river and still managed to split the pot.

I'm still having a good month.

I am averaging at this level a little over 4 big bets per 100 hands, which is down from 4 days ago, but still a good number I believe.

2007 Totals: Playing +1162 and Bonus +150.

6-max limit hold'em .50/1.00

Played a short session and won another $4.

No interesting hands.

2007 Totals: Playing +1166 and Bonus +150.

Made a nice run over the year...

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