Quite possibly my worst table selection ever. I hit the trifecta of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The 1st hand is my second hand of the session.

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

Stacks:
UTG ($50.00)
UTG 1 ($53.05)
CO ($80.35)
BTN ($49.00)
Hero ($49.50)
BB ($40.90)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 6 players) Hero is SB [7c]
1 fold, UTG 1 calls $0.5, 2 folds, Hero raises to $2, 1 fold, UTG 1 calls $1.5

Flop: [7d][6s] ($4.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $3, UTG 1 calls $3

Turn: ($10.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $7, UTG 1 calls $7

River: ($24.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $18, UTG 1 goes all-in $41.05, Hero calls $19.5

Final Pot: $99.50
Hero shows: [7c]
UTG 1 shows: [6h]

UTG 1 wins $100.05 ( won $47 )
Hero lost -$49.50
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Literally 2 hands later, same table and villain.

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

Stacks:
UTG ($80.35)
UTG 1 ($40.75)
Hero ($50.00)
BTN ($40.15)
SB ($49.50)
BB ($108.20)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 6 players) Hero is CO [7h]
UTG raises to $1.75, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.75, BTN calls $1.75, 1 fold, BB calls $1.25

Flop: [6d][4h] ($7.25, 4 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $5, Hero raises to $13.5, 1 fold, BB calls $13.5, UTG folds

Turn: ($39.25, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero goes all-in $34.75, BB calls $34.75

River: ($108.75, 2 players)

Final Pot: $108.75
Hero shows: [7h]
BB shows: [Ah]

BB wins $105.75 ( won $55.75 )
Hero lost -$50.00
BTN lost -$1.75
UTG lost -$6.75
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The Coupe de grace. Although I guess I should maybe have seen this one coming. Sorta.
Same table, 10 minutes later.

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

Stacks:
UTG ($67.10)
UTG 1 ($52.45)
Hero ($48.90)
BTN ($52.00)
SB ($48.00)
BB ($50.30)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 6 players) Hero is CO [Ad]
1 fold, UTG 1 raises to $1.75, Hero calls $1.75, BTN calls $1.75, 2 folds

Flop: [6d][3c] ($6, 3 players)
UTG 1 bets $4, Hero calls $4, BTN calls $4

Turn: ($18, 3 players)
UTG 1 checks, Hero bets $12, BTN calls $12, UTG 1 calls $12

River: ($54, 3 players)
UTG 1 checks, Hero goes all-in $31.15, 1 fold, UTG 1 calls $31.15

Final Pot: $116.30
UTG 1 shows: [Ks]
Hero shows: [Ad]

UTG 1 wins $113.3 ( won $64.4 )
Hero lost -$48.90
BTN lost -$17.75

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

Stacks:
UTG ($93.65)
UTG 1 ($61.75)
Hero ($99.95)
BTN ($77.40)
SB ($53.75)
BB ($62.90)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 6 players) Hero is CO [Ac]
UTG raises to $1.75, 1 fold, Hero raises to $6, 3 folds, UTG raises to $18.75, Hero calls $12.75

Flop: [4c][Jd] ($38.25, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $26, UTG goes all-in $74.9, Hero calls $48.9

Turn: ($188.05, 2 players)

River: ($188.05, 2 players)

Final Pot: $188.05
UTG shows: [Qc]
Hero shows: [Ac]

UTG wins $185.05 ( won $91.4 )
Hero lost -$93.65

...

Always fun to have a lot of outs I guess.

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

Stacks:
UTG ($34.85)
CO ($50.00)
BTN ($25.05)
Hero ($122.85)
BB ($86.90)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 5 players) Hero is SB [Js]
UTG calls $0.5, CO calls $0.5, BTN calls $0.5, Hero calls $0.25, BB checks

Flop: [6s][Ts] ($2.5, 5 players)
Hero bets $2.5, 1 fold, UTG calls $2.5, 1 fold, BTN calls $2.5

Turn: ($10, 3 players)
Hero bets $6.5, UTG calls $6.5, BTN raises to $13, Hero calls $6.5, UTG calls $6.5

River: ($49, 3 players)
Hero bets $35.5, 1 fold, BTN calls $9.05

Final Pot: $67.10
BTN shows: [Jh]
Hero shows: [Js]

Hero wins $90.55 ( won $39.05 )
BTN lost -$25.05
BB lost -$0.50
UTG lost -$16.00
CO lost -$0.50

The punishment continues.

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

Stacks:
UTG ($72.25)
CO ($49.00)
BTN ($57.25)
Hero ($89.00)
BB ($32.30)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 5 players) Hero is SB [Ah]
1 fold, CO raises to $1.75, 1 fold, Hero raises to $5, 1 fold, CO calls $3.25

Flop: [Qd][7s] ($10.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $4.5, CO raises to $9, Hero calls $4.5

Turn: ($28.5, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

River: ($28.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $19.5, CO goes all-in $35, Hero calls $15.5

Final Pot: $98.50
CO shows: [Qs]
Hero shows: [Ah]

CO wins $95.5 ( won $46.5 )
Hero lost -$49.00

I managed to make it back from ~-$185 to ~-$60.

Looks like Saturday is picking right up where Friday night left off!!! Fuck I hate poker.

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

Stacks:
UTG ($121.00)
CO ($40.75)
BTN ($43.10)
Hero ($49.60)
BB ($55.05)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 5 players) Hero is SB [Ks]
2 folds, BTN raises to $1.75, Hero raises to $5.75, 1 fold, BTN calls $4

Flop: [9d][2c] ($12, 2 players)
Hero bets $7, BTN goes all-in $37.35, Hero calls $30.35

Turn: ($86.7, 2 players)

River: ($86.7, 2 players)

Final Pot: $86.70
BTN shows: [9c]
Hero shows: [Ks]

BTN wins $83.7 ( won $40.6 )
Hero lost -$43.10
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$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at

Stacks:
Hero ($77.05)
UTG 1 ($49.75)
CO ($64.30)
BTN ($23.50)
SB ($12.85)
BB ($19.20)

Pre-flop: ($0.75, 6 players) Hero is UTG [7d]
Hero raises to $1.75, 2 folds, BTN calls $1.75, 2 folds

Flop: [6d][Js] ($4.25, 2 players)
Hero bets $2.5, BTN calls $2.5

Turn: ($9.25, 2 players)
Hero bets $5, BTN raises to $10, Hero raises to $15, BTN goes all-in $19.25, Hero calls $4.25

River: ($47.75, 2 players)

Final Pot: $47.75
BTN shows: [Jd]
Hero shows: [7d]

BTN wins $45.4 ( won $21.9 )
Hero lost -$23.50

Well, I managed to make a few bucks today in contrast to last nights fiasco.





And when you look at both sessions together it looks like a nice upward trend there. Too bad it had to start out so shittily last night.

I finally hit the Bronze level of Full Tilt's Iron Man Challenge. I could never hit the one day where you have to earn more than 500 points when I was playing the 25's. Since the switch to the 50's though, it seems to rack them up a lot faster.
Anyone got a good idea what to do with all the points and medals?

Wow, last night sucked. It also made it apparent to me that I shouldn't play when I'm tired regardless of how badly I want to make it back to even. I'm running really cold right now which really sucks as I've made the jump to NL50 6max and I'm having a lot of swings and no real consistency. I know some of it is play related but a good portion of it is bad luck as well. Anyway, without further adieu, here are the latest graphs.

Last nights session. The arrow is pointing at about the 1200 hand mark where I should have given up and called it a night as it was about 2 a.m., had made a decent comeback at that point from my low point. Unfortunately I was too tired to make that good decision.



This is the luck graph for that session.



Last nights setometer graph. Another indication of my cold running. What the hell is a set anyway? I don't remember what they look like anymore.



Setometer for the month aint looking too great either.



Here's the evidence of the swings I'm having in NL50 so far. The arrow shows the point where I switched over from NL25 to NL50. Obviously I had started to run bad before the switch and it's only gotten worse since then. This is by far the most hands I've played in a month before. And there are still a few days left!