3 1/2 hour session of $100NL - ($3.10)

Considering the fact that I was down over 80BB at one point early in the session, almost getting back to even feels pretty good.

Current Bankroll: $3545.89

lol setaments...

Boy, I was on fire after that last post - 4 flopped sets in my next 24 PP. Even better, I doubled up on one of them.

The rest of the day pretty much sucked, though.

AKs <<< A9o aipf - he got a flush
AK <<< AJ aipf - flopped Ace, turn J, river J
QQ <<< AJ all-in on turn on J-high board - river J
QTs <<< AK - big combo draw that missed

and so on...

Tomorrow starts a new month, though.

Current Bankroll: $3252.93

This was literally my very first hand in March -

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($63.60)
CO ($20.00)
BTN ($62.40)
SB ($38.00)
Hero ($100.00)
[CO posted $1]

Pre-flop: ($2.5, 5 players) Hero is BB [Ad]
1 fold, CO checks, 2 folds, Hero raises to $4.5, CO calls $3.5

Flop: [2s][6h] ($9.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $7, CO goes all-in $15.5, Hero calls $8.5

Turn: ($40.5, 2 players)

River: ($40.5, 2 players)

Final Pot: $40.50
CO shows: [6d]

CO wins $38.5 ( won $18.5 )
Hero lost -$20.00

Fortunately, it got better from there - doubled up with 33 vs AA in a blind battle when I flopped a set; doubled up with 2 pair on a button steal against a SB who called my river shove with TP; stole lots of blinds (I was running 21/15/3 tonight)

Current Bankroll: $3841.18

My sister and her kids stopped by, so that limited the time I was able to play -

-$78 during the afternoon before she came (TPTK <<< set)
+$86 tonight after she left.

I posted a couple of the interesting hands in the NL section if anyone wants to take a look.

Current Bankroll: $3848.63

Not much new to report. Got the BR back above $4k, and that's about it.

Here's my "I'm just not buying what you're selling" hand of the day -

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($102.60)
UTG+1 ($42.85)
CO ($60.00)
BTN ($20.10)
Hero ($110.35)
BB ($243.55)
[CO posted $1]

Pre-flop: ($2.5, 6 players) Hero is SB [Ac]
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $1, CO checks, 1 fold, Hero raises to $6, 1 fold, UTG+1 calls $5, CO folds

Flop: [9d][3c] ($14, 2 players)
Hero bets $11, UTG+1 raises to $22, Hero raises to $69, UTG+1 goes all-in $14.85

Turn: ($87.7, 2 players)

River: ($87.7, 2 players)

Final Pot: $87.70
Hero shows: [Ac]

Hero wins $116.85 ( won +$41.85 )
UTG+1 lost -$42.85
CO lost -$1.00

Villain had JTo

And before I get a bunch of comments - this is something I might do once every couple of weeks. It's not my standard play with A-high when my c-bet gets min-raised, and I wouldn't have even done it here if villain had been deeper. Maybe that's what tipped off my spidey-sense on this hand - if he actually has something, why not just shove the flop with as little behind as he had?


Current Bankroll: $4022.98

Happiness is my first-ever +$500 day.



I'm pretty sure my bankroll is now the highest it's ever been - including before I cashed everything out last year.

Current Bankroll: $4548.28

Just a couple of very short - and very sick - sessions tonight.

First, the ugly -

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($52.85)
UTG 1 ($52.00)
CO ($329.60)
BTN ($97.00)
Hero ($203.15)
BB ($129.10)

Pre-flop: ($3, 6 players) Hero is SB [Td]
UTG calls $2, 1 fold, CO raises to $9, 1 fold, Hero calls $8, 1 fold, UTG calls $7

Flop: [6c][7h] ($29, 3 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, CO bets $25, Hero calls $25, UTG folds

Turn: ($79, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $65, Hero goes all-in $169.15, CO calls $104.15

River: ($417.3, 2 players)

Final Pot: $417.30
Hero shows: [Td]

Hero wins $414.3 ( won $211.15 )
UTG lost -$9.00
CO lost -$203.15

Villain had JJ. I have got to stop treating TT like the nuts when I flop an overpair with them. I don't know what it is about that hand, but the very first time I was stacked at $200NL was with TT that flopped an overpair.


Now, on to the good:

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($198.35)
CO ($62.30)
Hero ($197.00)
SB ($382.98)
BB ($166.50)

Pre-flop: ($3, 5 players) Hero is BTN [Js]
UTG raises to $7, 1 fold, Hero calls $7, 2 folds

Flop: [4h][Jd] ($17, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $10, UTG raises to $30, Hero raises to $100, UTG goes all-in $191.35, Hero goes all-in $90

Turn: ($397, 2 players)

River: ($397, 2 players)

Final Pot: $397.00
Hero shows: [Js]

UTG wins $1.35 ( lost -$197 )
Hero wins $395 ( won $198 )

Villain had KK

Villain reloaded for some odd amount, and this happened literally two hands later against the same villain -

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at

Stacks:
Hero ($395.00)
CO ($374.98)
BTN ($163.50)
SB ($88.60)
BB ($62.30)

Pre-flop: ($3, 5 players) Hero is UTG [As]
Hero raises to $7, 2 folds, SB raises to $25, 1 fold, Hero goes all-in $395, SB goes all-in $63.6

Flop: [3d][9d] ($179.2, 2 players)

Turn: ($179.2, 2 players)

River: ($179.2, 2 players)

Final Pot: $179.20
Hero shows: [As]

Hero wins $483.6 ( won $88.6 )
SB lost -$88.60

He had A9s - obviously a tilt call/shove, because he normally plays better than that.

Grand total of 127 hands, which was good enough for a +$389 day.

Current Bankroll: $4937.43

Happiness is winning 0.75 BB (after being down almost 94 BB at one point).

Reason #2,172 why you should raise big pairs preflop -

$1/$2 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($261.20)
CO ($233.70)
BTN ($55.76)
SB ($140.75)
Hero ($198.40)

Pre-flop: ($3, 5 players) Hero is BB [7h]
2 folds, BTN calls $2, SB calls $1, Hero checks

Flop: [7c][5c] ($6, 3 players)
SB bets $3, Hero raises to $8, BTN goes all-in $53.76, SB folds, Hero calls $45.76

Turn: ($116.52, 2 players)

River: ($116.52, 2 players)

Final Pot: $116.52
Hero shows: [7h]

Hero wins $114.52 ( won $58.76 )
BTN lost -$55.76
SB lost -$5.00

Villain had QQ.

Current Bankroll: $4938.39

Happiness is a $5k bankroll.

The hand that put me over the top -

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at

Stacks:
UTG ($102.45)
UTG 1 ($71.75)
CO ($98.00)
Hero ($195.75)
SB ($39.75)
BB ($60.60)

Pre-flop: ($1.5, 6 players) Hero is BTN [5s]
UTG calls $1, UTG 1 calls $1, 1 fold, Hero calls $1, SB calls $0.5, BB checks

Flop: [Jd][5c] ($5, 5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, UTG 1 bets $5, Hero raises to $15, SB folds, BB folds, UTG calls $15, UTG 1 goes all-in $70.75, Hero goes all-in $194.75, UTG folds

Turn: ($161.5, 2 players)

River: ($161.5, 2 players)

Final Pot: $161.50
Hero shows: [5s]

Hero wins $282.5 ( won $86.75 )
SB lost -$1.00
BB lost -$1.00
UTG lost -$16.00
UTG 1 lost -$71.75


Current Bankroll: $5074.71