I played a few hands this morning and won about $850. Then I sat down to play some this afternoon and I got set over setted twice in 10 hands for full stacks both times.

Thats 4 set over sets against me in 3 weeks. Hard to believe. You would think I would be on the high end just as many times and they would even out, but it hasnt happened yet.

As arrogant as it sounds, I just hardly ever have large losing sessions, unless its a situation like set over set, AA vs KK or big outdraws like the $4000 pot I lost all in with the nuts.

Thats a good thing, of course.

Down $1291 today after losing those 2 stacks. The total stake profit is now +$1262.65 and my total win rate since inception is 7.2 BB / 100 hands. Total win rate since the project restarted is 3.0 BB / 100 hands.

I played a few more hands last night and won $150ish. The total stake profit as of end of day Aug 20th is $1414.65

Each share has a profit of $70.73.

There are only 11 days left in the staking deal. From this point on, if anyone wants to claim their profit and bow out, thats fine. Just let me know. Your profit will be tallied from wherever I edn up at the end of the day ythat you PM me with your request.

If nobody wants out early, which is what I suspect, thats fine also.

I walked around the block and signed back on. I won almost $1000 in about 30 mins with good solid play. This proves my point again.

All I need is avg cards and avg luck to beat these guys. With the amount of horrible luck Ive had recently, its amazing that Im still winning.

This week alone Ive had the 4 set over sets and the big $4000 pot I lost when i was all in with the nuts and I still won about $2200 this week. Not counting money I won playing 6 max and smaller stakes when I couldnt get any $5/$10 tables.

If I can make $2200 in a week like this, how much will my avg week be? I dont know, but I cant wait to find out.

Total win rate since inception is 6.1 BB / 100 hands
Win rate since deal restarted is 0.9 BB / 100 hands

Total stake profit is $423.95. 10 more days to get this thing cranked up.

Maybe next week I'll get set over set 4 times, but I will have the high end. It should even out that way right?

Ice, the variance sounds amazing with your play. Do you attribute that to uncommon hands (like multiple set over set) or just the nature of the high limit game?

Can you post a PokerGraph with perhaps some notes on the hands accounting for the large up/downswings?

It doesnt appear to be the nature of the higher stakes. It seems to me that there may be less large pots (at least everywhere except Party), than lower stakes.

You dont get people betting pot with KJ at every street on a Jxx flop and another guy calling all the way with JT causing them both to be close to all in by the river., like you might at lower stakes.

Its been a really strange week. I havent been stacked this many times in one week in a long time, but I still won alittle more than 2 stacks for the week, which is pretty damned good considering.

I dont know what you mean by a pokergraph.

I lost 4 set over sets.

I almost folded the 1st one because the flop was 762. I had 22.
Someone bet pot, villain called, I raised 3x the bet, 1st guy called then the villian reraised. I almost folded right there but couldnt do it. I had seen that guy overplay alot of overpair type hands. He had 77.

The 2nd one, the guy min raised preflop and I called with 22. Flop was QT2 with flush draw.. He bet $10 into $60 pot and I raised. he called. The turn brought the flsh and it went check/check. River paired the board and the raising war started. He had QQ

3rd one.....UTG limped, MP raised to $40, I called with 66. UTG called.
Flop was T65. Checked to me and I bet 2/3 pot. UTG called with what turned out to be QQ. Turn was another 5. I bet and he called. River Q and we got it all in.

4th one....Fish raised preflop..2 callers and I call in the BB with 88. Flop A8x Checked around. Turn A. I bet, preflop raiser calls with his TT, another guy calls all in.
River is a T and we get all in.

Then there was the earlier KQ hand. We got all in for double stacks at the turn with a JT8A board. He had 88 and rivered a J

Also had the QQ hand with a final board of 55JxQ. The other guy had 55.

5 huge hands all went agaisnt me. 3 of them I was way ahead and it went to hell in a hand basket. 1 of them I got trapped and the other one, I mightve gotten away from but couldnt do it.

I expect that the odds will even out and I will be on the right side of some of these big hands.

To survive a week like this and still be in the black 2 stacks is something to be proud of.