Can't Stop the Train, Baby!
9:43am
mood: laid-back and a lil tired.

My big run ended finally. Over my last 8 sessions I was up 15 buyins without a losing session in between. That finally came to a halt today on pokerstars. Frankly, I loathe Stars. I was forced to "play off" my money though so I could get a check. I'm just glad that's over. Can't wait to have the check in my hand.

I have to make a decision about what I want to do from here. I love my first goal of reeducating myself by playing playing lower limits and moving up. I'm not sure it will happen though. I'm nervous about having that much money online. If it all got stuck in a situation similar to the Neteller collapse I'd be completely fucked. I'm considering taking it all out (or leaving a little bit in only for $200nl) and taking long trips to AC and Vegas until it all blows over. The government is forcing my hand. I'll let everyone know what I decide. I need the check from Stars before I do anything though.

I've been playing very well lately and running hot. I tilted again today though, so I have some work to do. Before this whole debacle started, I had progressively gotten my tilt down to 1 or 2 buyins a month from 3 to 6. So anyway, I'm going to focus and try to keep it down to 1 this month. I used to be a professional about it.

One Hand

Mood: Edgy and Tired

No words can describe this hand so I"ll just post it:

No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2
6 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $188.00
UTG+1: $646.13
CO: $274.00
Button: $300.78
SB: $221.45
Hero: $222.00

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is BB with
UTG calls, 2 folds, Button raises to $15, SB calls, Hero calls, UTG calls.

Flop: ($60, 4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, Button bets $20, SB folds, Hero calls, UTG folds.

Turn: ($100, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $50, Hero calls.

River: ($200, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $50, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $300
Button shows 4s Qd
Hero shows 8s As

i thought the same thing, but im pretty damn sure kenny won

im not sure why hes edgy and tired though.

No kidding.

And he was crap as a tennis player, too.

Yum

mood: can't seem to focus

From Pokercharts:
I am on a 7 session winning streak.

Thank you! Things are going real well. I've adapted to the play at 1/2 and I can't complain. I still have yet to have a complete breakthrough session but it doesn't matter. My comeback last month and my hot run this February has been awesome.

I'll be staying on 1/2 for a little longer than I thought. I opted to withdraw most from Prima after not being sure I would ever see the money again because of this government crap. Fairly good reason I thought. So again I'm gonna build it up to 10k on that site and then move up. Hopefully I'll be at that number in the middle of March. Either way I'm not worried about it.

I'm just glad to have my confidence back.
*edit* Forgot my cool hand:

No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $1/$2
10 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $501.01
UTG+1: $247.40
UTG+2: $100.00
MP1: $182.90
MP2: $221.25
MP3: $194.20
CO: $201.60
Button: $120.50
SB: $328.77
Hero: $390.70

Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is BB with
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, 2 folds, MP3 calls, 3 folds, 3 folds, Hero checks.

Flop: ($9, 4 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $6, UTG+2 folds, MP3 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: ($27, 3 players)
Hero bets $20, UTG+1 calls, MP3 calls.

River: ($87, 3 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, MP3 bets $43.5, Hero raises all-in $364.7, UTG+1 folds, MP3 calls all-in $122.7.
Uncalled bets: $198.5 returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: $419.4
MP3 shows As 10d
Hero shows 4s 8s

Nice hand, but why are you playing full ring now?

i play mostly shorthanded but i throw in a full ring table now and again if it looks juicy.