Weekend Flash:

Played only 1000 hands this weekend (only played Friday Night and Sunday Night)...up 5 buy ins total, with very good peripherals (23/6.5/4.5), wn @ SD 63%, etc.

I now have over 110k hands in my DB, and its gotten to the point that if my stats for a given session mirror what I've written ain the previous paragraph, yet my results are negative, I can just shake it off and chalk it up to variance...in the short term, so little matters. Every 'big downturn' I thought I've experienced in the last 8 months has been nothing but a nearly imperceptible bump in the long-term reulsts graph. For a baseball stathead (statistics fan), who used to order his baseball cards by batting averages and ERAs as a child, this is ver comforting. I can not over-emphasize just how much having PT has improved my game. Its immeasurable. I know I've written this before, but when I bought PT on 8/15/05, I was grinding the 25NL and my BR ranged from $200-$500.

Since then, I have played more than 40k hands at 100NL and 5K hands at 200NL, with double digit PTBB/100 numbers in both. Over 5K hands at 200NL, I am still winning at over 22ptbb/100. I know this is not sustainable, but its been good.

Now the WSOP seat. I dont know if I've been more excited for anything other than my wedding, the birth of my boy and the impending birth of baby number 2. Its the culmination of a yr and a half to 2 yrs of hard work and diligent study (if I worked this hard at my real job, I'd be CEO by now - lol).

Anyway, thats a statge of the union on poker right now. I'm just very happy with my game, my roll, my mental outlook and my prospects for the wsop.

Oh ok. I just flicked through it quickly at work (trying to pick up a few tips) without reading it properly.

I've recently tightened up a lot from EP and it's made a big difference, but my VPIP has now dropped to ~17%. I was wondering what hands you're playing from MP, LP and OTB, and how you're playing them?

What do we study?

The way of the Fist.

I recently obtained a Cobra Kai Jersey that will make its maiden appearance at the 2006 WSOP ME.

'get him a bodybag'.

Paradise Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
10 players


Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is Button with :9c :7c
UTG raises to $5, UTG+1 calls, 5 folds, Hero calls, 2 folds.

Flop: :4s :5d :8c ($16.5, 3 players)
UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero checks.

Turn: :6d ($16.5, 3 players)
UTG bets $25, UTG+1 folds, Hero raises to $70, UTG calls.

River: :2h ($156.5, 2 players)
UTG bets $40, Hero raises to $120, UTG calls.

Results:
Final pot: $396.5