Congrats Piers.

congrats!

Did something I don't knw about happen, or are we all congratulating him on the job he got 2 weeks ago?

how did you get a $1000 bonus?

Yeah and you only gotta play like 230958340695832409586234096805860596024975347534 hands... Good luck...

Well hell. Played a little poker this morning and then decided I would go buy a basketball and actually take my ass out for a little excerise. I had seen a nice big basketball court with 4 goals near where I parked so I went there and the damn thing is locked up. Why in the world do you lock the damn basketball court up. So I drove around and couldn't find a single damn basketball court in all of this hotbed of hoops.

November results thus far: 198.95

A few hands from today as I am contemplating moving back to NL at the 100 level instead of playing 1-2 limit to clear this stars bonus. Really not missing a beat as far as I can tell from my NL layoff. This first hand I was almost 100% positive the guy had JJ after contemplating calling my preflop raise for quite a while. Lost just about as little as possible in the hand after a very good read.

No Limit Holdem Ring game
BPoker Stars
linds: $0.55/$1.1
8 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $45
UTG+1: $50
MP1: $133.25
MP2: $80
john_galt: $101.5
Button: $30
SB: $10
BB: $0

Pre-flop: (8 players) EP3 calls 1.00, MP1 calls 1.00, john_galt is CO with raises to 7.00, fold MP1 after some deliberation calls

Flop: ($16.50, 2 players)
MP1 checks, I check

Turn: ($16.50, 2 players)
MP1 bets 7.00, john_galt calls.

River: ($30.50, 2 players)
MP1 bets $11, john_galt calls $11.

Results:
Final pot: $52.50
john_galt showed Qh Qc
MP1 showed Jc Jh


Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
9 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $330.40
UTG+1: $84.50
MP1: $35.65
john_galt: $130.35
MP3: $121.30
CO: $183.30
Button: $115.80
SB: $94.50
BB: $60

Pre-flop: (9 players) john_galt is MP2 with
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, MP1 folds, john_galt calls, MP3 raises to $5, CO folds, Button calls, 3 folds, john_galt raises to $24, MP3 raises all-in $121.3, Button folds, john_galt folds.
Uncalled bets: $97.3 returned to MP3.

Results:
Final pot: $55.5


Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
9 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $135.60
john_galt: $97
MP1: $35.50
MP2: $105.40
MP3: $100
CO: $97.15
Button: $122.25
SB: $108.75
BB: $243.30

Pre-flop: (9 players) john_galt is UTG+1 with
UTG folds, john_galt calls, 2 folds, MP3 raises to $5, 4 folds, john_galt calls.

Flop: ($11.5, 2 players)
john_galt checks, MP3 checks.

Turn: ($11.5, 2 players)
john_galt checks, MP3 bets $8, john_galt raises to $20, MP3 calls.

River: ($51.5, 2 players)
john_galt bets $35, MP3 calls.

Results:
Final pot: $121.5
john_galt showed As Ac
MP3 mucks Ks Kh


Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
9 players


Stack sizes:
john_galt: $97
UTG+1: $125.05
MP1: $176.05
MP2: $124.90
MP3: $95.50
CO: $56.60
Button: $315.50
SB: $105.50
BB: $36.80

Pre-flop: (9 players) john_galt is UTG with
john_galt calls, 2 folds, MP2 raises to $4, MP3 folds, CO calls, Button folds, SB calls, BB folds, john_galt raises to $16, MP2 calls, CO folds, SB calls.

Flop: ($53, 3 players)
SB checks, john_galt bets $40, 2 folds.
Uncalled bets: $40 returned to john_galt.

Results:
Final pot: $53

Knew I shouldn't have read Alex's journal damn. On a good note I got in a little over 1500 hands today on a bad note ended up losing about 90 after all was said and done including the bonuses. An Alex special below

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
9 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $88.45
UTG+1: $100
MP1: $47.25
MP2: $102.10
MP3: $59
john_galt: $104.75
Button: $84.40
SB: $44.80
BB: $92.55

Pre-flop: (9 players) john_galt is CO with
UTG calls, 2 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 folds, john_galt raises to $5, Button calls, SB calls, 2 folds, MP2 calls.

Flop: ($22, 4 players)
SB checks, MP2 bets $2, john_galt raises to $14, 2 folds, MP2 calls.

Turn: ($50, 2 players)
MP2 checks, john_galt bets $49, MP2 raises all-in $83.1, john_galt calls.

River: ($216.2, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $216.2)


Results:
Final pot: $216.2
MP2 showed Td Ah
john_galt mucks Kd Ks


November: 43.65