Thanks once again bri, i'll get the hang of this poker lark eventually...lol....still kicking myself over that QQ play.

I'll try out the converter suggestion in my next post below.

Got off my first 1000 hands with PT now, makes for interesting reading. First off some stats:

Now logged 20000 hands in total from basically leaving PT and UltimateHistory running constantly for the last 5 days and got info on 2400 players but only meaningful info on about 400 of those players (100+ hands).

My hands played 1074 all at UB $25 NLHE
VP$IP 12.48% (17.88% w blinds)
PFR 2.5%
W$WSF 30.21%
WtSD 16.67%
W$SD 62.5%
BB/100 4.25 (this will increase, made a couple of stupid plays should be around 15)

PFA Flop 2.25
PFA Turn 3.33
PFA River 2.20
PFA 2.57

The only worrying stat is this one: Fold to river bet 80% <----- not sure what this should really be
With excessions auto rate, i'm pegged as a TA but flips to UA once in a while.

On to tonight's play. It was really wierd on the UB $25 tables tonight, they kept breaking down so quickly they must have too many tables running at one time. This was one of the reasons that I stopped playing the 6-max $20 on prima - absolutely loads of tables but hardly any of them having the full 6. The other wierd thing was that a lot of the players were showing their hands tonight. I actually got berated for not showing my hand after I'd taken down a pot, can u believe that??!! IF YOU WANNA SEE MY HAND U GOTTA PAY.

Hand of the day is one i actually lost, ran into quads, well never fear them anyway, just gotta suck it up and play the next hand

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (9 handed)

CO ($4.65)
Button ($14.60)
SB ($8.75)
BB ($21.90)
UTG ($13.75)
UTG+1 ($29.35)
Hero ($23.75)
MP2 ($17.75)
MP3 ($41.75)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with , .
2 folds, Hero calls $0.25, MP2 calls $0.25, 4 folds, BB checks.

Flop: ($0.85) , , (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, MP2 checks.

Turn: ($0.85) (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.85, MP2 folds, BB calls $0.85.

River: ($2.55) (2 players)
BB bets $0.25, Hero raises to $1, BB raises to $5.55, Hero calls $4.55.

Final Pot: $13.65

Results in white below:
BB has 2d 8d (four of a kind, eights).
Hero has 2h Ah (three of a kind, eights).
CO doesn't show.
Outcome: BB wins $13.65.

Yup, converter works now

BR May 18 $1208

I'm not gonna comment on your stats as they seem pretty good overall but small sample. In my recent two sessions of 690 hands, I have an aggression of 5.9 overall but I fold to a river bet 88.8% of the time (8 out of 9) but I'm making 17 PTBB/100 hands. I'm on a good run needless to say but don't try to read too much into too many stats, especially this early.

As for the hand you posted, I understand your raise on the river as you didn't think he had anything but you can't call that reraise because what are you beating? King high? Also, I think your preflop call was marginal as you didn't know how many would be in the pot and you don't want someone to raise. Just fold that unless you are in lp and have many limpers, IMO. Not trying to be hard on you or anything, just trying to help.

Nice couple of short sessions tonight, gained about $20, also did the golden riviera reload for another $20 which i'll complete over the weekend. Now got about 10% of the UB bonus done, seems pretty slow going as i've played 3 times as many hands on UB than I would do to get the same amount of bonus on golden riviera but I am liking UB much better though.

Hand of the day

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (9 handed)

Button ($43.70)
SB ($19.60)
BB ($23.05)
UTG ($9.50)
UTG+1 ($16.35)
MP1 ($23.90)
MP2 ($9.85)
Hero ($22.60)
CO ($11.30)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with , .
2 folds, MP1 calls $0.25, MP2 calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25, CO calls $0.25, 1 fold, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($1.50) , , (6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, MP1 checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets $1.5, CO calls $1.50, SB folds, BB folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds.

Turn: ($4.50) (2 players)
Hero bets $1.5, CO calls $1.50.

River: ($7.50) (2 players)
Hero bets $4, CO raises all-in $8.05, Hero calls $4.05.

Final Pot: $22.45

Results in white below:
Hero has 5d 5h (full house, fives full of eights).
CO has Ac 6c (flush, ace high).
Outcome: Hero wins $22.45.

Thought I played this pretty well, value betting the turn to give myself the odds for the full house outs. Knew he'd hit his flush even w/o odds on the flop

BR May 20 $1261

No poker yesterday, was at a friends house playing xbox games and getting really rather drunk what.. yesss.

Not analysed this mornings session on UB yet but just felt like I was walking into hands all session with 2nd best. On one table I didn't win a single meaningful pot, just stole a couple of blinds. On the other table I won this pot to keep my session semi-respectable but still down. It was in fact the only meaningful pot I won in 2.5 table hours and goes down as HOTD.

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (9 handed)

MP1 ($22.35)
MP2 ($37.70)
MP3 ($26.50)
CO ($25)
Button ($19.55)
SB ($34.25)
BB ($24.75)
UTG ($10.90)
Hero ($25.15)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with , .
1 fold, Hero calls $0.25, 4 folds, Button calls $0.25, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($1) , , (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: ($1) (4 players)
SB bets $1, BB folds, Hero calls $1, Button calls $1.

River: ($4) (3 players)
SB bets $4, Hero raises to $8, Button folds, SB calls $4.

Final Pot: $20

Results in white below:
SB has Qh Ad (two pair, aces and queens).
Hero has 7c Ac (flush, ace high).
Outcome: Hero wins $20.

Played a couple hours this evening as well on Golden Riviera trying to clear this weeks reload bonus which I did by 4-tabling. It took about 2 hours and felt I played pretty well but ended up being down about $15. Again just kept running into hands with AK and QQ which I had on numerous occassions and they just kept loosing me money usually due to the fish hitting their cards. I did pick up one nice pot where I slowplayed KK into a KQQ flop which got me a medium stack. Apart from that similar to this mornings play.

I also decided to cash out on Golden Riviera. The $20 weekly reloads have been good but I like UB so much better, the interface, the players, everything. I can also use PT to improve my game which I can't with GR at the moment and never did get a mail off them asking about hand histories. So the $620 I had there is now in my Neteller a/c ready for a UB reload or maybe a Party deposit.

May 22 BR $1236

Not played any poker for a week due to a short break in our fair capital city (London for those who don't know). And what a nice break it was too, but all too eager to get back to the tables after 9 days without even looking at any cards.

Started off by depositing $500 into UB for the reload so now have $320 in pending bonus to release which should keep me occupied for a few weeks. I played for about 2.5 hours yesterday and couldn't really do a lot wrong, gained $51 in that time and $5 bonus which really saved the month of May for me (May stats here ).

Here's a couple of hands from the session....which I'll post later cos hand converter isn't working

May 31 BR $1293

I was going to try and post some hands from todays and yesterdays play, but can't get the converter to work properly and I can't be bothered typing everything in so I'll just list the hands as they are in PT

Yesterday was a good day, made $56 altogether with the help of a couple of hands:

1. Busted flush draw recovered by outs

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (10 handed)

MP2 ($9.75)
MP3 ($23.90)
CO ($28.05)
Button ($21.95)
SB ($86.80)
Hero ($24.15)
UTG ($4.95)
UTG+1 ($43.50)
UTG+2 ($11.35)
MP1 ($11.40)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
UTG+1 raises to $1.1, 7 folds, Hero calls $0.85, UTG calls $1.10.

Flop: ($3.40) , , (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 bets $3.4, Hero calls $3.40, UTG calls $3.40, UTG+1 calls $0, Hero calls $0.

Turn: ($13.60) (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks.

River: ($13.60) (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks.

Final Pot: $13.60
Main Pot: $13.60, between Hero, UTG and UTG+1. > Pot won by Hero ($13.60).

Results in white below:
Hero has Jd Ad (two pair, aces and eights).
UTG has Jc Qh (two pair, queens and eights).
UTG+1 has 9c 9h (two pair, nines and eights).
Outcome: Hero wins $13.60.

2. Nice set over set taking a stack For some reason this hand will just not convert ????

Hand #6115115-1302 at Vici (No Limit Hold'em)
Powered by UltimateBet
Started at 31/May/05 14:15:29

RC Nelson is at seat 0 with $20.90 (sitting out).
jk56poker is at seat 1 with $7.15.
threepenny is at seat 2 with $10.
chuck_300 is at seat 3 with $17.25.
Alchemist74 is at seat 4 with $22.70.
Louise E Anna is at seat 5 with $41.80.
yougottobekid is at seat 6 with $26.65.
Aeyai20 is at seat 7 with $23.25.
fotch10 is at seat 8 with $36.30.
Wild Kings is at seat 9 with $18.70.
The button is at seat 0.

jk56poker posts the small blind of $.10.
threepenny posts the big blind of $.25.

jk56poker: -- --
threepenny: -- --
chuck_300: -- --
Alchemist74: 6d 6s
Louise E Anna: -- --
yougottobekid: -- --
Aeyai20: -- --
fotch10: -- --
Wild Kings: -- --

Pre-flop:

chuck_300 folds. Alchemist74 calls. Louise E Anna
folds. yougottobekid folds. Aeyai20 folds.
fotch10 calls. Wild Kings folds. jk56poker calls.
threepenny checks.

Flop (board: 6c 2h Kc):

jk56poker checks. threepenny checks. Alchemist74
bets $.50. fotch10 folds. jk56poker folds.
threepenny calls.

Turn (board: 6c 2h Kc Qd):

threepenny checks. Alchemist74 bets $1.80.
threepenny calls.

River (board: 6c 2h Kc Qd Jh):

threepenny checks. Alchemist74 bets $12. threepenny
goes all-in for $7.45. Alchemist74 is returned $4.55
(uncalled).



Showdown:

Alchemist74 shows 6d 6s.
Alchemist74 has 6d 6s 6c Kc Qd: three sixes.
threepenny shows 2s 2d.
threepenny has 2s 2d 2h Kc Qd: three deuces.


Hand #6115115-1302 Summary:

$1 is raked from a pot of $20.50.
Alchemist74 wins $19.50 with three sixes.
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3. Cold deck

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (9 handed)

UTG+1 ($1.65)
MP1 ($27.45)
MP2 ($9.75)
MP3 ($29.85)
CO ($12.50)
Button ($9.30)
SB ($2.25)
Hero ($37.25)
UTG ($27)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
4 folds, MP3 calls $0.25, CO calls $0.25, 2 folds, Hero raises to $1, MP3 calls $0.75, CO calls $0.75.

Flop: ($3.10) , , (3 players)
Hero bets $2, MP3 folds, CO calls $2.

Turn: ($7.10) (2 players)
Hero bets $5, CO goes all in for $9.50, Hero calls $4.50.

River: ($26.10) (2 players)

Final Pot: $26.10

Results in white below:
Hero has Kh Ks (three of a kind, kings).
CO has Kd Qc (two pair, kings and queens).
Outcome: Hero wins $26.10.

4. Flopped nut straight

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (8 handed)

CO ($22.25)
Button ($32.05)
SB ($19.25)
BB ($28.75)
UTG ($25.75)
UTG+1 ($29.25)
Hero ($25)
MP2 ($14.95)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with , . Hero posts a blind of $0.25.
1 fold, Hero (poster) checks, MP2 calls $0.25, 3 folds, BB checks.

Flop: ($0.85) , , (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, MP2 checks.

Turn: ($0.85) (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $0.65, MP2 raises to $3.05, BB folds, UTG folds, Hero goes all-in for $24.75, MP2 goes all-in for $14.70.

Final Pot: $29

Results in white below
Hero wins $29 with straight A high Qd Ts
MP2 shows Ah 7d

Onto todays play and a completely different story

1. Had to fold unimproved AK twice losin raise and continuation bet each time after a CR ($6)

2. Couldn't get away from this set, only one possible holding to beat me and he had it

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (10 handed)

SB ($13.95)
BB ($25.60)
UTG ($22.75)
UTG+1 ($15)
Hero ($62.65)
MP1 ($3)
MP2 ($29.95)
MP3 ($50.30)
CO ($15.90)
Button ($16.30)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with , .
1 fold, Hero calls $0.25, 2 folds, MP3 calls $0.25, CO calls $0.25, 2 folds, BB checks.

Flop: ($1.10) , , (5 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1.5, MP3 calls $1.50, CO folds, BB folds.

Turn: ($4.10) (3 players)
Hero bets $4, MP3 calls $4.

River: ($12.10) (3 players)
Hero bets $10, MP3 raises to $30, Hero calls $20.

Final Pot: $69.10

Results in white below:
Hero has Jd Jh (three of a kind, jacks).
MP3 has Qh Ac (straight, ace high).
Outcome: MP3 wins $69.10.

3. Set over set got me back

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (10 handed)

UTG+1 ($9.85)
UTG+2 ($4.25)
MP1 ($23.45)
MP2 ($33)
MP3 ($28.70)
Hero ($24.60)
Button ($31.40)
SB ($10.35)
BB ($10.25)
UTG ($8.90)

Preflop: Hero is CO with , .
UTG+1 calls $0.25, 4 folds, Hero calls $0.25, 2 folds, BB calls $0.

Flop: ($0.85) , , (4 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $0.5, UTG+1 calls $0.50, Hero raises to $4, BB folds, UTG goes all-in for $8.05, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls $4.05.

Final Pot: $19.10

Results in white below:
UTG wins $19.10 with set of Jacks Jc Js
Hero mucks set of Nines 9c 9s

But it wasn't all bad

4. My AK actually wins !!!!!

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (9 handed)

UTG ($25.20)
UTG+1 ($9.85)
MP1 ($9.75)
MP2 ($10.55)
Hero ($23.15)
CO ($17.05)
Button ($10.65)
SB ($22.85)
BB ($25)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with , .
3 folds, MP2 calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1.5, CO calls $1.50, 3 folds, MP2 folds.

Flop: ($3.60) , , (2 players)
Hero bets $3, CO calls $3.

Turn: ($9.60) (2 players)
Hero bets $18.65 (All-In), CO calls $12.45 (All-In).

River: ($40.70) (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $40.70

Results in white below:
Hero has Ah Kd (one pair, kings).
CO has 5h Ts (one pair, tens).
Outcome: Hero wins $40.70.

5. Cowboys holds up against 2 all-ins

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (9 handed)

CO ($27.10)
Button ($8.10)
SB ($8.05)
BB ($10.15)
Hero ($39.65)
UTG+1 ($4.50)
MP1 ($12.25)
MP2 ($23.55)
MP3 ($14.55)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with , .
Hero raises to $1.25, UTG+1 calls $1.25, 2 folds, MP3 calls $1.25, CO calls $1.25, 2 folds, BB calls $1.

Flop: ($6.35) , , (5 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $7, UTG+1 folds, MP3 goes all-in for $13.30, CO folds, BB goes all-in for $8.90, Hero calls $6.70.

Final Pot: $39.80
Main Pot: $31.40, Side Pot: $8.40.

Results in white below:
Hero wins $39.80 with 1 pair Kings Kh Kc
BB shows 1 pair sixes 6h 7h
MP3 shows 1 pair Queens Qd Kd.

Felt for sure on this hand I was beat but just goes to show peeps will go all-in with nothing.
That hand also held up my 100% record with KK since starting PT about 2500 hands ago. Also still 100% for AA (14 for $66 and 13 for $62 respectively).
I was steaming for a while after that big loss set to straight, just couldn't get away from it. That would have made me a nice profit on the session and the day and a great start to June ($100 in 2 days) but showed a modest loss of $4 on the day (as well as ****ing up my PT stats) .

June 01 BR $1289

PS Sorry for the long post, will look at the converter and figure it out tomorrow[/b]

Up an down day yesterday, got my AA cracked twice today, once i folded to a scary board with 2 others in the pot, was sure one if not both had me beat. The other I lost my stack to idiot with KQ but fortunately won the side pot against KK

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (10 handed)

MP3 ($14.95)
CO ($15.75)
Button ($16.25)
SB ($6.60)
BB ($21.50)
UTG ($49.05)
UTG+1 ($32.35)
Hero ($21.05)
MP1 ($6.35)
MP2 ($28.20)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with , .
2 folds, Hero calls $0.25, MP1 calls $0.25, 2 folds, CO raises to $1.35, 2 folds, BB calls $1.10, Hero raises to $4.25, MP1 folds, CO calls $2.90, BB calls $2.90.

Flop: ($13.10) , , (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $16.8 (All-In), CO calls $11.50 (All-In), BB calls $16.80.

Turn: ($58.20) (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($58.20) (3 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $58.20
Main Pot: $47.60, between CO, BB and Hero. > Pot won by CO ($47.60).
Pot 2: $10.60, between BB and Hero. > Pot won by Hero ($10.60).

Results in white below:
BB has Ks Kh (two pair, kings and queens).
Hero has Ad As (two pair, aces and queens).
CO has Qc Kd (three of a kind, queens).
Outcome: CO wins $47.60. Hero wins $10.60.

Looking back on it I probably should have re-raised more PF, but why didn't BB re-raise PF with KK ???

I had an AKo hold up again which was nice when I made a flush to my K against his Qxs of same suit. I'm beginning to like AK (48% winrate at average of 1BB).
Also had KK hold up another 2 times (19 of 19 100% winrate at average of 16BB) cursed myself now.
But by this stage I was about $10 down on the sessions, although I had good hands which I played well, some I think I underplayed and got pushed off not being able to call raises on scary boards. The session ended very brightly when I got these 3 hands within 5 minutes.

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (10 handed)

UTG ($9.75)
UTG+1 ($15.25)
Hero ($20.45)
MP1 ($9)
MP2 ($18.55)
MP3 ($6.35)
CO ($10)
Button ($28.85)
SB ($20.65)
BB ($17.50)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with , . CO posts a blind of $0.25.
2 folds, Hero calls $0.25, 3 folds, CO (poster) checks, 2 folds, BB checks.

Flop: ($0.85) , , (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.85, CO calls $0.85, BB calls $0.85.

Turn: ($3.40) (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $3, CO calls $3, BB folds.

River: ($9.40) (2 players)
Hero bets $16.35 (All-In), CO calls $5.90 (All-In).

Final Pot: $31.65

Results in white below:
Hero has Qc Ac (two pair, aces and fives).
CO has 6c Ah (two pair, aces and fives).
Outcome: Hero wins $31.65.

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (10 handed)

Button ($25.35)
SB ($44.10)
BB ($6.75)
UTG ($8.75)
UTG+1 ($19.45)
UTG+2 ($11.70)
MP1 ($24.05)
Hero ($32.05)
MP3 ($8.45)
CO ($9.25)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with , .
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.25, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.25, MP3 calls $0.25, 2 folds, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($1.25) , , (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $1.2, MP3 calls $1.20, SB folds, BB folds, UTG+1 folds.

Turn: ($3.65) (2 players)
Hero bets $30.6 (All-In), MP3 calls $7 (All-In).

River: ($41.25) (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $41.25

Results in white below:
Hero has As 9s (two pair, aces and nines).
MP3 has Ah 5d (two pair, aces and fives).
Outcome: Hero wins $41.25.

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (5 handed)

Hero ($30.80)
SB ($23.90)
BB ($31.75)
UTG ($19.20)
MP ($27.85)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , . SB posts a blind of $0.25.
3 folds, Hero calls $0.25, SB (poster) checks.

Flop: ($0.50) , , (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.5, SB raises to $1, Hero calls $0.50.

Turn: ($2.50) (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

River: ($2.50) (2 players)
SB bets $2.5, Hero raises to $6.5, SB calls $4.

Final Pot: $15.50

Results in white below:
Hero has Jh Td (straight, king high).
SB has 4d Qh (three of a kind, queens).
Outcome: Hero wins $15.50.

So not bad overall, June is now even for the 2 days of June but with some bonus on top

June 02 BR $1307

No play today June 03, too tired from work so just a quiet eve in front of the TV also don't intend to play tomorrow either so next entry should be Sunday.

The tables have really sucked the last few days, one bad beat after the other and at the moment its only the bonuses keeping me afloat. As far as my game goes I'm pretty happy with it, there are areas I can improve, but being in the red really sucks. Heres a few hands to prove my point

The one hand I feared most and he had to have it. Shouldn't have gone all-in like that on the turn tho

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (9 handed)

MP1 ($38.50)
Hero ($24.75)
MP3 ($17.60)
CO ($32.30)
Button ($6.25)
SB ($4.90)
BB ($27.15)
UTG ($27)
UTG+1 ($30.70)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with , .
UTG+1 calls $0.25, MP1 calls $0.25, Hero raises to $1.5, 4 folds, BB calls $1.25, 1 fold, MP1 folds.

Flop: ($3.60) , , (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $3.5, BB calls $3.50.

Turn: ($10.60) (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $19.75 (All-In), BB calls $19.75.

River: ($50.10) (3 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $50.10

Results in white below:
BB has Qs Qc (two pair, queens and sevens).
UTG has (two pair, queens and sevens).
Hero has Jh Jd (two pair, jacks and sevens).
Outcome: BB wins $50.10.

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (9 handed)

MP1 ($22.80)
MP2 ($31.65)
MP3 ($6.25)
f**kwit ($54.40)
Button ($8.25)
Hero ($26.20)
BB ($13.35)
UTG ($25.30)
UTG+1 ($37.55)

Preflop: Hero is SB with , .
UTG calls $0.25, 4 folds, f**kwit raises to $1.1, 1 fold, Hero raises to $3.6, 1 fold, UTG folds, f**kwit calls $2.50.

Flop: ($7.70) , , (2 players)
Hero bets $6, f**kwit goes all-in for $50.80, Hero calls all-in $22.60.

Turn: ($50.30) (2 players)

River: ($50.30) (2 players)

Final Pot: $50.30

Results in white below:
Hero has Ac Ad (one pair, aces).
f**kwit has Ah 9c (straight, queen high).
Outcome: f**kwit wins $50.30.

I knew this idiot was bullshitting and he goes and sucks out runner runner straight. I took great pleasure in watching him leak his 3-buyin stack down to nothing over the course of the session. Unfortunately none of it was back to me.

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (10 handed)

UTG+1 ($11.70)
Hero ($25)
MP1 ($63.05)
MP2 ($41.10)
MP3 ($26.10)
CO ($6)
Button ($14.60)
SB ($9)
BB ($22.50)
UTG ($5.65)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with , .
UTG+1 calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25, 3 folds, CO raises to $0.5, 1 fold, SB calls $0.40, BB calls $0.25, UTG calls $0.50, UTG+1 calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25, miggy calls $0.25.

Flop: ($3.25) , , (6 players)
SB bets $0.75, BB folds, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $0.75, Hero raises to $3, MP3 folds, CO folds, SB raises to $8.25, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls $5.25.

Turn: ($21.25)
SB bets $0.25 (All-In), Hero calls $0.25.

River:

Final Pot: $21.75

Results in white below:
SB wins $21.75 with 3 nines 9s 9d
Hero has 1 pair Queens

OK so you're all going to say don't limp with QQ, I was just trying something different and caught a favorable flop. Doubt it would have made any difference.

This all makes me think that i'm overplaying my QQ and JJ, they are my worst hands according to PT by a distance. Would I have any reason to be more careful in the posted hands? Comments welcome

June 08 BR $1249

Wow how bad am I ???? Just looked at todays session and these hands really suck, dunno how i managed to come out even. 3 hands for your viewing errrr.... displeasure.

1. Do people really play 43o ?

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (10 handed)

MP1 ($19.90)
MP2 ($23.55)
MP3 ($21.50)
CO ($10.10)
Button ($24.40)
SB ($12.85)
Hero ($24.65)
UTG ($51.10)
UTG+1 ($13.15)
UTG+2 ($13.30)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
1 fold, UTG+2 calls $0.25, MP1 calls $0.25, 1 fold, MP3 calls $0.25, 2 folds, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: ($1.25) , , (6 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks, MP3 checks.

Turn: ($1.25) (6 players)
SB bets $5, Hero raises to $12.6, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP3 folds, SB calls all-in $7.60.

River: ($25.15) (2 players)

Final Pot: $25.15

Results in white below:
Hero has Qh 7d (two pair, queens and sevens).
SB has 4d 3s.
Outcome: SB wins $25.15 with straight 7 high.

I didn't bet on the flop due to my poor kicker and his big overbet screamed bluff at me, this guy was a bad player bleeding chips all over the table in previous hands. As he was about to call my all-in raise, he was saying he had the idiot end.....oh i'll call anyways...ugh.

2. Nut flush beaten yet again

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (10 handed)

CO ($18.85)
Button ($28.65)
SB ($17.10)
BB ($9.40)
UTG ($27.30)
UTG+1 ($8.40)
Hero ($23.65)
MP1 ($25)
MP2 ($15)
MP3 ($18.45)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with , . MP2 posts a blind of $0.25.
1 fold, Hero calls $0.25, MP1 calls $0.25, MP2 (poster) checks, 3 folds, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($1.25) , , (6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG bets $1.5, Hero calls $1.50, MP1 calls $1.50, MP2 folds, SB folds, BB folds.

Turn: ($5.75) (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks, MP1 bets $2, UTG calls $2, Hero calls $2.

River: ($11.50) (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $5, MP1 goes all-in for $21.25, UTG folds, Hero calls $19.90 (All-In).

Final Pot: $49.25

Results in white below:
Hero has Ac 7c (flush, ace high).
MP1 has 2s As (full house, twos full of aces).
Outcome: MP1 wins $49.25.

Hmmmm, not sure what else I could have done here....check the river and just call a reasonable bet maybe???

3. Got previous villian back with a suckout of extreme proportions

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (10 handed)

BB ($19.80)
UTG ($27.25)
UTG+1 ($11.75)
UTG+2 ($31.35)
MP1 ($22.05)
MP2 ($8.40)
Hero ($26.70)
CO ($50.75)
Button ($8.70)
SB ($18.05)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with , .
4 folds, Hero calls $0.25, CO calls $0.25, 1 fold, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($1) , , (5 players)
SB bets $1, BB folds, Hero raises to $3, CO raises all-in to $50.50, SB folds, Hero calls all-in $26.45.

Turn: ($52.20) (2 players)

River: ($52.20) (2 players)

Final Pot: $52.20

Results in white below:
CO has 9h Td (straight, queen high)
Hero has Qh Jh.
Outcome: Hero wins $52.20 with full house eights full of queens.

Oh well. ! Thoroughly deserved after the beats i've taken recently. At least I now know what this villains all-in means - she has the nuts

June 09 BR $1247

This weekend has seen an improvement in my play. I've tried to tone my aggression down a bit using checks a lot more, had a good look at my opponents in PT and varied my play accordingly. I'm thinking more about what they have rather than what I have and as a result taken some stacks and made some nice gains and although I'm still very slightly down on the month (thanks to bonuses but about $70 down on my play inc $33 tourney) I'm feeling more confident about my play. My W$WSF and W$SD have improved to back this up.

Still didn't stop me making a severe bonehead play today though:
sLAG opens with 3.5BB bet in UTG+1, I'm in UTG+2 with KK and reraise to 12BB, everyone folds and sLAG calls. Flop comes AAx and I lead out, sLAG minraises and have a feeling I'm drawing dead but push anyway (both 100BB stacks or thereabouts). I get called and lose my stack to AQ. Nuff said

BR Jun 11 $1286

Yeah... that's about as crappy a flop as you can get w/ pocket kings... Always tough to lay em down, but you know you did the wrong thing... I hate when I get that "what the fuck am I doing" feeling, as I watch my finger slowly creep over to the CALL button...

Not played that much so far this week due to being tired from work, staying up too late watching crud on tv and wandering aimlessley round the net looking at....well, anything really. Watched Sin City at the flicks tonight which I though was extremely good and well made, well worth a visit, may even watch it again. So as a result no poker tonight either. Only session since my last entry was a 2 hr one on Monday eve.

Very first hand in

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (7 handed)

CO ($21.15)
Button ($23.55)
SB ($11.75)
BB ($9.15)
UTG ($10.55)
Hero ($25)
MP2 ($30.65)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with , . Hero posts a blind of $0.25.
Hero (poster) checks, 1 fold, CO calls $0.25, 1 fold, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($1) , , (5 players)
SB bets $11.5 (All-In), BB folds, Hero calls $11.50, CO folds.

Turn: ($24) (3 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($24) (3 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $24

Results in white below:
SB has 7h 7c (full house, fives full of sevens).
UTG has (full house, fives full of sevens).
Hero has 5d 9c (four of a kind, fives).
Outcome: Hero wins $24.

I laughed and villain skulked from the table

This next hand, I flopped a set on a dream flop

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (9 handed)

CO ($9.55)
Hero ($29.70)
SB ($31.65)
BB ($13.25)
UTG ($13.90)
UTG+1 ($3.40)
MP1 ($34.95)
MP2 ($23.70)
MP3 ($5.70)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
2 folds, MP2 calls $0.25, 1 fold, CO calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25, 1 fold, BB checks.

Flop: ($1.10) , , (5 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, MP2 checks, CO bets $0.25, Hero raises to $1.25, BB folds, UTG folds, MP2 calls $1.25, CO calls $1.

Turn: ($4.85) (3 players)
MP2 checks, CO checks, Hero bets $4.75, MP2 folds, CO calls $4.75.

River: ($14.35) (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $3.5, CO calls $3.30 (All-In).

Final Pot: $21.15

Results in white below:
Hero has 7c 7d (three of a kind, sevens).
CO has 6h Ad (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins $21.14.

I've also started using musicman80's GT mod for UB which allows pre-fetching of hands. I've been able to get the previous (up to) 400 hands of any table before I sit down at it and play with this mod and it takes no more than 3-4 minutes to obtain that many hands. Details of this can be found in the PT section of the forum.

June 15 BR $1300