Played 750 hands yesterday, went through some nice swongs. Was up $1800 at one point, end up $900. I must have been in an aggro mood because I played 22/20 when I normally play 19/15 or 19/16. My daily profits were all thanks to this hand:

Stacks:
UTG ($519.70)
CO ($470.80)
Hero ($563.30)
SB ($965.10)
BB ($400.00)

Pre-flop: ($6, 5 players) Hero is BTN [5c]
UTG calls $4, CO bets $20, Hero calls $20, SB calls $18, 1 fold, UTG calls $16.

Flop: [Js][5h] ($84, 4 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, CO bets $68, Hero bets $180, SB folds, UTG calls $180, CO goes all-in $382.80, Hero goes all-in $363.30, UTG goes all-in $319.70

Turn: ($1577.8, 3 players)

River: ($1577.8, 3 players)

Final Pot: $1577.80
Hero shows: [5c]
UTG shows: [6d]
CO shows: [Ah]

Hero wins $1574.8 ( won $1011.5 )
SB lost -$20.00
UTG lost -$519.70
CO lost -$470.80


I have only played about 20K hands this month, which is kinda pathetic. I am up around $13k. I really gotta grind next month and shoot for the magical $20k mark if I can keep running decent.

Wowie. I just went through a nice variance filled session. First, there was this villain, running about 50/30.

Stacks:
UTG ($87.00)
UTG 1 ($607.30)
CO ($511.35)
BTN ($452.00)
Hero ($662.20)
BB ($796.96)

Pre-flop: ($6, 6 players) Hero is SB [Kd]
3 folds, BTN raises to $16, Hero raises to $52, 1 fold, BTN calls $36

Flop: [2c][Qc] ($108, 2 players)
Hero bets $75, BTN calls $75

Turn: ($258, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $214, Hero raises to $428, BTN goes all-in $111

River: ($1011, 2 players)

Final Pot: $1011
BTN shows: [6d]
Hero shows: [Kd]

Same villain again, I think I played this poorly.

Stacks:
UTG ($1008.60)
UTG 1 ($496.00)
Hero ($424.00)
BTN ($105.90)
SB ($651.40)
BB ($400.00)

Pre-flop: ($6, 6 players) Hero is CO [Qh]
UTG raises to $12, 1 fold, Hero calls $12, 3 folds

Flop: [Ts][9d] ($30, 2 players)
UTG bets $24, Hero raises to $72, UTG calls $48

Turn: ($174, 2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

River: ($174, 2 players)
UTG bets $134, Hero calls $134

Final Pot: $442
UTG shows: [4h]

And same villian once more, this time I suck out, but he still plays it like a donk. Once again I question if my line is good here:

Stacks:
UTG ($535.35)
UTG 1 ($301.80)
Hero ($447.20)
BTN ($796.96)
SB ($83.00)
BB ($657.30)

Pre-flop: ($6, 6 players) Hero is CO [9s]
1 fold, UTG 1 raises to $12, Hero calls $12, 3 folds

Flop: [7h][3h] ($30, 2 players)
UTG 1 bets $24, Hero raises to $76, UTG 1 calls $52

Turn: ($182, 2 players)
UTG 1 checks, Hero checks

River: ($182, 2 players)
UTG 1 bets $123, Hero calls $123

Final Pot: $428
UTG 1 shows: [As]
Hero shows: [9s]

Now onto a different villain, I try to get tricky in position:

Stacks:
UTG ($508.00)
CO ($845.00)
Hero ($585.00)
SB ($588.00)
BB ($113.90)

Pre-flop: ($9, 5 players) Hero is BTN [9h]
1 fold, CO raises to $21, Hero raises to $66, 2 folds, CO calls $45

Flop: [7h][5d] ($141, 2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $99, CO raises to $679, Hero goes all-in $420

Turn: ($1339, 2 players)

River: ($1339, 2 players)

Final Pot: $1339
Hero shows: [9h]
CO shows: [As]

While all this is going on I am taking a shot with 2-4 tables of 5/10 while playing 2-4 tables of 2/4 or 3/6 (total of 4-6 tables at a time). Here I have a read:

Stacks:
Hero ($1252.00)
CO ($885.00)
BTN ($884.35)
SB ($866.00)
BB ($1897.00)

Pre-flop: ($15, 5 players) Hero is UTG [Ac]
Hero bets $35, 1 fold, BTN calls $35, 2 folds

Flop: [7d][Ad] ($85, 2 players)
Hero bets $60, BTN calls $60.

Turn: ($205, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $123, Hero calls $123.

River: ($451, 2 players)
Hero checks, BTN goes all-in $666.35, Hero calls $666.35.

Final Pot: $1783.70
BTN shows: [Ks]
Hero shows: [Ac]


And here villain decides to play his combo draw very aggro. He snap shoved after my C/R, which I thought was interesting.

Stacks:
UTG ($1135.50)
UTG 1 ($1980.75)
CO ($281.00)
BTN ($995.00)
Hero ($3047.00)
BB ($546.00)

Pre-flop: ($15, 6 players) Hero is SB [Jc]
1 fold, UTG 1 raises to $40, 2 folds, Hero calls $35, 1 fold

Flop: [9h][5h] ($90, 2 players)
Hero checks, UTG 1 bets $60, Hero raises to $225, UTG 1 goes all-in $1940.75, Hero calls $1715.75

Turn: ($3971.5, 2 players)

River: ($3971.5, 2 players)

Final Pot: $3971.5
Hero shows: [Jc]
UTG 1 shows: [7h]


All in all I was down 3 buyins at 2/4 (W$@SD of like 33%), 2 buyins at 3/6 but up 4 buyins at 5/10. This is the first time I have ever ran well at 5/10 while running bad at lower limits. Usually its the opposite.

1800 hands, + $1700.

And you say you always run bad at 5/10... tsk tsk...

The JJ hand must have been quite an adrenalin kick, vnh.

/Cooper

Wow. I haven't updated in a while.

- For completeness I will include my January results +$15800 in 25,000 hands. I started shot taking at 5/10.

- This month so far I haven't played much but am up $1200.

- I just signed up for Stoxpoker on RedBarracuda's recommendation. I'll let you guys know how it goes.

- I plan to grind a lot more this month than I did last month, but I haven't got going yet. I am hoping watching a few Stox videos will get me going.

Weird day. I played all day at 5/10 - 3100 hands. I ended up down just under a buyin, which is pretty good IMO, given how few big hands I got. I spewed off a buyin when a 35/30 guy squeezed and I called with 99 and shoved the flop over his bet (flop was Q, baby, baby). Of course he had KK that time.

I was dealt 10 AAs and 8 KKs (should have had 14ish of each). I never won more than $300 in one hand with either. I flopped 3 sets (should have flopped 10). One was AIPF against a guy with 11BBs, another I CB'd and everyone folded, and another a guy donked, I raised and he folded. Yay. +27 big bliinds on sets!

All-in-all I was happy with my play although I think I tightened up too much as I went (I think I got mentally drained). I played a bit too passive as well, although some of that was by design. For example:

Stacks:
UTG ($970.00)
CO ($1584.00)
Hero ($1135.00)
SB ($438.75)
BB ($378.75)

Pre-flop: ($15, 5 players) Hero is BTN [Ah]
2 folds, Hero bets $30, 1 fold, BB calls $20.

Flop: [7c][3s] ($65, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($65, 2 players)
BB bets $55, Hero calls $55.

River: ($175, 2 players)
BB bets $125, Hero calls $125.

Final Pot: $425
Hero shows: [Ah]
BB shows: [Ts]

Hero wins $422 ( won $212 )
BB lost -$210.00