I like October

It's nice that I've had more time to play this month than I thought I would. And by that, I mean I really haven't had time to play, I've just been playing anyways and sacrificing sleep mostly.



Some of the highlights of the month: (Games are still soooo good)


Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 341771
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UTG: $37.00
CO: $223.50
BTN: $356.05
Hero (SB): $135.50
BB: $127.40

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with Q K
2 folds, BTN calls $1, Hero raises to $6, 1 fold, BTN calls $5

Flop: ($13.00) K 5 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $11, BTN calls $11

Turn: ($35.00) T (2 players)
Hero bets $28, BTN calls $28

River: ($91.00) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $90.50 all in, BTN calls $90.50

Final Pot: $272.00
BTN mucks 7 K
Hero shows Q K (two pair, Kings and Queens)
Hero wins $269.00
(Rake: $3.00)



Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 340319
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MP: $101.00
CO: $103.95
Hero (BTN): $131.60
SB: $129.25
BB: $35.30
UTG: $33.25

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with A 6
3 folds, Hero raises to $3.50, SB calls $3, BB calls $2.50

Flop: ($10.50) 5 5 K (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $8, SB calls $8, BB folds

Turn: ($26.50) 9 (2 players)
SB bets $22, Hero raises to $120.10 all in, SB calls $95.75 all in

River: ($262.00) A (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $262.00
Hero shows A 6 (a flush, Ace high)
SB shows J T (a flush, King high)
Hero wins $259.00
(Rake: $3.00)


I actually snapped the river in this one. His line makes no sense and he almost never has a 3 here.


Full Tilt Poker $0.50/$1 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 344112
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CO: $118.80
BTN: $478.30
Hero (SB): $100.00
BB: $101.50
UTG: $263.35

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is SB with 5 5
3 folds, Hero raises to $4, BB calls $3

Flop: ($8.00) A 2 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $5, BB calls $5

Turn: ($18.00) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $12, BB calls $12

River: ($42.00) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $21, BB raises to $80.50 all in, Hero calls $58 all in

Final Pot: $200.00
Hero shows 5 5 (three of a kind, Fives)
BB shows K Q (a pair of Queens)
Hero wins $197.00
(Rake: $3.00)


I love this game.

I'm alive

School and my ladyfriend are dominating most of my time, but I've had the odd time to play a session here and there.

- 50NL HU starts off, goes great at first, then I break even / lose a bit
- Try a brief 50NL 6-max session, go on a +4 buyin heater
- Rolled for a shot at 100NL, so I tried it. Was meh at first, but finished on a heater tonight. It's good to be home

A part of me wants to pull my roll and enjoy the 2k, but another part of me wants to keep grinding in my very, very sparse spare time. We'll see...

Here's the month

50NL HU? Fun hand

So the two sessions or so I seem to get each month now are devoted to trying to get a handle on NL HU, starting with 50NL. So far it's been mostly good (up ~8 buyins).

There's (obviously) a story with this hand, but I thought it was pretty fun. Snap 250bb preflop with A4s? I think so.

Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 2 players - View hand 317742
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Hero (BB): $133.25
BTN/SB: $127.25

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with 4 A
BTN/SB raises to $127.25 all in, Hero calls $126.75

Flop: ($254.50) 9 3 T

Turn: ($254.50) 6

River: ($254.50) K

Final Pot: $254.50
Hero shows 4 A (Ace King high)
BTN/SB shows 8 Q (King Queen high)
Hero wins $254.00
(Rake: $0.50)