Happy Birthday Ella!

My Daughter turns 5 today. Wow! Time has really flown by. It's hard to believe that she will be starting kindergarten in the fall.

Happy Birthday Ella!

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I've made somewhat of a comeback the last couple days. I had a new "Best Day Ever" on Friday night where I won $1300 in just 650 hands. I didn't play much the rest of the weekend, and since Friday, I'm probably running just above average. My monthly graph is pretty gross looking. I was down over $2500 at one point, but now I am right back around even. With rakeback and some positive gains in tournaments, I'm probably right at $0 for the month. Ugg.



Last night's session (not on this graph) was brutal. I only played about 300 hands, but my won when saw flop percentage was 19%. It's usually around 42-43 %. I wasn't hitting nothing, and I was getting raised after the flop constantly.

I did play a few tournaments on Monday night. I played in the Hoy and was the first out when I 4-bet with AK and got it in versus KK and lost (That is my 5th AK vs KK hand this month, losing all 5). I busted in the PokerStars 50/50 when my KK ran into AA. I lost in FullTilt's 26k guarenteed when I raised with T9s, got min-raised by the donk behind me (duh, Aces). I called and flopped two pair. We got it all-in on the flop and his Aces went runner runner straight to beat me (board was 9TKQJ). And then I was doing really well in the FullTilt 50/50 with a top 10-20 stack most of the tournament. Then about 100 from the money I lost it all versus the donkey chip leader when I flopped top two pair and he called me down with a gutshot and hit on the river. I looked up this guys stats at officalpokerrankings.com, and the past two years, he is down over $70,000 playing tournaments at FullTilt. Standard for me in the realm of tournaments. Either a massive cooler or a massive suckout.

Here is Today's Sweet Hand of the Day

The only real hand I was worried about was 22. I contemplated 3-betting the flop and getting it in there, but there were only straight draws out there, so I just called. I'm really surprised that he had 98s.

Full Tilt Poker, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players

BTN: $184.60
SB: $195.00
BB: $280.40
UTG: $228.00
Hero (MP): $203.00
CO: $129.05

Pre-Flop: 6h 8h dealt to Hero (MP)
1 fold, Hero raises to $7, 2 folds, SB calls $6, BB Calls $5

Flop: ($21) 2s 8c 6d (3 Players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $14, SB raises to $41, Hero calls $27

Turn: ($103) 3d (2 Players)
SB bets $65 , Hero raises to $155 and is all-in , SB calls $82 and is all-in

River: ($168) Qc (2 Players)

Results: $397.00 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed 6h 8h (Two Pair Eights and Sixes) and WON $394 (+$199.00 NET)
SB showed 9s 8s (a pair of Eights) and LOST (-$195.00 NET)


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Here is the Sour Hand of the Day.

This guy was a total donk. Nothing to say other than that.

Full Tilt Poker, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players

BTN: $289.80
SB: $191.40
BB: $187.30
UTG: $321.40
Hero (CO): $200.00

Pre-Flop: Qd Jd dealt to Hero (CO)
1 fold, Hero raises to $7, 1 fold, SB calls $6, BB Calls $5

Flop: ($21) 5s 3h Js (3 Players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $15, SB folds, BB calls $15

Turn: ($51) Jc (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $36, BB calls $36

River: ($123) 2h (2 Players)
BB bets $129.30 and is all-in, Hero calls $129.30

Results: $381.60 Pot ($3 Rake)
BB showed Ah 4h (Straight five high) and WON $378.60 (+$191.30NET)
Hero showed Qd Jd (Three of a kind, Jacks) and LOST (-$187.30NET)

Have a good day!

Cheers!