Day 9: -$11.35 (-11 BB at $.50/1)

Overall: +$65.40 in 1641 table minutes

I played pretty well last night, but I was unable to put together a winning session.

Hand 1: Here's another preflop fold hand. A somewhat tight player raises UTG and is 3-bet by a TAGgish player. I muck AQo on the button. The showdown had the tight player with 99 and the TAG with AQs.

Hand 2: Aggressive player raises UTG and I 3-bet with AJs. BB comes along and it's 3 to the flop for 3 bets. The flop is AT8. They check to me, I bet, and they both call. The turn is a 9 and they check to me again. I bet, BB calls and UTG raises. This raise is bad news for me. Most of the time, I'm in big trouble. There will be some times when the aggressive player will have something like the Jx of clubs (maybe KJ) and have just the draw, but most of the time it's AK/QJs/AA/TT. But with my open-ended straight draw and a big pot, I peel to catch a miracle. The river was a 7 of clubs, completing my straight and the flush that I don't have. It's checked to me and I bet it. BB folds(!) and UTG calls with his TT.

Hand 3: A somewhat poor aggressive player limps UTG and I raise with AJo. It's folded back around to him and he LRRs. I just call. The flop is 983 with a diamond draw (I have no diamonds). He bets. I think for a while about how I want to play it. I don't particularly believe his LRR because he has been wildly aggressive preflop and on the earlier streets. But he does seem to slow down. I decide that I would either call down or raise the turn. I decided to raise the turn because I had seem him muck to aggression before. So I call his flop bet. The turn was an excellent card for me, another 8 to pair the board. Bet-raise-hesitate-call. At this point, I decide that he has two overcards. The river is a 7 and he checks to me. I debate with myself about trying to bet him off his hand (maybe AK/AQ/AJ), but decide that it probably doesn't work often enough and check behind. We chop the pot.

Hand 4: I raise A9 clubs UTG and get called by aggro-bluffer BB. The flop is 542 with a diamond draw. He checks to me. I decide to check behind and go to showdown blind against him. This is the sort of spot where he could easily check-raise a pocket pair or nothing. The turn is a 9 of diamonds and before it registers in my head that I just paired up the action has already been bet-call. This is a good spot for a value raise. If he has a diamond draw, he may 3-bet it as a 4:1 dog. And it's highly unlikely for him to have the best hand. Either way, I'm still showing down against him. The river is another diamond and I call his bet again. He turns over Q3o with the 3 of diamonds for the lowest possible one card flush to take the pot.

Hand 5: This is a pretty standard KK hand, except maybe for the river. I raise from the button and get called by both blinds. The flop is J95, check-check-bet-call-call. The turn is another J, check-check-bet-call-call. The river is an ace, check-check-check. I lose to AT. I might get yelled at for not betting the river...

Hand 6: This is a pretty standard JJ hand, except definitely for the river. I have JJ in the small blind and raise two limpers. BB 3-bets, both limpers call, and I cap. 4 players for 4 bets. The flop is 932. I bet and get called in all three spots. The turn is an 8, I bet and get called in all 3 spots. The river is another 9 and completed a backdoor flush draw. Here's where I screwed it up. I bet, got called by the first two spots and the guy on the end raises. I'm beat by a 9 most of the time here. Sometimes I'm beat by a backdoor flush. I'm beat with more a 95% confidence level. This is just a completely awful spot for me. I call and get shown T9o. Once again, I get lots of bets in as a 4:1 favorite, but don't win the pot.