Day 83-17: +$19.50 (+10 BB at $1/2)

Level: +$49.75 in 43.79 table hours (+25 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$322.40 in 182.75 table hours

I don't know how much I have to say about tonight's session. I really want to get back up to 2/4 and 3/6 again, but that will happen in its due time.

Hand 1: Dang.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Ah, Ac. UTG posts a blind of $1.
UTG (poster) raises, MP calls, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, UTG calls, MP calls.

Flop: (10 SB) 9d, 8c, Td (3 players)
Hero bets, UTG raises, MP folds, Hero 3-bets, UTG calls.

Turn: (8 BB) 3c (2 players)
Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero calls.

River: (12 BB) 7s (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Ah Ac (one pair, aces).
UTG has 9s 9c (three of a kind, nines).

Hand 2: Here's a hand with an aggro-bad villain. Potentially, I could have raised the flop and potentially gotten him to 3-bet me, but he had a tendency to fold when an ace falls. My best guess is that he overplayed a flush draw here. Why? See Hand 3.

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Kc, Ah.
Hero raises, 4 folds, BB 3-bets, Hero calls.

Flop: (6.50 SB) As, 9c, 5c (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.25 BB) 3s (2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero calls.

River: (10.25 BB) 8d (2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB folds.

Hand 3: Same aggro-bad villain as Hand 2.

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Ks, Kd.
Hero raises, MP calls, 1 fold, Button calls, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (10 SB) Kh, 5c, 6h (5 players)
SB checks, BB bets, Hero raises, MP folds, Button calls, SB folds, BB 3-bets, Hero calls, Button calls.

Turn: (9.50 BB) 2h (3 players)
BB bets, Hero calls, Button folds.

River: (11.50 BB) 4s (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

Results:
BB has 9h 4h (flush, king high).
Hero has Ks Kd (three of a kind, kings).

Hand 4: More aggro-bad villain. A raise probably makes him fold all worse hands, but he'll call with anything that beats me. However, he will bet-bet-bet with worse hands. The river was bad for me, but I had already committed myself to calling down blind.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Jd, As.
3 folds, Button raises, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, Button caps, Hero calls.

Flop: (9 SB) Ks, 7h, 4d (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.50 BB) 3d (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

River: (7.50 BB) Qc (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Jd As (high card, ace).
Button has Tc Ad (high card, ace).

Hand 5: I'm surprised I'm the only one with an ace in this hand. I don't think I can win much more out of villains because a coldcall gives me away as well. The flop check-call was to try to determine whether I should worry about my kicker. I would be content to get to showdown cheaply if I didn't boat up on the turn.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Ah, 5h.
UTG calls, MP calls, 1 fold, Button raises, Hero calls, 1 fold, UTG calls, MP calls.

Flop: (9 SB) Ad, 4s, Ac (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP checks, Button bets, Hero calls, UTG calls, MP folds.

Turn: (6 BB) 4d (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Button raises, Hero 3-bets, UTG folds, Button folds.

Day 82-16: -$69.25 (-35 BB at $1/2)

Level: +$30.25 in 41.62 table hours (+15 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$302.90 in 180.58 table hours

A little tilt goes a long way. Well, probably about 10-15 BB of this was tilt and the rest was just frustrating bad luck.

Hand 1: Ugh. I suppose I could have bet-folded, but I felt that villain might try to take a stab with a missed straight draw or value bet with 9x or 8x.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Ad, Ac.
3 folds, Button calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, Button calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) 9h, 8c, Kd (2 players)
Hero bets, Button calls.

Turn: (3.25 BB) 4h (2 players)
Hero bets, Button calls.

River: (5.25 BB) Kh (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Ad Ac (two pair, aces and kings).
Button has Jd Ks (three of a kind, kings).

Hand 2: Ugh. 3-outer.

Preflop: Hero is Button with Ad, Qs.
1 fold, MP calls, CO calls, Hero raises, 2 folds, MP calls, CO calls.

Flop: (7.50 SB) Td, 4d, 6c (3 players)
MP checks, CO checks, Hero bets, MP calls, CO calls.

Turn: (5.25 BB) Qd (3 players)
MP checks, CO checks, Hero bets, MP folds, CO raises, Hero calls.

River: (9.25 BB) Kh (2 players)
CO bets, Hero calls.

Results:
CO has Kd 8s (one pair, kings).
Hero has Ad Qs (one pair, queens).

Hand 3: Ugh. 4-outer.

Preflop: Hero is CO with Ac, Jd.
UTG raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, SB calls, 1 fold, UTG calls.

Flop: (10 SB) 5s, Ah, Kd (3 players)
SB checks, UTG bets, Hero calls, SB folds.

Turn: (6 BB) Th (2 players)
UTG bets, Hero calls.

River: (8 BB) 7d (2 players)
UTG bets, Hero calls.

Results:
UTG has Jh Qd (straight, ace high).
Hero has Ac Jd (one pair, aces).

Hand 4: Ugh. 2-outer plus I should have been able to get away from my hand on the screwplay.

Preflop: Hero is CO with Td, Ah.
2 folds, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB 3-bets, 1 fold, Hero calls.

Flop: (7 SB) As, Qh, 5h (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) 9c (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, Hero calls.

River: (8.50 BB) 7d (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Results:
SB has 9h 9s (three of a kind, nines).
Hero has Td Ah (one pair, aces).

Hand 5: I feel good about this one because I was smart enough to get away. Villain showed KJ of diamonds for the turned nut flush (plus gutshot draw to the royal).

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9c, Ah.
1 fold, MP calls, 2 folds, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (3 SB) 3d, Ad, 7c (3 players)
SB bets, BB calls, MP calls.

Turn: (3 BB) Td (3 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, MP folds.

River: (5 BB) 2h (2 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, Hero folds.

Hand 6: Ugh. Flopped trips. At least I didn't give too much action like I was tempted to do.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Kc, Kh.
1 fold, MP calls, CO calls, 2 folds, Hero raises, MP calls, CO calls.

Flop: (6.50 SB) 4s, 7h, 7d (3 players)
Hero bets, MP calls, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, MP folds, CO caps, Hero calls.

Turn: (7.75 BB) 2h (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls.

River: (9.75 BB) 5c (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Kc Kh (two pair, kings and sevens).
CO has 7s As (three of a kind, sevens).

Hand 7: Ugh. 5-outer and he coldcalled two cold on the flop with bottom pair. At least he didn't raise so I could see his hand.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Jh, Td.
UTG calls, MP calls, 1 fold, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (4 SB) 2s, 4d, Jc (4 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, UTG folds, MP calls, SB calls.

Turn: (5 BB) Ks (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, MP calls, SB folds.

River: (7 BB) Qh (2 players)
Hero bets, MP calls.

Results:
Hero has Jh Td (one pair, jacks).
MP has 2d Qc (two pair, queens and twos).

Hand 8: Here's how you lose money on tilt:

Preflop: Hero is BB with 3h, 5h.
3 folds, SB raises, Hero calls.

Flop: (4 SB) 7d, 3c, Ac (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (3 BB) 7h (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, Hero calls.

River: (7 BB) Ts (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Results:
SB has As Jc (two pair, aces and sevens).
Hero has 3h 5h (two pair, sevens and threes).

Hand 9: Any idiot can see my hand is no good here.

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9s, As.
1 fold, MP calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, 1 fold, BB calls, MP calls.

Flop: (6.50 SB) 4s, 4h, 5h (3 players)
BB checks, MP checks, Hero bets, BB calls, MP calls.

Turn: (4.75 BB) Ah (3 players)
BB checks, MP checks, Hero bets, BB raises, MP 3-bets, Hero folds, BB caps, MP calls.

River: (13.75 BB) Jd (2 players)
BB bets $1 (All-In), MP calls.

Results:
BB has 2d 3d (straight, five high).
MP has 5c 4c (full house, fours full of fives).

Day 81-15: +$92.50 (+46 BB at $1/2)

Level: +$99.50 in 39.24 table hours (+50 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$372.15 in 178.20 table hours

After a bit of a dry spell, I hit a good run of cards. I also ran into one of the players on whom I have a very very solid read and took quite a bit of his money with a combination of good bluffs and some lucky cards.

Hand 1: The flop raise was a bluff attempt as villain has 3-bet lots of pair hands and will often fold to a raise. It was important to see it get heads up before trying the bluff raise. It's also important to know that if he 3-bets the flop that he has KQ at the worst and that he will lead on all streets. I would have folded the turn if I had not improved to a flush draw, and the river was just dumb luck taking my side for a change.

Preflop: Hero is Button with Ah, Th.
1 fold, MP calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, 1 fold, MP calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (10 SB) Kd, Jh, 4s (3 players)
SB bets, MP folds, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (8 BB) 2h (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

River: (10 BB) 7h (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls.

Results:
SB has Kc Ks (three of a kind, kings).
Hero has Ah Th (flush, ace high).

Hand 2: Here is a check-raise for value against the same villain. He probably c-bets the turn 95% of the time heads up. I expect him to fold most of the time, which is fine. He might fold a hand like 66 here and will incorrectly fold KQ with his 6 outs. Also, if he calls, I know that he has an overpair, and I can check-fold the river UI without losing any sleep.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Ad, 3d.
3 folds, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero calls.

Flop: (6 SB) 3c, 2s, 7h (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4 BB) 7c (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, Hero raises, BB folds.

Hand 3: This was an interesting hand. The flop is pretty terrible for me because a lot of his 3-betting range contains broadway cards. The turn is even worse because a lot of his hands contain aces. But at the same time, I've never seen him call down with second or third pair after getting check-raised on the turn. The pot is fairly large because he 3-bet preflop, o I decided to take a stab at it and see what would happen.

Preflop: Hero is Button with 6d, 6h.
2 folds, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, 1 fold, Hero calls.

Flop: (7 SB) Qh, 3h, Td (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) Ad (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB folds.

Hand 4: Here's a hand that I slowplayed against the villain because I didn't want him to fold a worse hand. I'd rather let him c-bet the turn and get that extra bet than shut him down. It turns out that I probably would have won more by fast-playing it this time, but given how effective bluffing is, I think it's still better to slowplay this one.

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6d, 6h.
Hero raises, 4 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) 7d, Qc, 6c (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (3.25 BB) 8c (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero raises, UTG calls.

River: (7.25 BB) 2s (2 players)
Hero bets, UTG calls.

Results:
Hero has 6d 6h (three of a kind, sixes).
UTG has Ac Qs (one pair, queens).

Hand 5: Here's another hand where I just let him take the lead on all the streets. Fortunately, I'm in position, which gives me the river value betting option (BTW - if he bets the river, I'm very likely beat, but I'm still not able to fold.) Something that I find fascinating about this guy is that he calls on the end with A-high a lot, which means he's extremely suspicious of river bluffs... yet he folds so often to turn raises...

Preflop: Hero is Button with Td, Kh.
2 folds, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, 1 fold, Hero calls.

Flop: (7 SB) Ks, 6d, 4c (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) 8h (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

River: (6.50 BB) 7h (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

Results:
SB has As Ts (high card, ace).
Hero has Td Kh (one pair, kings).

Hand 6: Here's a hand where I goofed. I should have bet out and hoped to get in a 3-bet. But in my multi-tabling, my brain went into insta-check-raise mode instead. Oh well.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Kh, Jd.
1 fold, MP calls, CO calls, Button raises, Hero calls, BB calls, MP calls, CO calls.

Flop: (10 SB) Kc, 4d, Jc (5 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, MP checks, CO checks, Button checks.

Turn: (5 BB) 7h (5 players)
Hero bets, BB folds, MP calls, CO calls, Button folds.

River: (8 BB) 5h (3 players)
Hero bets, MP calls, CO folds.

Results:
Hero has Kh Jd (two pair, kings and jacks).
MP has 7d Ac (one pair, sevens).

Hand 7: Is this a value bet against two passive villains? I felt like it was, and it turned out to be this time, but I am not sure.

Preflop: Hero is CO with 2c, 2h.
2 folds, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB calls, BB 3-bets, Hero calls, SB calls.

Flop: (9 SB) Jh, 3d, Ts (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (4.50 BB) 4s (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, SB calls, BB calls.


River: (7.50 BB) 5s (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks.

Results:
SB has As 9c (high card, ace).
BB has Kc Ac (high card, ace).
Hero has 2c 2h (one pair, twos).

Hand 8: Villain in this hand bluffed every single river that was checked to him. I didn't like this board, especially given his coldcall, but there's no value bet here, and the pot was big enough, especially given his lack of a flop and turn raise (which means an ace and queen are highly unlikely).

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 7s, 7h.
Hero raises, MP calls, 3 folds, BB calls.

Flop: (6.50 SB) Ac, Qh, Ks (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, MP calls, BB folds.

Turn: (4.25 BB) Kh (2 players)
Hero bets, MP calls.

River: (6.25 BB) 2d (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has 7s 7h (two pair, kings and sevens).
MP has Jc 9d (one pair, kings).

Hand 9: I goofed here, too. I should have called the flop and raised the turn.

Preflop: Hero is MP with 9c, 9d.
1 fold, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB calls, 1 fold.

Flop: (5 SB) Jd, Tc, 9h (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, Hero 3-bets, SB calls.

Turn: (5.50 BB) 7h (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

River: (7.50 BB) 8d (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Results:
SB has Ah Jh (straight, jack high).
Hero has 9c 9d (straight, jack high).

Hand 10: Another hand against the hyper-bluffer. I almost walked away from this one, but the double flush draw gave me enough of a pause to rethink it. I would have folded if he had bet the river.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Th, 9d.
UTG raises, 3 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) 4s, 9s, 5c (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero raises, UTG calls.

Turn: (4.25 BB) Ac (2 players)
Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero calls.

River: (8.25 BB) Kh (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks.

Results:
Hero has Th 9d (one pair, nines).
UTG has 7h 7d (one pair, sevens).

Hand 11: Here's a missed bet-fold opportunity.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Jh, Js.
UTG calls, 1 fold, Button raises, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, UTG calls, Button caps, Hero calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (13 SB) 8h, 8d, Kd (3 players)

Hero checks, UTG checks, Button bets, Hero raises, UTG folds, Button calls.

Turn: (8.50 BB) 6c (2 players)
Hero bets, Button calls.

River: (10.50 BB) Kh (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.

Results:
Button has Tc Td (two pair, kings and tens).
Hero has Jh Js (two pair, kings and jacks).

Hand 12: Oddly enough, it's another JJ hand where I failed to bet-fold the river.

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Jh, Jd.
Hero raises, 3 folds, SB calls, 1 fold.

Flop: (5 SB) 3c, 7s, Jc (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

Turn: (3.50 BB) 9c (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

River: (5.50 BB) Kc (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Results:
SB has Qs Qd (one pair, queens).
Hero has Jh Jd (three of a kind, jacks).

Day 80-14: -$17.00 (-9 BB at $1/2)

Level: +$7.00 in 36.65 table hours (+4 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$279.65 in 175.62 table hours

I played an extended session tonight, playing for a couple hours (about twice as long as usual). The tables I was at were quite LAGgy, but I felt far more comfortable playing them than I had felt in the past. In other words, my confidence continues to move upward even if my bankroll doesn't.

Hand 1: He had a big draw and it came in. What more could I do?

Preflop: Hero is BB with Ac, Qh.
UTG raises, 3 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) 3h, Ah, Qs (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero raises, UTG 3-bets, Hero caps, UTG calls.

Turn: (6.25 BB) 9h (2 players)
Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero calls.

River: (10.25 BB) Ts (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Ac Qh (two pair, aces and queens).
UTG has Kh Jh (flush, ace high).

Hand 2: Rivered...

Preflop: Hero is MP with Ah, 5h.
UTG calls, Hero calls, 2 folds, SB completes, BB raises, UTG calls, Hero calls, SB calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 5s, 4h, 7c (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets, SB folds, BB calls, UTG calls.

Turn: (5.50 BB) 9c (3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets, BB folds, UTG calls.

River: (7.50 BB) 4c (2 players)
UTG bets, Hero calls.

Results:
UTG has 4d Jh (three of a kind, fours).
Hero has Ah 5h (two pair, fives and fours).

Hand 3: 4-outer on the turn...

Preflop: Hero is CO with Ah, Ks.
UTG calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, Button calls, 1 fold, BB calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (8.50 SB) Js, Ac, 3s (4 players)
BB checks, UTG bets, Hero raises, Button folds, BB folds, UTG calls.

Turn: (6.25 BB) Qd (2 players)
UTG bets, Hero calls.

River: (8.25 BB) 6d (2 players)
UTG bets, Hero calls.

Results:
UTG has Td Kc (straight, ace high).
Hero has Ah Ks (one pair, aces).

Hand 4: Unfortunate hand.

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Qs, As.
Hero raises, 1 fold, CO calls, Button calls, SB calls, 1 fold.

Flop: (9 SB) Ad, 8c, 2h (4 players)

SB checks, Hero bets, CO calls, Button raises, SB folds, Hero 3-bets, CO folds, Button calls.

Turn: (8 BB) 6s (2 players)
Hero bets, Button calls.

River: (10 BB) 9s (2 players)
Hero bets, Button calls.

Results:
Hero has Qs As (one pair, aces).
Button has Ah Kd (one pair, aces).

Hand 5: I'm really surprised he didn't raise anywhere.

Preflop: Hero is MP with 6h, Ah.
1 fold, Heroraises, CO calls, 3 folds.

Flop: (5.50 SB) 5h, 6d, 2s (2 players)
Hero bets, CO calls.

Turn: (3.75 BB) 9c (2 players)
Hero bets, CO calls.

River: (5.75 BB) 7h (2 players)
Hero bets, CO calls.

Results:
Hero has 6h Ah (one pair, sixes).
CO has Jd Jh (one pair, jacks).

Hand 6: I really should have gotten away from this on the turn.

Preflop: Hero is MP with Th, 8h.
1 fold, Hero raises, 2 folds, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (6 SB) 3h, 4c, Td (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets, Hero raises, SB folds, BB 3-bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (6 BB) 6s (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

River: (8 BB) 3s (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

Results:
BB has Ts Jh (two pair, tens and threes).
Hero has Th 8h (two pair, tens and threes).

Hand 7: Here's a turn semibluff raise against a villain who seemd like he might be 3-betting a little light defending his blinds. I figured to make a lot of Ax hands fold as well as a number of medium pocket pairs that don't hold a club.

Preflop: Hero is MP with Jc, Th.
1 fold, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB 3-bets, 1 fold, Hero calls.

Flop: (7 SB) 4c, 6c, 3s (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) Kc (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB folds.

Day 79-13: +$30.50 (+15 BB at $1/2)

Level: +$24.00 in 32.85 table hours (+12 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$296.65 in 171.82 table hours

I don't know why, but I seem to have increased tremendously in my confidence without having done a whole lot. I'm still in the same slump that I've been in, but things just "feel" better.

Hand 1: Nobody had a heart but me?

Preflop: Hero is Button with Jh, Ah.
1 fold, MP raises, CO calls, Hero calls, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (10 SB) 7d, 5h, Th (5 players)
SB bets, BB calls, MP calls, CO folds, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, BB folds, MP calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (10 BB) 3h (3 players)
SB bets, MP calls, Button raises, SB folds, MP folds.

Hand 2: I was surprised at what he showed down. When he called the turn raise, I was really expecting to see him show a dumbly played AK or maybe KJ. Instead, it was A2... not terrible given that it's blind defense.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Ac, Qc.
3 folds, SB raises, Hero 3-bets, SB calls.

Flop: (6 SB) 5s, Qh, 3d (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, Hero calls.

Turn: (5 BB) Ts (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls.

River: (9 BB) Kd (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Results:
SB has Ah 2d (high card, ace).
Hero has Ac Qc (one pair, queens).

Hand 3: Villain here is tight-passive. When he called the flop bet, I knew I was behind -- I was hoping he'd just check-fold a hand like KQ or maybe AJs. I felt that he wouldn't fold AK on the turn. However, I felt that it was likely that he would not bluff the river and would not call the river with AK UI. My bluff probably bought this pot from him.

Preflop: Hero is UTG with As, Th.
Hero raises, 2 folds, BB 3-bets, Hero calls.

Flop: (6.50 SB) 9h, 8c, 3d (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB calls.

Turn: (4.25 BB) 6h (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

River: (4.25 BB) 4s (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB folds.

Hand 4: Here's a fun calldown against a player who I've seen get randomly aggressive. Once it was heads up on the turn, I was going to get to showdown for two bets or less.

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9h, Ac.
UTG calls, Button calls, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (4 SB) Qh, Qc, 2h (4 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG bets, Button folds, Hero calls, BB folds.

Turn: (3 BB) Jd (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero calls.

River: (5 BB) Td (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks.

Results:
Hero has 9h Ac (one pair, queens).
UTG has 4d 6c (one pair, queens).

Hand 5: Dumb play here. I should have check-raised the turn. If he has a pocket pair, he'll call twice with a boat.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Ad, 6d.
UTG raises, 2 folds, Button calls, 1 fold, Hero calls.

Flop: (6.50 SB) 4h, 4s, 4d (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Button calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.75 BB) As (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Button folds, Hero calls.

River: (6.75 BB) 7h (2 players)
Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Ad 6d (full house, fours full of aces).
UTG has Ah Qd (full house, fours full of aces).

Hand 6: I don't know whether I should have given more action. His flop check indicates a draw, and I guess if he had a gutshot plus flush draw, he would be betting. So that means that most likely he doesn't have a better flush than mine, and I can milk more money from him.

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 7c, 9c.
Hero raises, 1 fold, Button 3-bets, 1 fold, BB calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (9.50 SB) Ad, Tc, 6c (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: (4.75 BB) Jc (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, Button raises, BB calls, Hero 3-bets, Button caps, BB calls, Hero calls.

River: (16.75 BB) 9h (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, Button bets, BB calls, Hero calls.

Results:
BB has 7d Jd (one pair, jacks).
Hero has 7c 9c (flush, jack high).
Button has Kd Qd (straight, ace high).

Hand 7: I was close between betting, check-calling, and check-folding. The big draw that I feared came in, but I felt that I might be able to get a bluff out of 98/97/87 and Ax often enough to give them a chance to bluff. Instead, I got a misplaced value bet.

Preflop: Hero is SB with 7c, 7h.
UTG calls, 2 folds, Hero raises, BB calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (6 SB) Ts, 6d, Td (3 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, UTG calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) 2h (3 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, UTG calls.

River: (7.50 BB) 5d (3 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG bets, Hero calls, BB folds.

Results:
Hero has 7c 7h (two pair, tens and sevens).
UTG has Jh 6c (two pair, tens and sixes).

Day 78-12: -$38.00 (-19 BB at $1/2)

Level: -$6.50 in 31.07 table hours (-3 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$266.15 in 170.03 table hours

Up and down... up and down... That's the way it goes.

Hand 1: Stupid river misclick...

Preflop: Hero is Button with Qc, Ah.
2 folds, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, BB calls, CO caps, Hero calls, BB calls.

Flop: (12.50 SB) Ac, Ts, 3s (3 players)
BB checks, CO bets, Hero calls, BB folds.


Turn: (7.25 BB) As (2 players)
CO bets, Hero raises, CO calls.

River: (11.25 BB) Qs (2 players)
CO bets, Hero calls.

Results:
CO has 8h 9s (flush, ace high).
Hero has Qc Ah (full house, aces full of queens).

Hand 2: I should have folded on the river because I knew I was beat. But I didn't...

Preflop: Hero is BB with Jc, Ac.
UTG raises, 3 folds, SB calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (6 SB) Ah, 4s, 8d (3 players)

SB checks, Hero checks, UTG bets, SB calls, Hero raises, UTG calls, SB folds.



Turn: (5.50 BB) 4d (2 players)

Hero bets, UTG calls.



River: (7.50 BB) 9d (2 players)

Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Jc Ac (two pair, aces and fours).
UTG has 9h 9c (full house, nines full of fours).

Hand 3: Rivered again... I think I could have gotten away from this one as well because the flush draw also came in.

Preflop: Hero is MP with Qc, Ks.
1 fold, MP raises, CO calls, Button calls, 1 fold, BB calls.

Flop: (8.50 SB) 3c, Qs, 9c (4 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, CO raises, Button folds, BB folds, Hero 3-bets, CO calls.

Turn: (7.25 BB) 6h (2 players)
MP bets, CO calls.

River: (9.25 BB) Tc (2 players)
Hero bets, CO raises, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Qc Ks (one pair, queens).
CO has Qh Th (two pair, queens and tens).

Hand 4: Beat on the turn, got slowplayed until the river. Again, I think this is a hand where my holding is marginal enough to just fold, but again I pay it off.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Ts, Tc.
1 fold, MP calls, CO calls, Button calls, Hero raises, 1 fold, MP calls, CO calls, Button calls.

Flop: (9 SB) 6s, 2d, Qh (4 players)
Hero bets, MP folds, CO calls, Button calls.

Turn: (6 BB) 6c (3 players)
Hero bets, CO folds, Button calls.

River: (8 BB) 4c (2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Ts Tc (two pair, tens and sixes).
Button has 6h Ac (three of a kind, sixes).

Day 77-11: +$56.75 (+28 BB at $1/2)

Level: +$31.50 in 29.40 table hours (+16 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$304.15 in 168.37 table hours

I hit a lot of cards, but I also got to exploit a number of bad players. As I continue to play, I'm finding that certain players that used to make me uncomfortable are not players I'm happy to see at my table. The reason is that they have a very fold-oriented strategy. When I see AF that get to 3 or higher, I start to watch where they fold. It seems like a lot of these players bet-fold too often on the turn, especially after raising preflop and betting the flop. What this means is that they are raising pretty light preflop and auto-betting the flop and turn quite often. It also means that they are likely folding A-high and medium pocket pairs. This means they are bluffable. And bluffing is a lot of fun.

In all these hands, it's important to know that your opponent will fold (or is likely to fold) before trying to pull these. It's also entirely possible that I'm very lucky and they aren't nearly as exploitable as they seemed.

Hand 1: Semibluffing a player who folds too often -- I might actually have had the best hand here, too...

Preflop: Hero is SB with Ac, Ts.
1 fold, MP raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, MP caps, Hero calls.

Flop: (9 SB) 5d, 2c, 3c (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.50 BB) Jc (2 players)
Hero checks, MP bets, Hero raises, MP folds.

Hand 2: Here is another exploitable play against a multi-tabler that folds too often. Note that (once again) I might actually have the best hand if he's raising with A7-/KJ/KT and that he might fold 77 here.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Ac, 8c.
UTG raises, 1 fold, CO calls, 2 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (6.50 SB) Qc, 6d, Qh (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, CO folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.25 BB) 5d (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Hero raises, UTG folds.

Hand 3: Same villain as in Hand #1. This time it's for value if he has a flush draw or straight draw. Notice that he folds here, too. If you find your value raises aren't getting called often enough, you should really think about bluffing more often.

Preflop: Hero is Button with Kd, Jd.
1 fold, MP raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 2 folds, MP caps, Hero calls.

Flop: (9.50 SB) Tc, 3s, 2c (2 players)
MP bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.75 BB) Jc (2 players)
MP bets, Hero raises, MP folds.

Hand 4: I got the impression that this "TAG" was raising too many flops for them all to be value raises, plus I felt that he folded relatively often. Notice how hard it is for him to call with a pocket pair here since a bunch of hands I could have raised preflop just caught up, plus there are a lot of hands that he was already chasing on the flop. If I snagged a K or J, I would just check-call this and check-call the river. Otherwise, I lose too much to Ax.

Preflop: Hero is MP with Kd, Jh.
1 fold, MP raises, 3 folds, BB calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) Ac, 4s, 3s (2 players)

BB checks, Hero bets, BB raises, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.25 BB) Qh (2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB folds.

Hand 5: For whatever reason, this villain did a lot of bet-folding when an ace flopped and was raising with all sorts of "NL hands" (like T8s). So I took a shot at it and won. It's a big pot, and so I've got to be willing to fight a bit to win it.

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Qc, Tc
Hero raises, 1 fold, Button calls, SB 3-bets, 1 fold, Hero calls, Button calls.


Flop: (10 SB) 6h, As, Kd (3 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, Button folds, SB folds.

Hand 6: This was an odd play. I don't know what I was thinking because the flop check is often an indication of a very strong hand. But I remember thinking that this player would have bet an ace already because he was a value betting type of player. So I check-raised as a semibluff to see what would happen. It took him a long time, but he figured it out and called. Good for him. This probably would have been more effecting if the flop were A99 or something where it's more plausible for me to hold trips.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Qd, Th.
UTG raises, 4 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) 2s, Ad, 2d (2 players)

Hero checks, UTG checks.

Turn: (2.25 BB) 9d (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, BB raises, UTG calls.

River: (6.25 BB) 6c (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks.

Results:
Hero has Qd Th (one pair, twos).
UTG has Qs Qc (two pair, queens and twos).

Hand 7: Another paired board situation where I'm raising as a bluff to knock out Ax and Kx hands. When he called, I knew he had a pair that's probably not an overpair and that he wasn't folding. I would have value bet if I paired up (which probably would have tilted him).

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9h, Jc.
2 folds, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, 1 fold, Hero calls.

Flop: (7 SB) 7d, 3s, 7c (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) 2h (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls.

River: (8.50 BB) 5c (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Results:
SB has 3c Ac (two pair, sevens and threes).
Hero has 9h Jc (one pair, sevens).

Day 77-10: -$3.50 (-2 BB at $1/2)

Level: -$25.25 in 26.72 table hours (-13 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$247.40 in 165.68 table hours

I'm surprised I broke even today. I made some really bad plays, but wound up playing against a couple terrible LAGs who donated enough to bring me back. I should trust my instincts more. I should call preflop more often and fold postflop more often. I'm just getting too much into a general showdown mentality instead of being selective.

Hand 1: Flop donker has been donking a lot, but hasn't been to showdown. I decided to call the flop and raise any turn card to see if I could snap off his bluff (since I don't really want to do a full call-down with K-high). As soon as he called the turn, his hand range consisted of a lot of aces and pocket pairs. Therefore, checking behind on the river is easy. I'm still not sure if the plan is good because I don't have an accurate perception of his flop/turn betting range.

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8d, Ks.
2 folds, Hero raises, SB calls, 1 fold.

Flop: (5 SB) 2d, 3d, 2c (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (3.50 BB) Ac (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls.

River: (7.50 BB) Jd (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Results:
SB has 5s Ah (two pair, aces and twos).
Hero has 8d Ks (one pair, twos).

Hand 2: Here's a dumb spot. I should really have check-folded the turn.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Qc, Qh. CO posts a blind of $1.
1 fold, MP raises, 1 fold, Button calls, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, MP calls, Button calls.

Flop: (10.50 SB) 3d, Kc, Ah (3 players)
Hero bets, MP calls, Button folds.

Turn: (6.25 BB) 2c (2 players)
Hero bets, MP calls.

River: (8.25 BB) 5c (2 players)
Hero bets, MP calls.

Results:
Hero has Qc Qh (one pair, queens).
MP has Ad 7c (one pair, aces).

Hand 3: This is one of those instinctive calldowns that felt right.

Preflop: Hero is Button with Th, 8d.
2 folds, Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (6 SB) 6c, Ts, Kc (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets, Hero calls, SB folds.

Turn: (4 BB) 4d (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

River: (6 BB) 2s (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

Results:
BB has Ac 6d (one pair, sixes).
Hero has Th 8d (one pair, tens).

Hand 4: Here's one of the calls where my instincts told me to fold, but I called anyway.

Preflop: Hero is Button with Ah, Jd.
2 folds, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, BB calls, CO calls.

Flop: (9.50 SB) 8d, 2s, 9d (3 players)
BB checks, CO checks, Button bets, BB calls, CO calls.

Turn: (6.25 BB) 2c (3 players)
BB checks, CO checks, Hero checks.

River: (6.25 BB) 2h (3 players)
BB bets, CO folds, Hero calls.

Results:
BB has 7s 7c (full house, twos full of sevens).
Hero has Ah Jd (three of a kind, twos).

Day 76-9: -$48.00 (-24 BB at $1/2)

Level: -$21.75 in 24.77 table hours (-11 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$250.90 in 163.73 table hours

Another demoralizing day. Hanging on through a downswing requires a certain amount of patience and perseverance, which I'm pretty sure that I have. In the middle of it, though, it's important to reflect on your play and to make appropriate adjustments. I know that I have fallen into a little bit of call-down tilt, and I need to continue to be aware of these things as I proceed.

Hand 1: I know I should have 3-bet the turn. Villain is a known aggressive player and can be raising AQ or even hands like TT in that spot. Little mistakes like this can add up.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Ah, As.
2 folds, CO calls, Button raises, SB calls, Hero 3-bets, CO calls, Button calls, SB calls.

Flop: (12 SB) 3h, 4s, 4h (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, CO folds, Button raises, SB folds, Hero 3-bets, Button calls.

Turn: (9 BB) Qs (2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero calls.

River: (13 BB) 6d (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Ah As (two pair, aces and fours).
Button has Qh 9h (two pair, queens and fours).

Hand 2: Villain is a known bluffer, so I felt that AQ high would probably be good against a large part of his hand range. Of course, A4 is part of that hand range where my hand is NOT good.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Qc, As.
2 folds, CO calls, Button calls, SB raises, 1 fold, CO calls, Button calls.

Flop: (7 SB) 4c, 8d, 8s (3 players)
SB bets, CO calls, Button calls.

Turn: (5 BB) 8c (3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks, Button bets, Hero calls, CO folds.

River: (7 BB) Th (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Qc As (three of a kind, eights).
Button has Ac 4h (full house, eights full of fours).

Hand 3: This is a spot where I'm not sure if I should want to check-call or check-fold. A check here could induce a bluff from a missed club draw, but will also attract value bets.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Ad, Jc.
4 folds, Hero raises, BB calls.

Flop: (4 SB) Kc, 4c, Tc (2 players)
Hero bets, BB calls.

Turn: (3 BB) Ts (2 players)
Hero bets, BB calls.

River: (5 BB) 4h (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Ad Jc (two pair, tens and fours).
BB has 8h Kh (two pair, kings and tens).

Hand 4: These hands get annoying after a while.

Preflop: Hero is MP with Th, Ac.
1 fold, Hero raises, 2 folds, BB calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) Jc, Ad, 5s (2 players)
BB checks, MP bets, BB calls.

Turn: (3.25 BB) 7d (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB raises, Hero

River: (7.25 BB) 8c (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

Results:
BB has 5c As (two pair, aces and fives).
Hero has Th Ac (one pair, aces).

Hand 5: Bad luck to run into AK given that I hold a K? Maybe.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Qs, Kc.
1 fold, MP raises, 1 fold, SB calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (6 SB) Ks, 5s, 9s (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, Hero bets, SB calls, BB raises, MP calls, SB calls.

Turn: (6 BB) 9h (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, MP calls, SB folds.

River: (8 BB) 7h (2 players)
Hero bets, MP calls.

Results:
Hero has Qs Kc (two pair, kings and nines).
MP has Ac Kh (two pair, kings and nines).

Hand 6: I missed another flush draw against an aggro blind defender.

Preflop: Hero is Button with Kc, 7c.
1 fold, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, 1 fold, Hero calls.

Flop: (7 SB) 5c, 9c, Jd (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls.

Turn: (5.50 BB) Kh (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

River: (7.50 BB) 8d (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Results:
SB has Qc Th (straight, king high).
Hero has Kc 7c (one pair, kings).

Hand 7: Here's an interesting flop decision. I'm either behind a Q or ahead of a flush draw. In either case, I'm looking at a 60-40 situation. A flat calldown I think is the perfect play.

Preflop: Hero is CO with Jh, Jc.
2 folds, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB calls, 1 fold.

Flop: (5 SB) 8c, Qc, 3c (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (3.50 BB) 5h (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

River: (5.50 BB) 2c (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Results:
SB has Ac Th (flush, ace high).
Hero has Jh Jc (flush, queen high).

Hand 8: 3-outed.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Js, 9s.
4 folds, Hero raises, BB calls.

Flop: (4 SB) 4c, Jh, Jc (2 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, Hero 3-bets, BB caps, Hero calls.

Turn: (6 BB) 5h (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, Hero calls.

River: (8 BB) Ks (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Js 9s (three of a kind, jacks).
BB has Jd 5d (full house, jacks full of fives).

Day 75-8: -$55.50(-28 BB at $1/2)

Level: +$26.25 in 23.59 table hours (+13 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$298.90 in 162.55 table hours

I'm posting this well after the fact. I was busy after I played that session and didn't have time to input the data. Sorry, no hand posts.

Day 74-7: +$10.00 (+5 BB at $1/2)

Level: +$81.75 in 19.07 table hours (+41 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$354.40 in 158.03 table hours

I don't really feel like I have much to say about today. There were a couple interesting hands, but otherwise I'm sort of in the grind (which I was hoping to avoid) while I work my way back up to $3/6 so I can take another shot.

Hand 1: Villain is a known hyper-LAG. It's too bad I didn't piece the puzzle together quickly enough to value bet the turn instead of trying to check-raise him. There's no way he's checking behind on the flop with a weak made hand. He's not likely to check behind with garbage, either. There's also no way he's checking behind with a heart draw. Therefore, he must have a made hand that he doesn't want to fold and doesn't have a heart.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Qs, Ah.
1 fold, MP raises, 2 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) 2h, Jh, 6h (2 players)
Hero checks, MP checks.

Turn: (2.25 BB) 4h (2 players)
Hero checks, MP checks.

River: (2.25 BB) 7d (2 players)
Hero bets, MP calls.

Results:
Hero has Qs Ah (flush, ace high).
MP has Ad As (one pair, aces).

Hand 2: Here's a very interesting hand with lots of fun decisions. I've posted this at the micros forum, so I'll let all of my commentary stand over there. Please, no cheating!

Preflop: Hero is BB with Ks, Kc.
UTG calls, MP calls, 1 fold, Button raises, SB calls, BB 3-bets, UTG calls, MP calls, Button caps, SB calls, Hero calls, UTG calls, MP calls.

Flop: (20 SB) 5d, 9d, Td (5 players)
SB bets, Hero calls, UTG calls, MP folds, Button calls.

Turn: (12 BB) Ts (4 players)
SB bets, Hero calls, UTG calls, Button calls.

River: (16 BB) Tc (4 players)
SB bets, Hero calls, UTG raises, Button folds, SB calls, Hero calls.

Results:
SB has Qh Ad (three of a kind, tens).
Hero has Ks Kc (full house, tens full of kings).
UTG has 8c 9s (full house, tens full of nines).

Hand 3: Villain has been playing like an idiot and I had the pleasure of collecting from it. I'm surprised he didn't raise all-in for another $0.25 on the end.

Preflop: Hero is MP with Qc, Qd.
UTG calls, Hero raises, CO 3-bets, 2 folds, BB calls, UTG folds, Hero caps, CO calls, BB calls.


Flop: (13.50 SB) 5s, 6h, 6c (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, CO raises, BB folds, Hero 3-bets, CO caps, Hero calls.

Turn: (10.75 BB) 6d (2 players)
Hero bets, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, CO caps, Hero calls.

River: (18.75 BB) 7h (2 players)
Hero bets, CO calls.

Final Pot: 20.75 BB

Results:
Hero has Qc Qd (full house, sixes full of queens).
CO has 4s Ks (three of a kind, sixes).

Hand 4: I'm pretty sure I'm supposed ot raise this flop, especially with the flush draw out there.

Preflop: Hero is CO with 9s, Qs.
UTG calls, 1 fold, Hero calls, Button calls, SB completes, BB checks.


Flop: (5 SB) 4d, 9h, 2h (5 players)
SB bets, BB folds, UTG calls, Hero calls, Button calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) Jd (4 players)
SB checks, UTG bets, Hero calls, Button folds, SB folds.

River: (6.50 BB) Jh (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG calls.

Results:
UTG has Qd 2d (two pair, jacks and twos).
Hero has 9s Qs (two pair, jacks and nines).

Hand 5: Good thing I caught something on the river. I wasn't really wanting to go to showdown with J-high even though I knew he was a bluffer.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Tc, Jc.
UTG calls, 1 fold, Button calls, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (4 SB) 6c, 8h, 8c (4 players)
Hero bets, BB folds, UTG raises, Button calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (5 BB) 7s (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Button calls, Hero calls.

River: (8 BB) Jd (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, Button folds, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Tc Jc (two pair, jacks and eights).
UTG has 5c 2s (one pair, eights).

Day 73-6: +$48.50 (+24 BB at $1/2)

Level: +$71.75 in 17.25 table hours (+36 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$344.40 in 156.22 table hours

I squeezed in a 1-hour session this afternoon and caught a really nice run of cards. It's fun to play 32/26 poker! Even though those stats are pretty high, I played a pretty unimaginative game. Value bet, value bet, value bet...

Hand 1: I felt like I should have bet the river or something. However, if he's semibluffing with Ks all the way, then there's little value in throwing in the river bet because he's never calling. So I guess maybe I can check-raise the turn. On the other hand, I should be glad to get to showdown.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Ad, Qh.
2 folds, Button raises, Hero 3-bets, Button caps, Hero calls.

Flop: (8 SB) As, 7s, 8s (3 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (5 BB) 8h (3 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero

River: (7 BB) 9d (3 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.

Results:
Hero has Ad Qh (two pair, aces and eights).
Button has Jh Jc (two pair, jacks and eights).

Hand 2: I know that villain in this hand can be a little aggro out of the blinds, but isn't completely out of control. The turn raise forces a naked spade to pay an extra bet, plus I get two bets out of worse aces, of which there are plenty in his range.

Preflop: Hero is Button with Ac, Qh.
2 folds, Button raises, BB 3-bets, Hero calls.

Flop: (6 SB) Js, As, 5s (3 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4 BB) 7d (3 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB calls.

River: (8 BB) 3c (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB calls.

Results:
BB has Ad 9d (one pair, aces).
Hero has Ac Qh (one pair, aces).

Hand 3: Here's an interesting value betting hand. Villain's preflop raise and flop check sometimes means AK/KK, but can also be a scared QQ/JJ or even AQ that is smart enough not to c-bet. The queen isn't such a good river value betting card because it hits a wide range of gutshot type hands that could be hanging around for 3 bets preflop. It turns out I could have won a little more, but I'm not too disappointed.

Preflop: Hero is MP with 9h, Ac.
UTG calls, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, BB calls, UTG calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (12 SB) 9s, Kc, 6c (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets, SB folds, BB calls, UTG calls.

Turn: (7.50 BB) 3c (3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets, BB calls, UTG calls.

River: (10.50 BB) Qh (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks.

Results:
BB has 8h 9d (one pair, nines).
UTG has 7c 7d (one pair, sevens).
Hero has 9h Ac (one pair, nines).

Hand 4: I have no idea why this villain suddenly woke up with hyper-aggression. I didn't mind, of course. I was really expecting to see AK.

Preflop: Hero is SB with 7d, Ac.
3 folds, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero calls.

Flop: (6 SB) 4d, Ah, Jd (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4 BB) 7c (2 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, Hero 3-bets, BB caps, Hero calls.

River: (12 BB) 7h (2 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, Hero 3-bets, BB caps, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has 7d Ac (full house, sevens full of aces).
BB has 9h As (two pair, aces and sevens).

Hand 5: Bad turn card. I wish I knew what villain had after call-capping the flop and what button saw the river with.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Jc, Js.
2 folds, CO calls, Button raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, CO calls, Button calls.

Flop: (9.50 SB) 6h, Th, 4h (3 players)
Hero bets, CO calls, Button raises, Hero 3-bets, CO caps, Button calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (10.75 BB) Kh (3 players)
Hero checks, CO bets, Button calls, Hero folds.

River: (12.75 BB) 5c (2 players)
CO bets, Button folds.

Hand 6: After a loose flop call, the turn and river are easy value bets.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Tc, 8c.
UTG calls, 1 fold, Button calls, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (4 SB) 6s, 4d, 5c (4 players)
SB bets, Hero calls, UTG calls, Button folds.

Turn: (3.50 BB) 8d (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, UTG calls, SB calls.

River: (6.50 BB) 3h (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, UTG folds, SB calls.

Results:
SB has 6h Ah (one pair, sixes).
Hero has Tc 8c (one pair, eights).

Hand 7: Another overplayed weakish hand by a different player. These guys add substantial amounts to my profit.

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 7c, 7s.
Hero raises, 3 folds, BB calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) 4h, 2d, 6c (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB raises, Hero 3-bets, BB caps, Hero calls.

Turn: (6.25 BB) 7h (3 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB calls.

River: (10.25 BB) 6h (3 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, Hero caps, BB calls.

Results:
BB has 6s Qh (three of a kind, sixes).
Hero has 7c 7s (full house, sevens full of sixes).

Day 72-5: -$26.50 (-13 BB at $1/2)

Level: +$23.25 in 15.47 table hours (+12 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$295.90 in 154.43 table hours

Another down session, but not bad. It could have been better. I missed some big draws and they hit their few-outers. Overall, it feels more like a test of patience than anything.

Hand 1: Here's a spot where I think I should check the turn with two callers. Heads up, I think it's a fairly good bet, but with two other players, the chances of getting them both to fold is pretty small.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Ah, Qh.
UTG calls, MP raises, CO calls, 2 folds, Hero 3-bets, UTG calls, MP calls, CO calls.

Flop: (12.50 SB) 8d, 8h, Jh (4 players)
Hero bets, UTG folds, MP calls, CO calls.

Turn: (7.75 BB) 2c (3 players)
Hero bets, MP calls, CO folds.

River: (9.75 BB) 3c (2 players)
Hero checks, MP checks.

Final Pot: 9.75 BB

Results:
Hero has Ah Qh (one pair, eights).
MP has 9c 9h (two pair, nines and eights).

Hand 2: Villain has been very aggressive, bluffing/semi-bluffing too often and value betting some weakish hands. He drew to his hand this time. I suppose one can argue for just calling because the 7 just made a bunch of hands of his catch up to mine, or folding the river if he has anything resembling sanity.

Preflop: Hero is MP with Ah, Qs.
1 fold, Hero raises, 1 fold, Button calls, 2 folds.

Flop: (5.50 SB) Ac, Td, 7c (2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.75 BB) 6h (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

River: (6.75 BB) 7s (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero raises, Button 3-bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Ah Qs (two pair, aces and sevens).
Button has 9d 8d (straight, ten high).

Hand 3: Bad calldown? Villain was pretty aggressive and I felt there was a reasonable chance he would check-raise semi-bluff the flush draw. But he had a slightly better hand.

Preflop: Hero is Button with Ad, 4s.
3 folds, Button raises, 1 fold, BB calls.

Flop: (4.50 SB) Kh, 4h, 7d (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB calls.

Turn: (3.25 BB) 2c (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB raises, Hero calls.

River: (7.25 BB) Td (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

Results:
BB has Qh 7h (one pair, sevens).
Hero has Ad 4s (one pair, fours).

Hand 4: I think I should have just coldcalled the flop to see what would happen.

Preflop: Hero is MP with Qd, Ks.
1 fold, Hero raises, CO 3-bets, 1 fold, SB calls, 1 fold, Hero calls.

Flop: (10 SB) Qs, 9d, 8h (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, CO bets, SB raises, Hero 3-bets, CO folds, SB caps, Hero calls.

Turn: (8.50 BB) 4h (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

River: (10.50 BB) 3c (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Results:
SB has 9c 9h (three of a kind, nines).
Hero has Qd Ks (one pair, queens).

Hand 5: Here's a missed value bet. I don't know what I was thinking.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Qc, Tc.
UTG bets 4 folds, Hero calls.
Flop: (4.50 SB) 9c, 3s, Th (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, BB raises, UTG calls.

Turn: (2.75 BB) Ad (2 players)
Hero bets, UTG calls

River: (3.75 BB) 4h (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks.

Results:
Hero has Qc Tc (one pair, tens).
UTG has 7d 7s (one pair, sevens).
UTG doesn't show.

Hand 6: Getting too fancy against an aggressive villain 3-handed? I don't know. My logic was that he would bet any decent hand. That means any pair or even an ace, and would pay off a check-raise. Any hand that he wouldn't bet, he wouldn't call, either. At least, that was the logic.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Td, Qs.
Button raises, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, Button calls.

Flop: (7 SB) 8d, 6d, Tc (2 players)
Hero bets, Button calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) 8c (2 players)
Hero bets, Button calls.

River: (6.50 BB) 8s (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.

Results:
Hero has Td Qs (full house, eights full of tens).
Button has 9c Qd (three of a kind, eights).

Hand 7: Two-outer. Ugh. Maybe I'm supposed to fold top pair weak kicker to the turn raise, anyway.

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6s, Qd.
2 folds, CO calls, Button calls, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (4 SB) Qc, 4s, 2h (4 players)
SB checks, BB bets, CO folds, Button calls, SB folds.

Turn: (3 BB) 5c (2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero calls.

River: (7 BB) Jc (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has 6s Qd (one pair, queens).
Button has 5h 5d (three of a kind, fives).

Hand 8: Here was a fun spot. Villain bought in for 10 BB and seemed to be playing a very wild game for the first 4 hands at the table. It changed a tough river bet-call into an easy river bet-call.

Preflop: Hero is Button with Jd, Jh.
2 folds, Button raises, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (6 SB) 4s, 7d, Js (3 players)
SB bets, BB folds, Hero raises, SB calls.

Turn: (5 BB) 2s (2 players)
SB checks, Button bets, SB calls.

River: (7 BB) Qs (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, Hero calls.

Results:
SB has 4h 8h (one pair, fours).
Hero has Jd Jh (three of a kind, jacks).

Hand 8: Another missed value bet.

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Tc, Ts.
Hero raises, 2 folds, Button calls, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 2h, Kc, 3c (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, Button calls, SB calls, BB folds.

Turn: (5.50 BB) 9c (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, Button calls, SB calls.

River: (8.50 BB) Kh (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, Button checks.

Results:
SB has 5d 5c (two pair, kings and fives).
Hero has Tc Ts (two pair, kings and tens).
Button has 6s 6c (two pair, kings and sixes).

Hand 9: I do need to make myself aware when I suck out, too... Even if it is a re-suckout.

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8s, 8h.
2 folds, CO calls, 1 fold, SB raises, Hero calls, CO calls.

Flop: (6 SB) 2s, 4d, 7d (3 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, CO calls, SB calls.

Turn: (6 BB) 2d (3 players)
SB bets, Hero calls, CO folds.

River: (8 BB) 8c (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls.

Results:
SB has 2c Ac (three of a kind, twos).
Hero has 8s 8h (full house, eights full of twos).

Day 71-4: -$34.25 (-17 BB at $1/2)

Level: +$49.00 in 12.42 table hours (+25 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$322.40 in 151.38 table hours

I feel like I played poorly again, but as I'm reviewing hands, I think I just kept missing flops and I actually got away from another of bad spots. On the other side of things, I had another fight with variance, and lost a couple big pots. But there isn't much I can do about that.

Hand 1: Against this player, I should have been able to fold this river. He was a loose passive, and I knew the raise meant I was very likely beat. But I call a lot on the end with an overpair. I must admit, though, I was pretty surprised by what he showed down. I was expecting at least a straight.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Ac, Ah.
4 folds, Hero raises, BB calls.

Flop: (4 SB) 8c, 4c, Ks (2 players)
Hero bets, BB calls.

Turn: (3 BB) 5h (2 players)
Hero bets, BB calls.

River: (5 BB) 7c (2 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Ac Ah (one pair, aces).
BB has 8s 5c (two pair, eights and fives).

Hand 2: This call against this player is better. The pot is also bigger. I still lost.

Preflop: Hero is SB with As, Kd.
UTG calls, 1 fold, Button calls, Hero raises, BB calls, UTG calls, Button calls.

Flop: (8 SB) 7d, Qc, Kc (4 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, UTG calls, Button calls.

Turn: (6 BB) 5h (4 players)
Hero bets, BB folds, UTG calls, Button calls.

River: (9 BB) 7h (3 players)
Hero bets, UTG folds, Button raises, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has As Kd (two pair, kings and sevens).
Button has 7c 9c (three of a kind, sevens).

Hand 3: I like this turn call. It's a good card because I can easily run from a check-raise. It turns out he was semibluffing the whole time.

Preflop: Hero is BB with Ac, Qd.
UTG calls, MP calls, CO raises, 2 folds, Hero 3-bets, UTG calls, MP calls, CO calls.

Flop: (12.50 SB) Kd, 7d, Qs (4 players)

Hero bets, UTG calls, MP calls, CO raises, Hero calls, UTG calls, MP calls.

Turn: (10.25 BB) Kc (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP checks, CO bets, Hero calls, UTG calls, MP calls.

River: (14.25 BB) 5h (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP checks, CO checks.

Results:
Hero has Ac Qd (two pair, kings and queens).
UTG has Qc Tc (two pair, kings and queens).
MP has Jd Th (one pair, kings).
CO has 9d Ad (one pair, kings).

Hand 4: There was something very suspicious about this villain, but this board connected with so many hands that I didn't want to play the guessing game. Thankfully, he showed it. It's really only an interesting hand because he flashed K7s and left the table after this hand, but I met up with him again (see the next one).

Preflop: Hero is BB with Td, Ts.
1 fold, MP calls, 1 fold, Button raises, Hero 3-bets, MP caps, Button calls, Hero calls.


Flop: (12 SB) Qh, Jc, 5c (3 players)
Hero checks, MP bets, Button folds, Hero folds.

Hand 5: Villain is the one calling down with black 22 on a 4-flushed paired board. I also like my turn suckout.

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Kc, Th.
Hero raises, 2 folds, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: (6 SB) Td, 7d, Tc (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets, Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls.

Turn: (6 BB) Kd (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, BB calls, Hero 3-bets, SB caps, BB calls, Hero calls.

River: (18 BB) 4d (3 players)
SB bets, BB calls, Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls.

Results:
SB has 7s Ts (full house, tens full of sevens).
BB has 2c 2s (two pair, tens and twos).
Hero has Kc Th (full house, tens full of kings).

Hand 6: What was I doing on the river here?

Preflop: Hero is CO with Th, Kd.
2 folds, CO raises, Button 3-bets, 2 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (7.50 SB) Ks, Ah, 8s (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.75 BB) 5s (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

River: (6.75 BB) 7c (2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero folds.

Day 70-3: +$106.25 (+53 BB at $1/2)

Level: +$84 in 9.40 table hours (+42 BB at $1/2)
Overall: +$356.65 in 148.37 table hours

Play like crap and end up a big winner. Variance is so much fun! I really don't feel like I played well at all. I mean, I played decently well, probably a solid enough to beat the games, but I was making a number of really terrible calldowns and other bad decisions. I don't know why that happens.

Hand 1: Here's a perfectly good example of a bad river call.

Preflop: Hero is SB with Kd, As.
2 folds, CO raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, BB caps, CO calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (12 SB) 8c, 4d, 8d (3 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, CO folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (7 BB) 5d (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, Hero calls.

River: (9 BB) 8h (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Kd As (three of a kind, eights).
BB has Td Th (full house, eights full of tens).

Hand 2: Duh.

Preflop: Hero is MP with Qh, As.
1 fold, Hero raises, CO calls, 2 folds, BB calls.

Flop: (6.50 SB) 2h, Kc, Tc (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, CO raises, BB folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.25 BB) 7s (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls.

River: (7.25 BB) 4d (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has Qh As (high card, ace).
CO has Kd 8d (one pair, kings).

Hand 3: This is just bad luck.

Preflop: Hero is Button with Qd, Qh.
1 fold, MP calls, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, 2 folds, MP calls, CO calls.

Flop: (10.50 SB) Td, 7h, 4h (3 players)
MP checks, CO checks, Button bets, MP folds, CO calls.

Turn: (6.25 BB) 5d (2 players)
CO checks, Button bets, CO calls.

River: (8.25 BB) Ks (2 players)
CO bets, Hero calls.

Results:
CO has Kh 5c (two pair, kings and fives).
Hero has Qd Qh (one pair, queens).

Hand 4: MUBS? Villain was known to be somewhat loose-passive, but I'm holding two of the flop cards, making sets very unlikely.

Preflop: Hero is CO with 9d, 8d.
2 folds, Hero raises, Button calls, 1 fold, BB calls.

Flop: (6.50 SB) 4c, 8s, 9h (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, Button calls, BB calls.

Turn: (4.75 BB) 3c (3 players)

BB checks, Hero bets, Button raises, BB folds, Hero calls.

River: (8.75 BB) 7h (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Hero has 9d 8d (two pair, nines and eights).
Button has Th Tc (one pair, tens).

Hand 5: Here's another terrible hand. The coldcall was part of my trying to get involved with LAG MP, but I only beat a bluff after the turn completes the flush AND brings the big overcard. Plus, he actually had a hand this time.

Preflop: Hero is CO with 8d, 7d.
UTG calls, MP raises, Hero calls, 3 folds, UTG calls.

Flop: (7.50 SB) 4h, 8s, Ah (3 players)
UTG checks, MP bets, Hero raises, UTG folds, MP 3-bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (6.75 BB) Kh (2 players)
MP bets, Hero calls.

River: (8.75 BB) 5d (2 players)
MP bets, Hero calls.

Results:
MP has Ks Ac (two pair, aces and kings).
Hero has 8d 7d (one pair, eights).

Hand 6: Iso-raise against the LAG, but I freeze up postflop and lose the pot.

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8d, Ac.
1 fold, MP raises, Hero 3-bets, 2 folds, MP calls.

Flop: (7.50 SB) 4s, Qc, 7d (2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (3.75 BB) 9d (2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks.

River: (3.75 BB) 6h (2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks.

Results:
MP has Ad 6c (one pair, sixes).
Hero has 8d Ac (high card, ace).

Hand 7: Preflop FPS against an aggro player turns into KK winning very little money.

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Kd, Ks.
Hero raises, 1 fold, Button 3-bets, 2 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (7.50 SB) Tc, 4s, 7h (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.75 BB) Ad (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.

River: (4.75 BB) Qh (2 players)
Hero bets, Button calls.


Results:
Hero has Kd Ks (one pair, kings).
Button has 5c 5h (one pair, fives).

Hand 8: How do I win money? I just run into really stupid villains.

Preflop: Hero is SB with 3s, Qs.
1 fold, MP calls, 1 fold, Button calls, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (4 SB) 3d, 2s, 6c (4 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, MP folds, Button folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (3 BB) 6s (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, Hero raises, BB calls.

River: (7 BB) 5s (2 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, Hero 3-bets, BB calls.

Results:
Hero has 3s Qs (flush, queen high).
BB has 7s 2c (two pair, sixes and twos).

Hand 9: Ummm... that was supposed to be a bluff against an aggressive opponent who I thought could fold. My read is no good here, but the pot is still mine.

Preflop: Hero is MP with Js, Jh.
UTG calls, MP raises, 4 folds, UTG calls.

Flop: (5.50 SB) Qd, 4c, 2h (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG raises, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.75 BB) 6d (2 players)
UTG bets, Hero calls.

River: (6.75 BB) Kh (2 players)
UTG bets, Hero raises, UTG calls.

Results:
UTG has Ac 3d (high card, ace).
Hero has Js Jh (one pair, jacks).