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).