Poker Groove

On Monday night I played a session of poker and it was just one of those nights where the flop misses you the whole night. Didnt lose a ton simply because it was pretty easy to fold when I am not hitting anything. Ended down $130 for the session - rather boring. I of course hate starting the week off with a loss but what can ya do?

Last night I played a couple of sessions and got off to a great start when I raised to limpers to $15 w/AKs and one of them called me w/KQs. Flop was K high and he check called me the whole way for a $300 pot. I then promptly went on to lose most of that when I called an $8 bet with AQs along with one other from the SB. Flop was Q high and I checked, raiser bet $17 and got called and I raised it to $60. Raiser pushed in for another $60, other folded and I begrudgingly called. He had AA, DOH! My memory fails me yet again but I ended my first session $230 up. Nice to get in the positive early. Took a break and pottered around the condo doing some work and then played for another hour and won another $130. Thus I am now $200 up for the week! I like that a lot. By then end of this week I will definitely have enough Bodog points to clear my $1k reload bonus...aaahhh, life is good.

I do recall one hand...

I limp with about 5 others w/Th9h from LP. Flop comes 568 rainbow. Everyone checks and I figure I have 10 live outs, 4 for the nuts so I'll make a semi-steal attempt and bet $8, Sb is sole caller. The turn is a 7, putting 2 hearts out there (7 & 8) so I now have the nuts plus a straight flush draw. Sb leads out with a weak $7.50 and I thought he may have paired his 7 but I wasnt going to make it cheap and raised to $25 which he called. River was a 4 of hearts and he checked. Sb only had $60 left so I made a $40 bet which he called, he had T9o! I am surprised he didnt get all his money in there on the turn. He whined about that hand, lol.

Off to IKEA tonight to pickup a dining room table and bookcase and whatever else catches my fancy. And hopefully TONIGHT I will put together my bedframe!

BR Week 33

G'morning and welcome to a fresh new week...bleh. I am very tired and can hardly keep my eyes open at work...I am sure I will fall asleep at least once today at work.

Total profit for week 33 was $1300 putting my total BR around $17,400. Any week over $1k is a great week in my book. What I noticed this week that on some big pots I held up and here and there where I needed to suckout I did. Was ususual to have to rely on luck to have helped me win so much this week but I happily took it.

I have about 400 points left to earn to clear my $1k bonus at Bodog - I assume I will get that completed this week.

I went and bought a nice microwave and a 27" flatscreen tv for my bedroom. Its nice to think that my poker wins this week paid for my comp. monitor, my tv and my microwave :-)

I need to buy a drill from Home Depot so I can put together my bedframe. I think its about time I had a drill - it will surely come in handy. This week I also want to buy my dining room table and hopefully some living room end tables, bar stools and an entertainment stand.

Here is one hand I played over aggressively but ran into a couple of donkeys who had worse...

I have TT in MP and raise 2 limpers to $12 and I get 2 callers.

Flop: 259(2 hearts) SB bets $10, EP raises to $20 and I reraise to $40, both call.
Turn: 8 (2 spades) They check to me. Here I have to decide whether I am ahead or not. I decided SB was on a flush draw and EP was testing with a pair, thus I push. SB has about $110 and calls, EP has the same amount as me and calls too.
SB has K5o! (obviously a maniac)
EP has A9o! (must've thought I had AK??)
River misses them and I pick up a huge pot on a very marginal hand against a couple of donkeys.

Also had another one outer pulled against me on Sunday.

I have AA on the button and raise one limper to $12, limper calls.

Flop is 47J (2 clubs)
Limper bets $6.50 and I decide to push hard on the turn when a non club shows or instead represent the club flush easier or stop him from trying to.
Turn: Ac
Limper bets $2 and I raise to $22, he calls. He only has $40 left so whatever he does on the river should be telling...
River: 4s
Limper pushes in, Sweet! I dont care if he has flush now as I just top boated...unfortunately Limper has pockets 4's...

Considering I only played half as much as usual I am very happy with the week and how nicely the cards fell for me. I hope it continues this week.

New Dell Monitor

My Dell monitor came last night --> 20" LCD flatscreen with a max. resolution of 1600x1200. The max. resolution means I can have 4 poker tables on the screen with no overlap. I must say it is very cool and I am glad I paid the money for it.

One major hand of note last night.

7 of us limp to see a flop, I am in MP w/KhQc. Flop is Kc Qh 2h. Blinds check, UTG bets $4, I raise to $12, LP raises to $20, Button calls, blinds fold, UTG pushes making it $131 to go...what would you do? My instinct told me UTG didnt have trip twos and nor did I think LP had it, for some reason I ignored the button. I decided to call, LP also called leaving himself about $55 ( I had about $65 left) and Button folded. Turn was a 5s and I decided I may as well put my last in and LP called. River was a 6s. What did everyone have?...UTG had Jh 9h and LP had Js Ts!!

Now I normally wouldnt make that call suspecting trip 2's but for some reason last night I did and won the coin flip - very sweet and about a $580 pot :-)

I shut down my session after that hand $440 up. I played another session later and the flops were no good to me and I was down about $150 when I was getting ready to shut down and my 66 tripped on an all diamond flop. I bet 3/4 on the flop with the blind calling. I bet $15 on the turn and again he called. River paired the board and he lead out a $45 bet and I doubled it which he called. He had the nut flush on the flop, bahaha. So second session put me up $10 so overall the night was a $450 profit baby!

My two nights this week have just paid off my new monitor...god I love poker!

BR Week 32

I had one more chance to play last week and won about $100 so ended the week down $110. That put my BR at about $16020. I got to play a little bit last night after borrowing my friends monitor as mine was damaged in the trip to my new place and won $200 in an hr. No major hands and the $200 was spread evenly over the 3 tables I was playing on. Because of my broken monitor I decided to buy the montior I had my eye on for several months. Its a Dell 20" LCD flatscreen with a max resolution of 1600x1200. This means I can 4 table and will not have table overlap. Will this mean I will 4 table?...possible... I paid for overnight shipping so hope to get it Weds. Had my DirectTV and internet installed yesterday and had to refuse my couch delivery on Sunday as it wouldnt fit up the stairwell. Rechose a new one yesterday and it will be delivered this Sat. So tonight I will go to the gym as I havent been for a week, go food shopping and play with my TV. Still havent put my bed frame together, hopefully I can convince my friend to help me tomorrow night. Have unpacked most of my stuff but the place still looks empty. I still need to buy/get my couch, a dining room table, bar stools, microwave, tv for my room, patio table and chairs, living room end tables, entertainment stand, home theater system, book shelves, misc. kitchen crap and plants. I have been spending like crazy...thank god for poker!

Suckout night

Yeah so I squeezed in a session last night and in hindsight wish I hadnt, lol. Same pattern last night as all week, got off to a bad start and had to work it back, which I did, and then towards the end of my session I got handed two bad beats and ended down $300. I lost to two gutshot straights and my AA vs K8o. If you believe the fool he "accidentally" pressed call instead of fold -- suuuuurrrrreeeeee. Honestly I was doomed to lose last night as most hands I had my opponent dominated on, if we went past the flop they would get their card. Boo Hoo me. Puts me down about $250 for the week and I dont really see myself having the time to get it back to even...but you never know!

Not much time for poker

Too much going on to play much but I did get in 2 sessions over the last two days. Both times I got screwed early and had to fight my way back. Won $10 and $40 respectively overall.

I got the keys to my condo last night and had two prospective roomies to show it too. But unfairly to them I had pretty much made up my mind to rent it to a girl from Atlanta who is driving here at the end of next week. Her and I got on really well via email and a phone convo and I couldnt see anyone being a better roomie. So she will be moving in with me at the end of August - that was easy!

I have done a wee bit of packing and plan to do a lot more over the next 3 days. Thus I doubt I will get much if any poker in. I wouldnt be surprised if I squeeze some time in though, lol. My current roomie is also moving out the same weekend as me - will be a busy household over the next few days.

Dont expect to hear much from me for the rest of the week as come Sat. I wont have access to the internet until Monday at my new place - L8r!

BR week 31

Ok finally catching up with matching my BR with my weeks played this year. Thus my BR after 31 weeks is $16k which is an avg. of $516/week. Of course I make more than that per week these days because I play at 1/2 whereas I stated at $0.25/0.50 (though I didnt stay there long) and went up to $0.50/1.00. But whatever, the avg. to date is north of $500 per week...pretty bloody good. My goal at 1/2 is to avg. $600 per week which is very attainable and also meets all my financial needs easily ie. mortgage and bills.

So how much did I make last week? $800. I was very happy to make $800 too because by Sat. night I was merely hoping I wouldnt have a losing week. Friday and Sat. werent good to me and I blew my early week profits to be only up $40. Come Sunday I played 4 or 5 quick sessions and managed to make a profit on everyone of them to reach $800 - I'll take that!

Only have 1000 points to go before I clear my $1k reload bonus at Bodog. I should do that over the next 2 weeks. I would say sooner but I wont be playing fri.- sun. as I will be doing last minute packing, moving and unpacking. I cant wait to move in! I should get the keys to my condo tomorrow and hoepfully show some potential roomies it tomorrow night also.

Speaking of the condo I better call the property manager to schedule picking those up.

A well noted KING amongst DONKEYS

I was down about $150 early mainly because of these two hands.

I have QQ in BB, MP raises to $8, next guy calls and I raise to $40, MP guy raises me to $80 and I know I am beat and dont feel like paying $40 more to try and catch a Q flop. Guy informs me he had AA - no shit!

On another table I am sitting to the right of the DONKEY KING. I have lots of notes on this guy with one basic principle. RAISE HIM BIG WITH A HAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is the KING of chasers and does not care one iota of pot odds or anything. If he has any kind of straight or flush chance he will call any kind of bet. He also overplays most other hands too.
In a 5 person min. raised pot I see a flop qith QJs. Flop comes QJT rainbow and Donkey bets $2 which I riase to $22, Donkey is sole caller. Turn is a 2 and Donkey bets $2 which I raise to $60, Donkey calls. River is an A and Donkey bets $2 which I call. Donkey has A2o to beat my 2 pair. Said a few choice words and reloaded. He a bit later went on to suckout a straight flush against a PF raisers AA.

Next confrontation I have with him he min. raises from LP and I have QQ so raise him to $20, he is sole caller. Flop is AQ8 and he bets $2 which I raise to $30. Turn is a J and he comes out with a $75 bet. It screams a suckout straight but could just as easily be 2 pair or quite seriously this Donkey just trying to be tricky. Either way I am not folding my trips to this piece of trash so I push-in for $85 more, which he calls. Donkey shows KTo for the straight, DOH! River is an 8! YEAH BABY!! The table rejoices as this guy has been sucking out on everyone.

I ended up quitting with a $250 profit. I have played with that Donkey a couple of times and I am starting to think I should search for him. He plays 90% of his hands and isnt afraid to call with junk. I like him :-)

Does put me to $550 for the week, my aim of course is to be $1k+ by Sunday night.

BRING IT ON!

2's and 3's galore

What a bunch of fucking junk. I played one long session last night of 600 hands because I thought "I am going to get a slew of great cards anytime soon". I almost literally got in every other hand dealt a 2 or a 3. It was god damn amazing to watch and extremely frustrating. In 600 hands I got it all-in twice only with 2 medium stacks. First one I lost my AQ to A4 that got a rivered 4 (minus $90, money in on the turn) and second one my TT lost to JJ (minus $100, low board). After about 500 hands I got my first KK and flop had an ace and I was raised huge after my continuation bet. Yep those 3 hands are the highlights of my night. Total loss was $200. It was folderama city. I can only recall one other session like this in my poker history where the cards all session long were total fucking garbage. I wish I had counted the amount of times I was dealt J2 or J3. Pretty fucking funny really and all I can say is I glad it came after 2 good days rather than starting this week. I hate starting a week with a loss, its much easier to swallow when I am already up. Puts me back to only $300 up for the week - BOO HOO me! LOL.

Managed to scrape through unscathed

Honestly didnt feel like playing last night but I put in a session. I had 4 hands that ran into trouble last night.

1. Raised 1 limper from EP/MP w/QQ to $15 and a true MP min. raised me which I was the sole caller to. This min. raise can easily represent an AK hand wanting to control the aggression - I see this play a lot, so I didnt necessarily think I was a dog just yet. Flop came K high with 3 hearts and I have the Qh's. I check, he bets $30 which I call. Turn is a nothing, I check as does he. I now put him on AA with no Ace of hearts giving me 11 outs to come through. River is a Js and I check as does he, which in my opinion is a good check on his behalf. With my PF raise I most likely have JJ-KK and he is only ahead of QQ.

2. I have JJ and raise to $15 and the same guy as above calls me. Flop comes 678 2 spades and I bet $25 and he pushes in, which has me covered. I can easily see him doing this with 99 or AQ-AKs. But I just dont want to bet $160 on a pair of jacks so I fold. If I have AA I will make the call but not like it one bit -- if I have the Ace of spades I like it a little bit more.

3. I have 56s and limp into a family pot which has 2 extra new player come-ins. Flop is 55J. Its checked to me in MP and I bet $12 and one of the new players in EP calls. Turn is a K with the board now having 2 cards to 2 suits. My opponent has about $55 left so I put him all-in. He kills me with his J5.

4. I am in the SB w/KJs. UTG min. raises, button calls as do I. Flop come J high, I check, UTG bets $8, button calls and I raise to $25 and UTG is sole caller. Turn is a nothing card but I am a little wary now so bet a nominal amount of $30 which UTG calls. The river is a nothing card and I decide to check call a reasonable bet. UTG checks behind me and shows AA...

So the night wasnt going especially well for me but somehow by the time I quit I found myself $100 up!! I was pleasantly surprised with that as I thought I may have got myself $25 up. So that puts me $500 up for the first 2 days of the week...very nice! :-)

Good start to a fresh week

Played a nice long session last night and booked a $400 profit. Didnt win any all-in hands but got paid quite well on a one hand and booked some medium pots. Not much stands out in my memory...

One hand I limped w/66 from EP a MP raised it to $8, I and another called. Flop came 67Q (2 spades). EP checked as did I, MP bet $8 and EP called. I wanted to raise quite a sizeable amount to represent a scared hand (ie. TP) and also make the potential flush draw pay extra so I raised to $30 - MP was the only caller. Turn was a nothing card and the pot was about $86 and I thought about overbetting the pot but decided just to bet pot, surprisingly he called. I figured he was a Donk chasing his flush and I was almost tempted to check the river to give him the opportunity to bluff but decided just to push - he folded. That was my biggest pot for the night and I am pretty damn sure the rest were medium size. I dont remember any major suckouts against me so the cards held up pretty well for me last night.

I love starting a fresh week with a nice win :-)

Oh, just remembered one other hand worth mentioning. I limped into a family pot from the button w/QTh's. Flop came AhJh8s, MP bet minimum and I raised to $8 and only he called. Turn brought the Kh (JACKPOT!!!!!) and MP lead out a $20 bet which I just called. Turn brought an Ace, which may have cost me money...and MP checked and I made a $25 bet to get a call hoping for a raise...he called and showed a flush w/75h's. Doesnt beat my ROYAL BABY!!

Nice to have weeks like that

The week ended well and with a total profit of $1780 - cant complain about that. Saturday was the only day where the flops failed me. Lost all day long with my high PP's. I had the goal of reaching $2k last week but fell a little short which just leaves me more motivation to do it next time.

Dont really have much to say - am on a little high from last weeks score. In other news I only need to make 1800 more Bodog points to clear my $1k reload bonus. This should be achieved in 3 weeks time. When I have weeks like this and with bonus money to come and 3 weeks left in the month it makes me believe how easy it will be to keep up with mortgage payments and have a good life at the same time. Where would I be without poker?!

In other news I have bought a bunch of stuff for my new place and joined a local gym with friends on the weekend. I have pretty much made sure me and my ex g/f arent communicating anymore which while I instigated is also sad at the same time - I spent 6yrs with her. But she is too much of a distraction to me and reminds me of the past too much. In fact all the girls I dated for any amount of time all have new b/f's they are happy with. Girls seem to move on very quickly and easily...

I need to start getting things organized for my new place, ie. setup power, cable, phone etc.

Anyway...keep the winnings coming!

Donkeys have their day

My hands wont always hold up against Donkeys and last night they had their laughs. I think I had 3 major suckouts when I had strong hands and I dont really remember the first two but I think I only lost about $100, it was the final one that took a buy-in. It was a family limped pot and I was in the SB w/AKs and raised it up to $20. Big bets dont scare Donkeys and I got 2 callers. Flop was 2AA (WOW!) and I lead out with a $20 bet, got called. Turn a 6, lead out $45 got called. I assume he has an ace so it should be a nice payday...River is a J and he has $75 left but I dont really want to tell him I have AK and he will probably push anyway so I bet $45, he pushes and I call. Opponent shows AJo...UGH! Pot size was about $350. I think it was yesterday I was commenting on how the Donkeys call me with their Axs hands and I cant wait to have AK against them when an Ace hits the flop...hmmm...didnt quite work out as I imagined, lol.

Luckily other Donkeys had paid me off throughout the night and I won a little bit more before quiting $75 up. If I had won the AK hand above I would've quit straight away and been about $350 up....aaahh well, there is always tonight.

Raise big PF with big PP's

Won another $200 last night and thats after losing $50 each with JJ, QQ & KK. All of those hands were raised a minimum of $10. I believe the QQ and KK were raised $15 and $20 and both times were called by Axs (ace on flop). I look forward to when I raise with AK and an Ace hits against those stupid Axs callers. I cant seem to recall any hands last night so I guess it was made up of a lot of medium pots. I did check call a couple of pot size bluffs on the river with my TPWK hands as I had seen them do it prior. Its amusing to see someone with $300 piss it all away on crap and bad play.

I definitely think now, that at least on Bodog, if you have JJ-AA, raise it up huge PF. If I am first in with those hands it is definitely going to be a $15 bet (7.5xBB). If there are several limpers or a weak raise before me its going even higher. There are just too many Donkeys willing to call you with almost anything and its hard to put them on a hand. So if they want to suckout the price is going to be HIGH.

Last nights win puts me up $1k for 3 days! I have yet to have a $2k week and this definitely sets me up for one...Oh that would be soooo sweet!

Pay me off you stupid DONKEYS!!

Donkeys pay me off

Like I said yesterday I would only have time for about an hours play online before my friends came over for a homegame...WOW...and what an hour it was. There was only one hand that I played marginally over aggressive but when I worked out the odds I actually was right...

One limper before me I am in MP w/AQd and raise to $10 only first limper calls. Flop comes 4dJdKc, giving me the nut flush draw and a ten for a straight (12 outs for the nuts). He checks and I bet $20 and he raises me $20 leaving him with $80 left. So there is $80 in the pot, it will cost me $20 to call and another $80 to put him in, if he calls the pot will be $260. Thus I would be getting 1.6:1 on my bet. My all-in would also have fold equity. 12 outs to the nuts is 45% to hit which is 1.2:1 so in the long run this would be a profitable play. Unfortunately I didnt do the math in my head at the time and went more on aggression and want. So I pushed and he called. He had JJ for trips which didnt really matter as long as he didnt boat. Turn brought me a diamond and he didnt boat on the river, hehe. I got the obligatory "typical" comment but as you can see the math supports the bet.

I have recently started hating the idea of making the SPFR of 4xbb w/ AA/KK UTG as I will be called by a lot of hands and not really have an idea when I may be beat and will only will a small pot if people fold on the flop. I have started believeing that those two hands deserve a $15 (7.5xbb) bet from UTG. It should typically cut down crap calling hands, but not always....

I have AA UTG+1 with an extra 1.5xBB in the pot due to a player coming back outside of the blinds. As said above, I am not going to make this cheap for anyone anymore and decided to raise huge on this one hopefully representing a steal. I bet $25 and I got one caller. Flop was J high and non threatening. The other guy has $110 left and I am willing to go all the way with the hand. I bet $40 on the flop and he calls. Turn is also non-threatening and I put him in. He thinks for a long time and then calls and shows JTs (no flush or straight draw). River doesnt help him and I take a nice pot. These are the Donkeys I love and hate on Bodog, but tonight they were paying me.

Next big hand I had just seen a donkey call a huge PF bet w/J9s then call a potsize flop bet chasing his flush which he hit on the turn. SO I have QQ in the SB and he min. raised from LP so I wasnt going to make it cheap and raised to $20, he called of course. Flop was an ugly TTA and I bet out $40 which he called. Turn was nothing and I checked as did he. River was also nothing and I checked again and he bet $50...what do I do? Was pretty simple really...he should've tried to scare me off on the turn and he should've bet a lot more on the river to scare me into NOT calling. I knew he was a Donkey and its possible I am still good and for only $50 I was willing to see, so I called. Donkey had KJs :-)

Final big hand of the night I have KK on the button and everyone folds around to me. No cheap flops for the blinds and I raise to $10, BB calls. Flop is 3T3 (2 spades). BB checks and I bet $15 and BB raised me $15...I paused for a bit and called. Turn was a nothing card and he bet $65 leaving him w/$65 remaining. I didnt think he had a 3 and if he had pocket tens I would think he would play it slower so I felt the chances were good that I was the best so I put him all-in. He thought about it for quite a while making me even more confident and finally called w/T9s (no flush draw), with a pair on the board he only had 2 outs (Tens) to beat me and no Ten came on the river. Thank-you donkey #3.

Thus in the space of just 1 hour I won $550!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Poker is good when everything goes as planned. :-)

Frustrating session

I played two sessions last night only of 1 hr long each. They were total opposites but because of their order left me extremely frustrated come bed time. First sessions I was jamming my high PP's hard PF. Bunch of min. raise limpers and I would jam it up to $25 w/AA and get callers! It went to showdown as a shorty called me on the flop so everyone saw I had aces. Shortly later I raise a bunch of limper to $20 w/KK and get 2 callers. A shorty calls his last $13 on the flop so everyone gets to see once again I had the goods. Ended the first session up $320.

Put on a DVD and slept through most of it then fired up another session. Got a lot of awesome PF cards. AA twice and KK twice and lost all fucking 4 of them. Both AA I folded before showdown as I felt I was beat (hate that) and both KK I took to the river as board was junk and forced me to. First KK I had raised big PF and got 3 callers (lol), flop was all low so I bet $20 and got 1 caller who had limped before my PF raise. This made me suspect trips so I wanted to see a showdown as cheap as possible. Turn was junk, I checked, he bet $30 I called. River paired a 6 and I checked but he didnt make it cheap at all. He bet about $80. I question whether I should've called this or not but there are so many donkeys on this site that I feel I have to call. He had pocket three's which tripped on the flop. My other KK I had UTG and raised to $10, one caller and then a reraise of another $17 which I called as did the other. Flop was all low and we checked to the raiser and he bet $18 I tested the waters and raised him to $50 and he pushed. My big mistake of the night, I called. Once again it is so hard to fold because the players here are such freaking donkeys, but seriously this time I should;ve folded and saved my self $120...FUCK! I had lost a shitload so I was sick of this shit so unclicked autopost and was waiting for the blinds to exit stage right. I get dealt 67s and see a flop with most of the table involved. Flop is 89T. Awesome! Must be careful though as it is the ignorant end of the straight. I am first so I check, LP bets about $5 as does button, I call. Turn is a 5, Lp bets $12 as does button as do I. River is a T (possible boat), LP bets $26, button raises $26 and I fold believing button either has QJ or a boat. Button had QJ. Just made me laugh as it summed up my session. If it could go wrong it did. That last hand is a lesson to a lot of people though - dont be too aggressive with a hand that could easily be dominated. Keep it small.
Thanks to my first session and actually being up about $120 before the shit hit the fan in the second session I ended $140 up. Unfortunately I was still frustrated as I was up about $450 and then lost with the two best possible PF hands 4 times in a row! FUCK IT!

Yes, yes...the big picture is I made a profit...

So I reloaded on Bodogd for another $4k last night making $5k in deposits with a bonus of $1k due to me. I need to earn 3000 bodog points to clear it which should take all this month and perhaps one week into Sept. Pretty bloody good if you ask me! My plan is to clear it then go play somewhere else for 2 weeks, then rinse and repeat. I will do this until they decide I am abusing there reload bonus. Its just too fricken sweet to ignore.

Tonight I will go to the gym and have a poker session with the boys at 7:30 so I may be able to squeak in a 1hr session online...I hope its a good one!

Thank God for Bonuses

BR is now sitting at $13,500ish with +$485 from last week which is in most part due to Bonuses -- praise the Bonuses!

I play on Bodog now and will continue to do so until something better comes along but I cant see that happening because Bodog is so fucking good! The Bonuses are awesome and the players are terrible.

$1/2 NL - I have AKs in the blind and raise a few limpers to $15 (represents a big hand wouldnt you say?), one EP calls me. Flop is 8JJ and I lead out with a $30 bet, he calls, so I am done with this hand. Turn x, check, check. River a Ten, check, check. EP shows T7s!! How can I not make money from this site? This isnt unique either, it happens all the time and sometimes the fuckers get lucky. If they have suited cards they feel its worth a call I guess...I must say this week was rather frustrating and I got emotional a couple of times. Its kinda funny to think about it. Its like I told my friend, "we love to have these donkeys make their terrible calls and plays, but when they actually hit it drives you nuts".

Was a roller coaster week and I played one day tilted losing $500 in one session. My fault, lost conrol of my emotions. Had quite a few bad beats and bad situations, what can ya do? As of Sat. night I was $50 down for the week so to be up by $485 come Sunday night I was very happy. I made $2200 for the month of July which isnt a lot but nothing I would sneer at either. I withdrew $1500 into my bank to help with my mortgage and some purchases coming up. From now on every month I will be withdrawing half of my monthly profits. If I hit the magic $2k number every month I will be living as easy as I am now and will still be able put money into my savings acct. And with the BEUATIFUL Bodog reload bonuses I dont see how I cant easily achieve it everytime. Confident F'er arent I..

Also over the weekend I bought a leather sofa and loveseat for the reasonble price of $1285 - this includes tax and delivery. I will probably move into my new home on Aug. 20th and will be hiring some cheap labor to help with the move. Things are looking good. Now I need to start my search for a roomie to help me pay the damn thing off.