910 hands - $1032

I didn’t get to many hands in today. I played with my friends in two SnGs before I logged on, so I didn’t really want to overdo it.
In the live games, I did ok. I won the 1st tourney, sucking out on one hand against my friend Trondur, but otherwise I played ok. A new player called Hans made nr. 2 so I am sure he’ll join us again. Second game I made a bad call on the bubble with A6o against my friend Jan’s pair of 99’s and was out. Trondur went on to win that one with Jan comming in second. We all chipped in 100 DKR (which is about $17) with 500 DKR going to nr. 1 and 300 DKR to the runner-up so I left with 300 DKR ($51) profit.
Online didn’t go to well though. I took some very bad beats against full stacked players. I played fairly well and didn’t tilt, so looking back I am not dissapointed with the day.

J8o in the BB: I admit I am kind of lost in this hand pre-flop, I am sure folding is an option on the flop, but I decided to peel one off. When the flush card hit I took the opportunity and went for the bluff. His large raise on the flop looked like a bet fearing a flushdraw and my weak play on the flop could very well be interpreted as a draw so I went with it. I usually don’t fire the second barrel very often, but I felt it would work this time.

KK on the Button: One of numerous bad beats I had this session, this one cost me the most though. Notice it is against the same player I bluffed in the previous hand. I felt he played like a typical tourney player and that he was getting suspicious of me, so I am pretty sure he would have called my push with AQ and JJ aswell.

1229 hands $1795

I played against captZEEbo for the first time today. There was a really juicy $5/10 blinds NL game going, so I took a shot at it, before I knew it ZEEbo sat down. Incase you don’t know him, there is a link to his poker blog on the right.
The good times keep comming, this weekend has really set me up for a good month. I unfortunatly can’t say it is because I am playing particularly well, I just get good cards against bad players. Don’t get me wrong I am not playing badly, I just realize when luck is the main contributor to a good run.

AQs in the BB: This is a no brainer call. His most likely holding is a mediocre overpair and I am a favorite against them. Even if I knew he had QQ pot odds would have justified a call with me being only a slight underdog.
In this hand I am playing $5/10, so slightly above my normal game. But I don’t hesitate putting the money in, although I know it most likely will be a coin toss situation. If you fear backing the small edges up with your stack when they come along you should be playing in a smaller game.

QQ in the SB: The fellow with the Aces misses out on some value here. I guess he got scared of the 8 on the turn or the heart on the river. I think I would have put me on a worse overpair or a draw if I were him and gotten more out of the hand. Surely he atleast should have bet more on the flop.

1329 hands $1247

I played on Full Tilt today, mostly at $2/4 blinds NL, but also a few hands on $3/6 and $1/2 when the games were good.
It feels really good getting such a good start on the month. A new month is like a new beginning and I was afraid of getting of to a bad start. The beginning kinda sets the mood for the work ahead and a good frame of mind to start with is invaluable.
All in all I guess I owe my profit to the juiciness of the games on a Saturday, the freaks really do come out on the weekends.

QQ in the BB: This was my biggest win for the day. I am not really happy with how I played it, but I don’t know where I should have acted differently.

AK in MP: My biggest loss of the day. I guess I should have folded on the flop and I usually do in this situation. The guy didn’t have a full stack and I think he was getting a little emotional from some previous action. So I put Ax and a flush draw amongst his possible hands and pushed, I can’t say I was surprised when he showed Aces up.

End of the month

The month has come to an end. I have played a total of 27.500 hands in June. Most of the hands have been at $2/4 blinds NL, with some sessions at $1/2 and some at $3/6. Pokertracker puts my winnings just shy of $7.500, but with rakeback and bonuses the month left me over $8.500 ahead. I’ve cashed out $4.000 and used the rest to propel my bankroll up to $12.000, slowly getting ready to make my main game the $3/6 blinds NL. I won’t make the complete shift until my bankroll is at $15.000, securing me 25 buy-ins, but $12.000 is ample enough to test the waters.

Looking back, $8.500 is alot of money to earn in one month. I don’t pay taxes of poker winnings here in Faroe Islands and even if they pass some law forcing me to pay taxes, I can move to Denmark where poker again is tax free. (Faroe Islands is part of the Danish Kingdom, kind of like Scotland is to Great Britain, so moving there is no great obstacle)Poker is nevertheless a bumpy profession, with the month of May leaving me down $2.000. So even though I start making alot of money playing this game, I don’t take it for granted and try to stay as sharp and focused on improving as I can.

738 hands $192

I played solely $400 buy-in NL today, about 300 hands at Full Tilt that left me a bit down and 400 hands at Party Poker that balanced it out again.
I caught some friends on Skype and we took a game of Dota or two. It takes time away from poker, I like to get 1000 hands in a day, especially on the weekends. But Dota is fun and I’ve played alot of poker this month.

My biggest winner for the day was this hand. I recently started playing 22’s and 33’s again in position, I was folding them after a couple of bad set vs. set beats. But in position there is no questioning their profitability.

The biggest losing hand today didn’t end in a showdown. I enquired afterwards about his hand, and he told me he flopped a full house with 77’s. It seems plausible with his play, in the heat of the moment though I put him on A7, so I folded.