6 SNG $5 + .50 End 3rd 66 Hands

Mixed play. No horrible plays except maybe the last one. I had 56o as BTN and decided to try a blind steal by raising 2 BB's (240). SB folded, BB called. Flop 4c 8c 3h. I have an open ended straight draw. BB checks and I check. Turn 2d. I hit the high straight. BB bets 240 and I decide to just call. River Jc. Rats, possible flush out there. BB goes all-in for 1380 and I decide to call with my last 1090, hoping he only has a lower straight draw and not a flush. Unfortunately he has 56s and wins. As it turns out, if he didn't get the flush on the River we'd have just split the pot. I should have folded on his big bet.

6 SNG $5 + .50 End 1st 82 Hands @Marks 9/15/10

Don't recall the details, was nice to have a 1st!

6 SNG $5 + .50 End 4th 49 Hands @Marks 9/15/10

Mostly not concentrating enough on my playing. Let other distractions get in the way.

Rush 6 player .05/.10 101Hands Up $2.02 Blinds ate $?? Rake $?? At Mark's 9/15/10

Ran 100 hands for Mark to look up and analyse with me.

Rush 6 player .05/.10 255 Hands Down $5.42 Blinds ate $6.35 Rake $3.89

Mixed play. Main downs were hoping the other player didn't really have the winning hand and they did. One big up later in the session was where they didn't have the winning hand after-all. I was sure I'd lost that one.

9 SNG $5 + .50 End 4th 64 Hands

Mixed play. Was lucky a few times. Last hand took a chance w/K2o after I O-R 3 BB and was re-raised all-in by big stack 16 table player. He had been going all-in a lot recently, so I thought I might have a chance against him. He had KJo, definitely not a great hand but better than mine. His held.

2 HU $56 + .25 End 2nd & 6 HU $5 + .50 End 3rd 9/14/10

Both sessions were played at Mark B's house. Neither were played very well overall. My mind was just not really into concentrating on the poker I was playing. 'nough said.

2 HU $5 + .50 End 1st 99 Hands 9/14/10

What I wrote in an email about the sessions:

He ask if I was from Tucson while we were playing. I said yes and ask why. He didn’t say. At the end after I won I typed gg and he came back with the following:

Dealer: skibaker123 shows a pair of Threes

Dealer: Solar_Ted shows a pair of Fours

Dealer: Solar_Ted wins the pot (960) with a pair of Fours

Dealer: skibaker123 finishes in 2nd place

Dealer: Solar_Ted finishes in 1st place and wins: $10

Solar_Ted (Observer): gg

skibaker123 (Observer): u just bore me to death old man

skibaker123 (Observer): well played

skibaker123 (Observer): smart tactic

Solar_Ted (Observer): :-)

My assumption is he must know me from Mark B’s sessions, but I’m not familiar with that screen name at Full Tilt. Do any of you know who he is?

This is a $5 HU session.

He’s also correct in how I played. I was pretty passive and waiting to find some spots where I might be able to jump in and pick up chips. When he was SB he usually raised 3 BB and I usually folded. When he raised my bets I often would fold rather than chase or assume I had the better hand. When I was SB I most often limped, sometimes open-raised w/2 BB and rarely/3 BB. Most of the time he was in the chip lead. So I had pretty much had the image I wanted in this session and was hoping I could make it pay off in the end.

Hand 82 I had my perfect storm. As SB I had Ad 9d and I open raised 2 BB, he called. Flop 2d 5d Qd. Woo-hoo  I have the nut flush!! He checked and I checked, holding my breath hoping I can get some action down the road. He bets 100 into the 200 pot and I call. River 10s. Still looking good. He bets 300 into the 400 pot and I pause a bit debating much can I bet that he might still call me. I settle on just doubling his bet and raise him to 600 & he calls and shows Qc 2c. He’d flopped two pair and I feel, due to my passive play (boring as he said) I got him to put in chips he otherwise wouldn’t have. He’s down to 750 in chips (blinds 25/50). Now can I finish him off?

Hand 86 I get him down to 300 chips by playing that hand more aggressively. He double’s up  in hand 88 when his 43o hits a 3 on the flop to my K5o that hits nothing. Hand 94 I had pocket 6’s as the button and open-raised him all-in and he called. He had pocket J’s.   Rats. They held and he’s back up to 1000.  Next hand w/aggressive play I get him back to 540.

By hand 99 I’d really like to get this over if I can. I have A4o as BB. He open raises all-in and I call. He has K3s. I have two over cards. From here on out I get lucky. He hits a 3 on the Flop and I hit a 4 on the River. Game over & the comments above followed.

Tour 62 $2 + .25 End 8th Won $2.62 180 Hands Sat to MiniFTOPS #26

Payout: 1-6 Entry ($20+ $2), 7th - $4.88, 8th - $2.62  6 player tables

Generally played decently. Hurt myself on hand 161 when I tried to take on the short stack that was close to me in chips. Five players, I was CO w/pocket 4's and open raised 2 BB, rest folded to BB who re-raised me all-in w/4831 chips. I decided to call. They had KJo, two over cards. The board played out K Q 2 K 6 and I was down to 1089 chips. It looked like I was going to go out 9th. To my surprise I suddenly found myself on another table and in 8th position. Another player had gone out on the bubble! That meant I at least would get my entry fee back + a big 12 cents!!

My new table had 3 players with stacks of 18,965, 18,164, and 13,545 to my 1788 chips!! I decided if I was to have any chance at all, I had to play only decent cards, at least at the start, as I felt if I went all-in, it would be likely one of those three would be willing to call me just to knock me out. I picked up a few chips, had a hand with pocket K's as BB and  as you would know it, no-one made a bet. .

Hand 180, last hand, I was BB w/2488 chips (blinds 150/300/ante 25) with Jc Qd. BTN & SB limped in w/300 and I decided to just call. Flop 7s 6s Qs. I didn't like all those spades but I did have Q high pair. SB checked and I decided to bet all-in. If he has two spades, so be it. BTN folds, SB calls,  and shows 9s 6d. I have some hope to double up.Turn Ks. Hopes dashed!! River 2d. I'm outta there.

Rush 6 player .05/.10 251 Hands Down $8.95 Blinds ate $5.70 Rake $2.83

After getting off to a decent start I was up $6.42 by hand 31then it was mostly a slow downward trend until I stopped at hand 251. Partly I started playing too many hands and making some poor calling choices. Not much else to say.

6 SNG $5 + .50 End 5th 48 Hands

Mixed play. Up to hand 24 I was doing OK. Five players. I had 10c Qh as the CO. UTG folded, I open raised 2 BB (100), BTN folded, SB called and BB folded. Flop Qc Qs 8c. I have trip Q's. SB checks and I make a min bet of 50 into the 250 pot and SB calls. Turn 3c. I don't like that, as it shows possible flush, I have a flush draw as well. SB checks and I min bet 50 again into the 350 pot and SB raises me to 200. Darn. I don't like it, but I call. River Kd. SB bets 200 into the 750 pot, and again I don't like it, as I feel I'm beat by a flush, but I call. They show, no flush, but also trip Q's with an Ace kicker and I lose. I'm down to 1275 chips. Still enough to do well.

Hand 48. My chips have dwindled to 550 w/blinds of 40/80. I'm on the BTN w/5h 6d. Action folds to me and I decide to open-raise all-in, SB calls & BB folds. SB shows Ah Kh. Well, I at least have two good cards. Flop Kc 5c 10c. I pair my 5 but SB pairs their K. Turn 7h. River Qs. I'm done.