Busy As Tits!

Wow, sorry for the lack of updates everyone-things have been quite hectic as of late but I wanted to post something quickly. You would think that after already missing the first two weeks of the month due to travelling it wouldn't be the best idea to go away again for the long weekend with only 14K VPP's under my belt (but that's just what I did). It also probably isn't the best idea to go out tonight to a friend's birthday BBQ but whatever, I'm not going to sweat it. I currently have earned 25K VPP's for the month after putting in a long grind over the past 3 days and need to average about 6K VPP's over the next 4 days (about 9 hours a day at 200nl+) and it's going to be tough but I'll make it. You can see when 8-10 hours of my day has been devoted to poker over the last little while and 8-10 hours to sleep it can be hard to find the time to blog. Nevertheless, things will slow down a bit in June and I'll have time to recap a pretty blogworthy weekend in Victoria this past week!

As for how things are going on the poker front...not very good. Just been running really bad and being forced to play during non-peak hours is not helping. Somehow I'm still in the black though and have hopes for another 5-figure month. I made a deep run in the VIP freeroll cashing for $2800 after getting knocked out in 25th place...disappointing but satisfying at the same time. Anyways, like I said, my next post will be about my long weekend which will include a tourney report of the freeroll.

Biggest pot won this month:

No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (9 handed)
CO ($900.70)
Button ($295.15)
SB ($165.50)
BB ($413.45)
UTG ($232.50)
UTG+1 ($416.40)
Hero (MP1) ($465.75)
MP2 ($447.10)
MP3 ($422.85)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A, A
UTG calls $4, 1 fold, Hero bets $20, 5 folds, BB calls $16, UTG calls $16

Flop: ($62) Q, 6, 7 (3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $40, BB calls $40, 1 fold

Turn: ($142) 9 (2 players)
BB bets $69.50, Hero calls $69.50

River: ($281) A (2 players)
BB bets $100, Hero raises $336.25 (All-In), BB calls $183.95 (All-In)

Total pot: $848.90

Results:
BB didn't show
Hero had A, A (three of a kind, Aces).
Outcome: Hero won $898.20

Biggest pot lost this month (no it's not a bad beat...it was unfortunate that I was out of position though because I think that I'm pretty much forced to shove the turn here against 2 fish, especially given their ranges based on pre-flop action and the amount of draws that are out there (though if I had a read that btn was a nit I could call the turn and fold to a raise obv)):

No-Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (9 handed)
UTG ($400)
UTG+1 ($405.20)
MP1 ($418)
MP2 ($321)
MP3 ($370)
CO ($431.50)
Button ($251.10)
SB ($223.15)
Hero (BB) ($406)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8, 9
6 folds, Button calls $4, SB bets $6, Hero calls $4, Button calls $4

Flop: ($24) 9, 8, 6 (3 players)
SB bets $8, Hero raises $36, Button calls $36, SB calls $28

Turn: ($132) 3 (3 players)
SB bets $24, Hero raises $148, Button raises $207.10 (All-In), SB calls $155.15 (All-In), Hero calls $59.10

River: ($725.35) A (3 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $725.35

Results:
Button had 7, 10 (straight, ten high).
SB had Q, 10 (high card, Ace).
Hero had 8, 9 (two pair, nines and eights).
Outcome: Button won $722.35

Time to hit the gym then hit the BBQ. Talk to you soon.

gl at the tables!