Suckout City for $600 bucks

Napalm's YTD: $17,700

OK, for the last three days, I will list every high PP i have had and the result. My cards are first:

AA vs K9

AA vs J10

AA vs KK

AA vs KK

AA vs 44

AA vs 33

KK vs J8

KK vs QQ

KK vs AK

KK vs AJ

QQ vs 910

QQ vs 22

QQ vs 44

QQ vs 88

JJ vs 88

The worst run of cards I have ever had. Best thing is, I had the other player all in on most of these hands pre flop and lost every single one.

First WSOP Cash

Napalm's YTD: $17,800

Well, I cashed in my second WSOP try at Caesars yesterday. $1000 buy in, 10th out of 213 for $2975.

The strange thing was, I really only played 2 or 3 interesting hands in the 12 hours it took to complete. Mostly rasing preflop to steal blinds or betting in position to take down pots. I did flop and straight, a flush, and quad queens but didn't really ge paid a ton.

I knocked out 7 player total, so that was cool.

The last 4 hours of the tournament had me in survival mode, never really winning a significant pot. I was dead man walking at the final table and busted in A6 vs AK.

Overall, it was a good day, and I was lucky to cash at all.

Bet, Moron

liquid's YTD: $3906.71

I've been running g00t recently, but I can't find much in the way of exciting, interesting hands to post -- just a steady stream of small dull wins. Even the rare big pots are boring.

One thing I'm working on is upping my betting frequency. I'm trying to reduce the number of "BET THIS YOU IDIOT" notes I make to myself. With practice it's getting easier to identify opportunities where before there were only scare cards and mediocre holdings. Occasionally I berate myself for wasting chips on silly bets, but for the most part I'm getting good value taking down modest pots like these:

I'm on the button with AJc53; flop is 279 with two clubs. MP min-bets (scoff!), CO calls, I raise just under pot, MP folds, CO calls. Turn is another 9, CO checks, I bet just under pot, CO folds.

I'm on the button with AKcQ7s; flop is 6K8 with two spades. Three checks, MP bets half pot, four folds, I raise just under pot, everyone folds.

I'm in MP with 9TJK and call a PFR from LP; flop is 3K2 with two spades. I have no spades. Two EP checks to me, I check, LP bets $2 into a $13 pot, EPs fold, I raise to $7, LP calls. Turn is an offsuit Q, I bet $12, LP folds.

I'm not going nutty trying to force action. I still don't play a lot of hands, and sometimes I go an hour or more without getting involved in anything. But when I am involved, taking the lead seems to help more than it hurts. For now.

4 magic hands

Napalm's YTD: $14,800

Check this out. I just played 4 hands in the $10 Stars MTT.

Hand #1 - I have 55 in the BB. Two short stacks all in, i call BB calls. Flop is 5 6 7 one spade. I move all in, BB calls with KJ spades? huh? runner runner spade to criple me.

I asked him what he thought I had and he said "I looked down and saw that I had $1000 left. You have to get lucky to win these sometimes" I say "So you didnt think about what I had at all right?. Bonehead classically says, "Shut the fuch up" nh, +EV for sure.

Hand #2 - I have $400 left with AK, I raise to $200, same KJ bonehead makes $400. I call. He flips over AQ, my hand holds up.

Hand #3 - I play A7 on the button and limp with 3 other limpers. Flop is A 8 8. checks to me, i go all in. Short stack calls with 8 9 off. I lose. My fault, should have rasied preflop here.

Hand #4 - I have about $300 left and have KK on the button. 3 other players, I go all in, three callers. Flop is Q 5 Q. dude to my left bets, everyone folds and shows AQ.

I heart $10 MTTs.