Oops!... I did it again

As you may know, I like taking song titles and repurposing them as blog post titles. The title of this post, from an early Britney Spears song, is purposely ironic. Of course there's no "oops" at all about the fact that I've reachieved my goal of winning a million play dollars playing online poker. I've been laboring away at it for months!

It took a healthy dose of Lady Luck to vault me into the long-sought region once again. Here's how it happened:

Table 'T #833339193' 9-max (Play Money) Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: (41700 in chips)
Seat 2: (25700 in chips)
Seat 3: (40000 in chips)
Seat 4: neostreet (34827 in chips)
Seat 5: (37600 in chips)
Seat 6: (80119 in chips)
Seat 7: (58700 in chips)
Seat 8: (48400 in chips)
Seat 9: (33700 in chips)
Seat 9: posts small blind 100
Seat 1: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to neostreet [Tc Ac]
Seat 2: calls 200
Seat 3: calls 200
neostreet: calls 200
Seat 5: folds
Seat 6: calls 200
Seat 7: calls 200
Seat 8: calls 200
Seat 9: raises 200 to 400
Seat 1: calls 200
Seat 2: calls 200
Seat 3: raises 1800 to 2200
neostreet: calls 2000
Seat 6: folds
Seat 7: folds
Seat 8: folds
Seat 9: calls 1800
Seat 1: calls 1800
Seat 2: folds
*** FLOP *** [Jc As 2h]
Seat 9: checks
Seat 1: checks
Seat 3: bets 9800
neostreet: calls 9800
Seat 9: folds
Seat 1: folds
*** TURN *** [Jc As 2h] [8c]
Seat 3: bets 28000 and is all-in
neostreet: calls 22827 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (5173) returned to Seat 3
*** RIVER *** [Jc As 2h 8c] [Kc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Seat 3: shows [Ah Qd] (a pair of Aces)
neostreet: shows [Tc Ac] (a flush, Ace high)
neostreet collected 75054 from pot

Tonight, I begin my second attempt at learning Omaha. This time around, I'm going to play only at the high stakes tables. Don't be alarmed if you see my balance take some wild swings; that's the nature of Omaha, or at least its nature as played by a beginner. Here's the way I look at it: I've earned the right to spend as much play money as I want to learn a new poker variant.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 59 hands and saw flop:
- 6 out of 8 times while in big blind (75%)
- 9 out of 9 times while in small blind (100%)
- 30 out of 42 times in other positions (71%)
- a total of 45 out of 59 (76%)
Pots won at showdown - 6 of 8 (75%)
Pots won without showdown - 4

delta: $34,354
balance: $1,017,977