Action

It turns out I was kidding myself a little when I said the most fun I'd ever had at a poker table was playing MTT 8-games. The truth is, the most fun I've ever had at a poker table has been when I've been playing high stakes sit and go no limit hold'em. The reason can be described in one simple word: action. It turns out I'm an action junkie. I really like laying huge amounts of play money on the line, and being able to come away unscathed. Last night, I surpassed the 38 million mark in play dollars wagered playing sit and gos. Needless to say, that's a lot of funny money. If I were able to keep up my current sit and go pace of wagering 300,000 play dollars a session for a whole year, and didn't lose my whole bankroll, I'd end up wagering a staggering 60 million play dollars. Strange as it may seem, that's the new goal I'm setting myself. Just to be crystal clear, it's not a goal about winning a specific amount of play money in a specific amount of time, as all the other goals I've set myself have been. It's a goal about wagering a specific amount of play money in a specific amount of time, regardless of how much I win or lose. Crazy, huh? :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players hands place winnings

SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    99     1   175500
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    33     4        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    33     5        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    54     3        0
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    53     2    94500
SNG   NLHE    45000  5000       6    35     3        0

delta: $-30,000
Sit and go no limit hold'em balance: $1,351,300
balance: $9,037,879

Action

I've blogged before about willingness. When you're willing to gamble, you bring action to the table. Last night, the table I joined had a bunch of willing players; consequently, it saw a lot of action! That was good, because I hit the felt fairly quickly - and not just once, but twice! The first time was definitely my fault. I went all in on a two pair, something I've sworn up and down repeatedly I'd never do again. I deservedly lost, to a straight. The second time was not my fault, though; I was the victim of a bad beat.

As you might have guessed, I stayed at the same table the whole night, and reupped for a second time after the bad beat. I quickly got some revenge on the player who'd taken me out on the bad beat; he went all in again preflop, I called, and my ace queen held up against his king queen. That pot was worth $95,300, and got me back on the right track.

As far as I know, I won the single biggest pot of my poker career tonight - $148,225. I made a nine high straight on the turn, and luckily for me, an opponent went all in when he hit trip jacks on the river. I also either set or tied my best-ever in-session rebound, coming back from $80,000 in the hole.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 46 hands and saw flop:
- 5 out of 7 times while in big blind (71%)
- 3 out of 8 times while in small blind (37%)
- 18 out of 31 times in other positions (58%)
- a total of 26 out of 46 (56%)
Pots won at showdown - 6 of 10 (60%)
Pots won without showdown - 3

delta: $49,325
balance: $1,588,417