The beauty of checking

Last night, I passed the $3,000,000 play money mark. I achieved it on the penultimate hand, where I ended up going all in and doubling up. I was dealt pocket queens, and hit trips on the flop. I simply checked; checking can be a beautiful thing when you have such a strong hand. An opponent bet $2,800, and I raised to $5,600. He reraised to $10,200; I reraised to $14,800. I was prepared just to keep reraising until I was all in, but he only called my reraise. An ace came on the turn, I went all in, and he called. The river was a two. My set of queens beat his two pair of aces and kings to win a pot worth $80,402.

Today is December 13th, 2011. By December 13th, 2012, I aim to have grown my stack to $6,000,000 play dollars.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 47 hands and saw flop:
- 4 out of 6 times while in big blind (66%)
- 4 out of 5 times while in small blind (80%)
- 23 out of 36 times in other positions (63%)
- a total of 31 out of 47 (65%)
Pots won at showdown - 3 of 5 (60%)
Pots won without showdown - 5

delta: $40,202
balance: $3,021,907