Hi.

A brief (I hope) back story. I'm 21, from the UK and have been recreationally playing poker for almost three years. In those three years, I'd like to think I've become a semi-competent player. I've got myself to the stage where I think I can seriously look at making something out of poker and using it as a catalyst to get my life to where I want it to be.

Without going into it too much detail, I've had a lot of personal stuff going on recently and have set myself a bit of a challenge, not just with poker, but in general. I've given myself 12 weeks to build a platform from which I can build off in 2013.

The objectives:

• Lose 3 stone.
• Get some 'life' savings together.
• Play cash 25 hours a week.
• Quit drinking (this is temporary, of course)
• Quit smoking.

Obviously, this being a poker forum, it'd be sensible to concentrate on that in this thread. I work for BT, doing 36 hours a week, with an hours commute there and back. This means I don't have a massive amount of free time, which is unfortunate, as I want to dedicate as much time as possible to poker and my goals. So, I've devised a plan whereby I play for 3 hours a day in the week, and five hours each on Saturday and Sunday.

25 hours a week, 9 tabling 6max games at roughly 750/800 hands per hour, gives me approximately 20,000 hands a week and 240,000 for the total challenge. Which is ample for what I'm trying to achieve here.

I've deposited $100 into Pokerstars and will be starting with 20 buy ins at 5NL. Obviously, that's not the deepest bankroll ever, but the whole idea of this challenge is to make that into something for 2013 and continue to learn and progress as a player. Come the end of this 12 weeks, I'd like to have somewhere in the region of $500 and be playing consistently well at 10NL. But, I'm not making any concrete money goals, as I know that can be counter productive. As long as I'm progressing and am not bust come December 17th, I'll be very happy.

Despite having played for three years, I still wouldn't consider myself a good, winning player, nor would I consider myself experienced. I want to keep this thread active, so I can post and learn from what the genuinely good and experienced players on this forum have to say.

I'll post some graphs and stuff once I get home and will then also give a bit more background on myself etc. I'm still at work, so there's only so much you can type up without other people getting suspicious!

Hi again.



BR - $76

Well, when I started this challenge, I was anticipating a much better start than what I've got. I've fully got what I've deserved though, as I haven't been playing well at all. It's 5NL and I am treating it like 50NL. I'm 4bet bluffing, firing three barrels as bluffs, check-raising with air and getting picked off by the fish, purely because they don't fold. That's not their fault, I know that I shouldn't be attempting to bluff these guys, and yet I have been doing it.

I'm only three days in (and yet to grind today, I'll do that tonight) but things have already become difficult and I feel I need to change things up to get myself out of this rut. Therefore, I'm toning it down to just 6 table sessions, instead of 9. I'm hoping this will give me a lot more concentration and focus, which then in turn will improve my win rate. I'm still confident in myself and I fully believe that I will turn this around fairly easily, once I apply myself properly. I shipped a Sunday Storm satellite yesterday, which has helped my bankroll out, because I really don't want to hit $50 and have to move down to 2NL.

Anyway, to encourage some interaction in this thread, here are a couple of hands for you all to take a look at.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BB: $4.69
UTG: $11.24
Hero (CO): $8.61
BTN: $4.80
SB: $4.50

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has J J

fold, Hero raises to $0.17, BTN raises to $0.50, fold, fold, Hero calls $0.33

Flop: ($1.07, 2 players) T 9 9
Hero checks, BTN bets $1.10, fold

BTN wins $1.03

This is a hand that bugged me for a good while afterwards. Our villain is 29/18 after 33 hands and has a 3bet of 6%. Because he's still relatively unknown, I elect to just call pre flop, as 4betting is far too spewy. When the flop comes 10, 9, 9, I check with the intention of calling his c-bet. But when he overbets the pot, I am forced to re-assess. I'm only ahead of AK/AQ and the rest of the villains bluffs, which we're not even sure he has in his arsenal at this stage. I'm obviously crushed by anything from QQ+ and also now 10's and 9's. I'm not sure I can put A10, 88 or lower in the villain's range, especially as I haven't seen anything too untoward from him so far.

So, going off of that I decide to fold. Calling could get my into trouble and re-raising as a bluff isn't something I want to be doing in this spot. Thoughts?

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

Hero (MP): $10.02
CO: $5.00
BTN: $5.52
SB: $5.19
BB: $5.00
UTG: $3.66

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has Q A

fold, Hero raises to $0.17, CO calls $0.17, fold, SB raises to $0.65, fold, Hero calls $0.48, fold

Flop: ($1.52, 2 players) 7 T J
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($1.52, 2 players) Q
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($1.52, 2 players) 9
SB bets $1.10, fold

SB wins $1.46

Ugh, I think I really misplayed this one.

Villain is 13/13 with 8% 3bet over 33 hands. So, again, we don't really have an awful lot of information. I think pre-flop is fairly standard. I'm not tight enough to throw away AQ in that spot, and 4betting is out the window because I don't have any reads on the villain.

After the flop, I was a little surprised he decided to check it to me. I would've thought that kind of board texture would be perfect for a c-bet with almost all of his range. I check it back, which I think is correct.

The turn is what I'm really unsure about. Should I be betting this? AK fits his actions so far, and I don't really want to get check-raised off of the hand. When I check again, I was planning on calling a river bet/value betting should he check again. The river being a 9 changed that and when he leads out, I decide to take the cautious route (as I have done all hand) and fold. For me, the river is a definite fold, but it's the turn card where I could do with a bit of advice on. Anyone?

BR - $60

Ugh.

Once again, it's really not good. That's the graph for today and yesterday's play. Despite what the graph looks like, I'm actually not too disappointed with how I've played this last two days. I've tightened my game up from something resembling 33/28 to 20/16 and do feel like it is helping matters. But the most important thing is the profit column and unfortunately that's completely non-existent at the moment.

It's incredibly frustrating, as I have took about $400 from NL10 this year. That was over about 100,000 hands and I've never had my confidence knocked so much in such a short space of time. I've told myself that should I drop below that $50 barrier, I will suck up my pride and shift down to 2NL. That's something I really don't want to do, as I know I should really be beating this limit. Maybe I've got more leaks than I think I have, who knows.

This weekend I'm going to put about 10 hours in and hopefully I'll get myself out of this rut and start to profit.

Anyway, some hands.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

BTN: $5.16
SB: $18.58
BB: $5.87
Hero (UTG): $5.43
CO: $6.06

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has K K

Hero raises to $0.17, fold, BTN raises to $0.56, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.16, BTN calls $0.60

Flop: ($2.39, 2 players) K 2 A
Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($2.39, 2 players) T
Hero bets $1.38, BTN calls $1.38

River: ($5.15, 2 players) 6
Hero bets $2.89 and is all-in, BTN calls $2.62 and is all-in

Hero shows K K (Three of a Kind, Kings) (Pre 18%, Flop 4%, Turn 2%)
BTN shows A A (Three of a Kind, Aces) (Pre 82%, Flop 96%, Turn 98%)
BTN wins $9.96

Bleh. I'm only posting this one in an effort to gain some sympathy. AA is the only hand in his range that beats me and he ends up having it. I think I played this one about right, despite shipping my stack over to him.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

SB: $17.85
BB: $5.00
UTG: $5.10
MP: $3.16
Hero (CO): $6.08
BTN: $10.79

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has 9 9

UTG calls $0.05, fold, Hero raises to $0.22, fold, SB calls $0.20, fold, fold

Flop: ($0.54, 2 players) K 2 7
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($0.54, 2 players) T
SB bets $0.10, Hero calls $0.10

River: ($0.74, 2 players) 9
SB bets $2.30, fold

SB wins $0.71

This one is puzzling. Everything is standard up until that river card, where our villain throws out a bet of over 3 times the pot. In case you didn't notice, he is a massive fish and, looking back on it now, I think I should've called this river. At the time, I couldn't get QJ out of my mind and would've kicked myself if I had called and he turned that over. I only had $0.32 invested in the pot, so took the conservative route and got out of there. Is this a fold?

PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

UTG: $6.69
MP: $9.96
CO: $17.83
BTN: $6.58
Hero (SB): $5.00
BB: $5.99

Hero posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has Q Q

UTG raises to $0.10, fold, fold, BTN raises to $0.30, Hero raises to $1.05, fold, fold, BTN calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.25, 2 players) 6 7 A
Hero checks, BTN bets $1.05, Hero calls $1.05

Turn: ($4.35, 2 players) 6
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($4.35, 2 players) A
Hero checks, BTN bets $3.00, fold

BTN wins $4.17

I got completely lost in this hand. When the flop comes down the way it does, I really didn't have any idea how to proceed. Looking at the hand again, I made myself very susceptible to a bluff, which I think the villain definitely picked up on. Obviously he could have AK/AQ in this spot and be betting for value (he also might play KK in the same style, with the way I've played the hand) but I also think he has some bluffs in his range. He was 31/23 off of 35 hands and I hadn't seen him 3bet once yet.

So yeah, really unsure about this one. I guess I lost the minimum (I don't really think I can fold to his bet on the flop) but I'm still not happy about it. Thoughts?

5nl = fat value.

Have you read blackrains book on the micros? GL!!

Thanks!

And I haven't, no. I've been through all of the Harrington books (I think) and a couple of other random ones as well.

Having just looked Blackrain's site, I see there is a kindle version of his book. That's that downloaded.

I love technology.

So.

Yesterday, I sat down with just over $60 to grind the 6max 5NL tables. In just under an hour, this happened.



Run bad and tilt meant that my original $100 bankroll now sat at a measly $42. So, after having enough of consistently shipping stacks to other 5NL 6 max players, I decided to drop down to 2NL and also go full ring.

For the rest of yesterday and this morning, I managed to fully read Blackrain79's crushing the micro's book. Thanks for that by the way, Worpler, I think it's helped me out an awful lot.

But yeah, going onto the tables armed with a bit of extra knowledge and a new mindset, things have gradually got better.



From 9 tabling 6max games on autopilot, I'm now 16 tabling full ring and am making a concerted effort to table select and consistently tag the fish. On a side note, since I'm using PT3 (on a Mac) would anybody recommend getting the Table Tracker program it offers? Is it worth the subscription?

Anyway that graph, plus shipping a Sunday Storm satellite, means this.

BR - $80

So yeah, I'm a lot more happy at the moment. I've got 577 VPP's to get before a $50 stellar, so I should be able to secure that within about a week or two. I plan to move up to 5NL FR when I hit $150 and then to 10NL at $300.

One step at a time, though!

Seeing as I'm incredibly bored at work and I still have 2 hours left, I thought I'd give a little non-poker update. As is usually the case with PG&C threads, crushing the tables isn't always the one and only goal.

Apart from this last year, I've been incredibly fit all of my life. I played football (soccer for any Americans) to a very high level and always maintained a good level of conditioning. During the last year or so, as a result of a lot of personal stuff, that has changed. I am now a good 3 stone above what I should be and, because of this, playing football, pulling women and generally doing the things I enjoy, has taken a massive hit. I've tried (and failed) to sort this out numerous times and my morale has dropped considerably during this time. Pretty depressing, huh?

Now, however, my road back to fitness is going alongside my poker goals. And I really feel like this could be it. This week, I've monitored everything I've ate, exercised three times and have lost 8lbs (about 3.5kgs). Obviously I'm pretty ecstatic. If I can keep my discipline diet-wise, there will be no reason why I can't be down to my optimal weight come December.

I've not touched any alcohol, although I did crash a cigarette off a mate on Friday night. But as long as that doesn't become a regular thing I'll be fine. Money-wise, things are still incredibly difficult. I only get about £220 from my job and £60 of that immediately goes on fuel. It's a really poor wage and a massive reason as to why I want to take poker as far as I possibly can.

But all in all, it's been a pretty good week. I may still be -$20 and down to 2NL, but I feel I can really crush this limit and give myself the confidence that I need to progress out of the micro's. I'm taking time to read every poker book I can find and once I get my IRL money situation a bit healthier, I will be signing up to Bluefire to improve my game as much as I possibly can.

So, yeah. Onwards.

BR - $99

Just a short and sweet update this time around. We're now back at the starting deposit following on from a good last couple of days. I found grinding tonight to be a bit of a chore and only profited about $4 because of it, but I think that just links in with my mood today.

All in all, I'm very happy to be where I am right now. $50 more and I can move back up to 5NL (only FR this time) with a lot more confidence and belief in my own ability. I'm hoping I'll be there or thereabouts come this next Monday.

That's all for now, folks!

gl bro

Thanks mate!

BR - $110

Yeah, everything is going to plan really. I've got $40 to go until I get out of this limit, and to tell the truth, I can't wait. I feel like my volume has sucked over the last two or three days, mainly because I'm not enjoying 2NL as much as I do the 'proper' limits, shall we say.

I'm not complaining, as I'm consistently winning at this level, but it doesn't feel like real poker. I'm raising 6/7x with my premium hands, then taking the line of pot, pot, shove when I hit a flop hard. It's incredibly effective, but it does get a little monotonous after a while. It's also why I haven't been posting any hands. There are so few interesting spots, that HH's are hardly worth mentioning.

Once we're back to 5NL this will all change. I'll still take the spectacular pot, pot, shove lines against all of the fish, but obviously I'll have to take my level of thinking up a notch against the regs. Not an awful lot, but enough.

I can't believe I've written what almost sounds like a rant after such a profitable week. I'm 9bb/100 over roughly 15,000 hands, which I am ecstatic about. I've never crushed any limit quite like this and I'm hoping that this experience will give the confidence and added bit of know how, allowing me to do the same thing at 5 and 10NL.

$40 to go before we move up!

BR - $123

Dead quick because there isn't really much to update and I'm tired. 2NL is slowly but surely killing me, hence the lol volume and the lack of updates in here. I was getting cold decked left, right and centre over the weekend, but after a day off yesterday, I've made just under $10 tonight.

But yeah, I need to get out of this limit. It's sucking all of the life out of my soul. $27 to go.

KK hand: why checking the flop when you 4bet him and hit?
99 hand is a call I think? Do you have reads on villain?


I think you shouldn't give up and try to study a bit more about the micros. I think you overestimated the players there to much. You think much and talk yourself into things you shouldn't be doing. Read the book which was mentioned before, will help you to improve.

Thanks man. I finished reading Blackrain's book the weekend before last and it has helped a lot. The hands posted were all before I got through that book. I'm also midway through Tri Nguyen's 'The Poker Blueprint' as well. Although that will come into more use once move back up the ladder.

In the KK hand, I genuinely don't know why I check the flop. If I'd have played that hand today, I know I'd be leading that flop 100%. I was probably thinking about check-shoving, but it's now fairly obvious that the villain doesn't bet this flop very often. Especially after my 4bet.

The 99 hand I had no reads, only that I had the villain tagged as a fish. I think he was something stupid like 42/15 over a small sample. Him overbetting that river like he did just screamed QJ at the time. But that is literally the only hand in his range that I lose to. Unless he got incredibly funky with 10's or KK, which I highly doubt.

K10, 22, 77, K9 and T9 are all possible, even if there is only one more 9 in the deck. Plus any missed draws/complete air that he has, although a typical fish doesn't usually bluff 3x the pot. I still don't know, really. It's probably a call, but I still think he turns up QJ a lot of the time in this spot. Meh.

BR - $150

Yeah boy!

I haven't updated in a while, as there hasn't really been an awful lot to update about. Apart from the last three days, volume has really been at an all time low. 2NL almost claimed my soul, as evidenced by a short venture into PLO on Saturday night. Never again. I dropped about 6 buy ins pissing around on that, which wasn't that much of a bad thing, seeing as it helped me regain focus in NL.

So yeah, on Sunday I told myself that I'd get my act together and get myself back to 5NL. About 8 hours of play later and here we are. Here's my overall graph for 2NL.



Hopefully I never have to play another hand at this limit again.

Anyway, FR 5NL to come. I'm going to take tomorrow off and take a bit of time out for some analysis. With 2NL being such a unique limit, I need to make some small adjustments to ensure I progress to 10NL smoothly.

I've been 14/11 with a 3% 3bet stat, over those 37,000 hands. That's way too nitty for my liking, so I'll be opening wider from late position and I'll also be adding a few more non-standard hands into my 3betting range. Nothing too significant, but I need to gently crank up the aggression to prepare myself for the higher limits.

On the bankroll management side of things, I'll be moving back down to 2NL should I go below $100. As for moving up, I'm still slightly undecided. I've got that $50 stellar to come in literally like tomorrow, so I reckon I won't move to 10NL until I have $350/400 in my account. It depends how I feel come that time, really.

But yeah, all is good. On to the next one!

gl buddy, subbed. I have similar goals to you except I'm playing MTTSNGs

Cheers mate!

Today has been a good day. I finished 'The Poker Blueprint' by Tri Nguyen, tweaked my pre flop opening ranges and then was too excited not to sit down at the 5NL tables and have a bit of a session.



Despite the rather horrifying ending, I'm very pleased with how I played. I only opened up 9 tables and really tried to concentrate on every single hand. My redline being positive demonstrates that nicely.

Anyway, it is hard to ignore the ending. Within literally 30 seconds I dropped two buy ins, firstly in the hand I'm about to post and then with QQ AIPF against a huge fish's AA. Shortly after I made a terribad river call against another fish, hence me leaving the tables fairly sharpish. But yeah, the hand.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

Hero (MP): $5.35
MP+1: $2.11
CO: $16.71
BTN: $1.93
SB: $5.15
BB: $15.82
UTG: $5.16
UTG+1: $2.74

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has T J

fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.17, fold, CO calls $0.17, fold, fold, fold

Flop: ($0.41, 2 players) A 9 9
Hero bets $0.25, CO calls $0.25

Turn: ($0.91, 2 players) T
Hero checks, CO bets $0.52, Hero raises to $1.58, CO calls $1.06

River: ($4.07, 2 players) 4
Hero bets $3.35 and is all-in, CO calls $3.35

Hero shows T J (Two Pair, Tens and Nines) (Pre 32%, Flop 5%, Turn 0%)
CO shows T A (Two Pair, Aces and Tens) (Pre 68%, Flop 95%, Turn 100%)
CO wins $10.32

Villain is 25/9 over 130 hands. He had an AF of 4 and a 3bet of 2%. I've not tagged him as a fish, but I'm also pretty sure he's not a reg either.

Pre flop and the flop are all completely standard. The turn is where I decided I was going to make a move. When he flats the flop, I believe his range is predominantly Ax with a few 9's in there as well. His fold to cbet stat is 75% (6/8) so I ruled out most PP's, although JJ and TT are still possible.

The turn obviously gives me a pair, but seeing as my hand is so weak compared to the range I have villain on, I think the only way I take this pot is by bluffing him off it. So, I plan to check-raise and get him to muck the majority of his Ax hands that clearly have me crushed.

However, he calls my c/r. The river bricks and now I'm left with a decision. With villain's AF being so high, my thinking at the time was that he'd have shoved TT or any 9 on the turn, after my raise. So, in my eyes, I was now looking at AK through A10. With the pot size as it was, I thought that a river shove would make my hand look extremely strong, a lot stronger than his possible set of hands anyway. Oh, how I was wrong.

He snap called and showed down his A10.

Now, what you do guys think? Was I right to rule out the possibility of the villain having a 9 on the river? Also, with the reads I had on the guy, was I giving him too much credit for being able to muck AK through A10? Seeing as he snapped me off, I think I probably did.

BR - $159

Tonight was fun.

I decided to stick to 9 tabling, as last night I thought I was picking my spots really well and generally just concentrating fully on every single hand. I think this is going to be the way I go from now on in, as I think I can a. maximize my win rate and b. learn an awful lot more, instead of being on autopilot all the time.

Once again the session ended rather abruptly as I lost a couple of big hands and could feel myself starting to tilt. But as long as I know when to stop, I'll be absolutely fine.

Anyway, a quick hand.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

UTG: $5.07
Hero (UTG+1): $6.77
MP: $5.00
MP+1: $5.07
LP: $12.17
CO: $5.00
BTN: $2.77
SB: $5.00
BB: $8.23

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has 3 3

UTG raises to $0.15, Hero calls $0.15, fold, fold, fold, fold, BTN calls $0.15, fold, BB calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.62, 4 players) K 4 A
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($0.62, 4 players) 3
BB bets $0.15, UTG raises to $0.50, Hero calls $0.50, fold, BB calls $0.35

River: ($2.12, 3 players) 6
BB checks, UTG bets $1.05, Hero calls $1.05, fold

UTG shows 4 4 (Three of a Kind, Fours) (Pre 81%, Flop 98%, Turn 98%)
Hero mucks 3 3 (Three of a Kind, Threes) (Pre 19%, Flop 2%, Turn 2%)
UTG wins $4.04

I'm not going to write an essay on this one, as I believe this is all very standard up until the river. Ultimately, can I get away?

Villain is a solid 15/12 reg with an AF of 4. At the time it felt like AA or KK, but AK and possibly even AQ are also in the mix. Although I think AQ may be stretching it a little. 44 wasn't something that immediately sprung to mind, although it obviously makes sense.

Personally, looking at it now, I think it's a fold. I only realistically beat AK, whereas AA, KK and 44 all have me dead. Also, there is the fishy SB behind, but I really wasn't worried about him at the time. My hand completely crushes his range. So yeah, probably a fold, but who knows. Thoughts?

BR - $182

More fun. I've got 114 VPP's to go until the $50 bonus, so things are exceptionally good at the moment. I've never felt so confident about my game, and I think the amount of time I'm spending reading/studying is really starting to pay off. I'm now halfway through 'Let There Be Range' (which is absolutely fantastic by the way) and I feel like I'm picking up little on leaks that I never knew were leaks and I'm becoming a far better player for it.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL - Holdem - 7 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

SB: $3.77
Hero (BB): $5.00
UTG: $5.00
UTG+1: $5.23
MP: $4.67
CO: $2.00
BTN: $5.05

SB posts SB $0.02, Hero posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has 5 A

fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to $0.12, Hero calls $0.07

Flop: ($0.24, 2 players) 9 Q 6
SB checks, Hero bets $0.17, SB calls $0.17

Turn: ($0.58, 2 players) 6
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($0.58, 2 players) Q
SB bets $0.56, Hero raises to $1.82, fold

Hero wins $1.63

A few weeks ago, I wouldn't have even thought about raising this river.

May the good times continue.

BR - $274

Heatuuuuuur.

I've finally unlocked that $50 stellar and am also coming off the back of one of my best sessions ever. I ran hot, played awesome and there were fish everywhere. The weekend itself wasn't actually that great, with me slipping into autopilot mode again and generally not playing as good as I can. All of that is completely elementary though, after that last session.

I've made the decision to move up to 10NL when I hit $400. I've only got 8000+ hands at 5NL FR, so I want to put a lot more hours in yet, before I think about moving up. The last thing I want is to lose it all back playing 10NL because this was a heater and nothing more.

Anyway, my favourite hand of today came right at the end of the session.

PokerStars - $0.05 NL - Holdem - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3

UTG+1: $5.66
MP: $11.09
MP+1: $5.13
LP: $3.54
Hero (CO): $11.48
BTN: $3.65
SB: $4.13
BB: $5.00
UTG: $12.50

SB posts SB $0.02, BB posts BB $0.05

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero has A Q

UTG calls $0.05, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to $0.22, fold, fold, fold, UTG raises to $0.75, Hero calls $0.53

Flop: ($1.57, 2 players) 3 A 2
UTG bets $1.10, Hero calls $1.10

Turn: ($3.77, 2 players) 8
UTG bets $3.00, Hero calls $3.00

River: ($9.77, 2 players) 3
UTG bets $7.65 and is all-in, Hero calls $6.63 and is all-in

UTG shows 4 4 (Two Pair, Fours and Threes) (Pre 54%, Flop 52%, Turn 32%)
Hero shows A Q (Two Pair, Aces and Threes) (Pre 46%, Flop 48%, Turn 68%)
Hero wins $22.07



I'd been running over this guy all night and he finally snapped, just as I did the river. Lol, etc.

I have the day off work tomorrow, so I want to put in some serious grind. Will update again then. Bye!

Oh yeah, you can now follow me on Twitter @sifiasco, although I don't really treat it any different than I do Facebook and the like.

I'll get Skype eventually, as well, I promise! I've got to move properly into the 21st century some time.