Even better....

Fuck I did not see this one...and that makes me mad because maybe I should have. Hit the high straight and all I heard was the roar......lol.

Texas Hold'em $0.50-$1 NL (real money), hand #668,604,151
Table puma23 xxxx's HE, 2 Aug 2007 8:12 PM ET

Seat 3: steven1338 ($51.25 in chips)
Seat 5: puma23 xxxx ($53.85 in chips)
Seat 8: tillhelm0 ($38.15 in chips)
Seat 9: Kindek ($38.40 in chips)
Seat 10: Grinding Up [ 7S,7D ] ($49.20 in chips)
ANTES/BLIND
Spuma23 xxxx posts blind ($0.25), tillhelm0 posts blind ($0.50).

PRE-FLOP
Kindek calls $0.50,
Grinding Up calls $0.50,
steven1338 folds,
puma23 xxxx calls $0.25,
tillhelm0 checks.

FLOP
[board cards 4D,6C,5H ]
puma23 xxxx checks,
tillhelm0 checks,
Kindek bets $0.50,
Grinding Up bets $1.50,
puma23 xxxx folds,
tillhelm0 calls $1.50,
Kindek bets $4,
Grinding Up calls $3,
tillhelm0 folds.

TURN [board cards 4D,6C,5H,9C ]
Kindek checks, Grinding Up checks.

RIVER [board cards 4D,6C,5H,9C,3H ]
Kindek bets $8,
Grinding Up bets $16,
Kindek bets $25.40 and is all-in,
Grinding Up calls $17.40.

SHOWDOWNKindek shows [ 8C,7C ]Grinding Up shows [ 7S,7D ]Kindek wins $77.80.

Easy come easy go. :)

Just to show Felter that it goes both ways.....All in on the flush draw is one way to play it I guess. LOL.

Texas Hold'em $0.50-$1 NL (real money), hand #668,480,232
Table 6HELLRAISER9's HE, 2 Aug 2007 7:48 PM ET
Seat 1: Toma 78 ($18.60 in chips)
Seat 2: Jacksony187 ($77.20 in chips)
Seat 4: wisedm85 ($83.40 in chips)
Seat 5: kessieeh ($21.40 in chips)
Seat 7: ana75 ($66.80 in chips)
Seat 8: Grinding Up [ 2D,2H ] ($46.25 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS

wisedm85 posts blind ($0.25), kessieeh posts blind ($0.50).

PRE-FLO
Pana75 folds,
Grinding Up calls $0.50,
Toma 78 calls $0.50,
Jacksony187 folds,
wisedm85 folds,
kessieeh checks.

FLOP [board cards 6C,2C,4H ]
kessieeh bets $3,
Grinding Up bets $6,
Toma 78 folds,
kessieeh bets $6,
Grinding Up bets $10,
kessieeh bets $11.90 and is all-in,
Grinding Up calls $4.90.
TURN [board cards 6C,2C,4H,9C ]
RIVER [board cards 6C,2C,4H,9C,QH ]
SHOWDOWN
kessieeh shows [ 4C,QC ]Grinding Up shows [ 2D,2H ]kessieeh wins $42.05.
SUMMARY
Dealer: Jacksony187Pot: $43.55, (including rake: $1.50)
Toma 78 loses $0.50
Jacksony187 loses $0wisedm85 loses $0.25
kessieeh bets $21.40, collects $42.05, net $20.65
Grinding Up loses $21.40

Just have to be patient.

At Micro limit (anything less than $1NL) I really believe that one of the largest keys to profitability (and for sure mine) is just to be patient...wait....take it easy....wait for the hand...and just take the easy money. Do not fight for the pots.

I feel that most players when they start out just do not have the patience to wait..and they eventually panic or get board or something, and want to win more pots per hour. I also think that there are more of these players at the lower limits.

So just wait. The hands will come, and you can turn most of your sessions positive.

Ok, this sounds retarded and simple, but it is true. At this level of discipline in all areas of your game is what I believe the pros have.

Been busy, but pokering more now.

With the summer months not as much time for poker, but i want to clear a big bonus I have by Aug 16th, so I am going to find the time to play more.

As you can see by the chart at the bottom I had a downturn for a bit, but that was not really running bad. I tilted a lot of that money off in 2 sessions if I remember, and that made me mad. I just refuse to believe I am beat sometimes. Wish I had the details to post on the hands, but really it was obvious I beat, and made a bad crying call just to be sure. Anyhow, that was like 200 dollars.

So I smartened up, and really started to try and put people on hands. That has been working well. Keep asking myself, what do they have, and what am I beating. Since then I have almost clawed it all back. Had a nice 4th place finish in the Canadian poker night last night, and almost quadrupled up a .50 table today to 183 dollars, and it was not all in one or 2 hands. I really did grind it up.

On one hand though there was a guy who was more aggressive, and kept raising to $2. I get KK and raise it to 5, he makes it 12 instantly. I think....does he really have AA? Odds are no because this is not a rock, and this is his standard bet. He has made many re-raises at the table already. So I push 102 at his remaining 40 something, and he waits...and calls. He had QQ. I am glad I went with his read...and it held up.

Other than that it was just a matter of the increased aggression. I hope to continue this trend. I would love to have $1000 again by Sept. Lets see if it can be done.