I have also been to a home game last saturday-morning. Live poker is pretty boring imo. Just fold hand after hand, or loosen up and jump in there.

I came out of that one, ahead too.

I kinda like got my groove back.

The road up ahead just became more interesting…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ6SYuEWOTs

I still got my roll spread out over 4 sites, I’m thinking about unifying it, but for some reason I got more confidence if I have cash everywhere.

Feeling has no place at the poker table. Feeling has place in the bedroom, at the stadium, but not at the table.

Think about this for a second.

In a Harry Potter analogy, I’m kinda like Voldemort in book 1. A shadow of my former self, remaining under the radar while gathering my powers in order to continue.

It hasn’t been much publicized, but my roll ballooned pretty quickly while playing NL & PL cash games. I had to withdraw pretty much all of it to take care of some real life issues, being promised to get it back. This is what is taking me so long to make my proper return to online poker.

While I assume it may have been positive variance, I do believe that part of my Road to Poker Maturity is now complete. The most difficult part at least. I shake ‘n bake with the best of them, I read hands and possible holdings better than I ever thought possible, and I have almost complete dominance on myself. Occasionally, too many bad beats still get to me, but I have learned how to react in this situation. Looking back, I am truly happy now where I am compared to where I was, and where I am going. An amazing progress, considering I had no clue what a “flush” was around Christmas of ‘06.

The only thing left to do is get me a proper setup in which to play. My chair has no high back, nor do I have big monitors. But all will be fine.

I will be back shortly though, with one catch: I’ll pretty much only play sng’s of all varieties until my roll reaches 5 figures again

For now, I only play for fun

[url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]PokerStars[/url] Game #15088304805: Tournament #76468221, $5.00+$0.50 Hold’em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/02/05 - 20:57:04 (ET)
Table ‘76468221 1′ 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: jalla111 (1310 in chips)
Seat 3: fantasia1263 (2155 in chips)
Seat 4: mickey_tx (2010 in chips)
Seat 5: bradm8 (1420 in chips)
Seat 6: Avi_Tristan (1580 in chips)
Seat 8: SBXXII Giant (2230 in chips)
Seat 9: bunest (2795 in chips)
bunest: posts small blind 25
jalla111: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Avi_Tristan [7s 7c]
fantasia1263: folds
mickey_tx: folds
bradm8: calls 50
Avi_Tristan: raises 100 to 150
SBXXII Giant: folds
bunest: raises 2645 to 2795 and is all-in
jalla111: folds
bradm8: folds
Avi_Tristan: folds
bunest collected 400 from pot
bunest: shows [Kd Ks] (a pair of Kings)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 400 | Rake 0
Seat 1: jalla111 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: fantasia1263 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: mickey_tx folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: bradm8 folded before Flop
Seat 6: Avi_Tristan folded before Flop
Seat 8: SBXXII Giant (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: bunest (small blind) collected (400)

VERY NEXT HAND

[url=http://www.flopturnriver.com/reviews/Online-Poker-PokerStars.php]PokerStars[/url] Game #15088325923: Tournament #76468221, $5.00+$0.50 Hold’em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/02/05 - 20:58:04 (ET)
Table ‘76468221 1′ 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: jalla111 (1260 in chips)
Seat 3: fantasia1263 (2155 in chips)
Seat 4: mickey_tx (2010 in chips)
Seat 5: bradm8 (1370 in chips)
Seat 6: Avi_Tristan (1430 in chips)
Seat 8: SBXXII Giant (2230 in chips)
Seat 9: bunest (3045 in chips)
jalla111: posts small blind 25
fantasia1263: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Avi_Tristan [8s As]
mickey_tx: calls 50
bradm8: folds
Avi_Tristan: calls 50
SBXXII Giant: folds
bunest: calls 50
Avi_Tristan said, “nh”
jalla111: folds
fantasia1263: checks
*** FLOP *** [Js Qs 6c]
fantasia1263: checks
mickey_tx: checks
Avi_Tristan: bets 200
bunest: calls 200
fantasia1263: folds
mickey_tx: folds
*** TURN *** [Js Qs 6c] [9s]
Avi_Tristan: checks
bunest: bets 150
Avi_Tristan: raises 1030 to 1180 and is all-in
bunest: calls 1030
*** RIVER *** [Js Qs 6c 9s] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Avi_Tristan: shows [8s As] (a flush, Ace high)
bunest: shows [5s Ts] (a flush, Queen high)
Avi_Tristan collected 2985 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2985 | Rake 0
Board [Js Qs 6c 9s 7h]
Seat 1: jalla111 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: fantasia1263 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: mickey_tx folded on the Flop
Seat 5: bradm8 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: Avi_Tristan showed [8s As] and won (2985) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 8: SBXXII Giant folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: bunest (button) showed [5s Ts] and lost with a flush, Queen high