667 hands, +$8.36
Gauntlet VI registration, -$5.50

With my exams out of the way, I expect to put in many more hours than I have been lately. I got my feet wet tonight at Vegas 24/7 poker and was very pleased with the atmosphere. It was much, much softer than the play I'm used to at Stars. The standard of hand with which the typical player will stack off seems to have lowered quite a bit, and I've noticed alot more calling stations paying to draw. However, this is a small sample to draw conclusions from. Time will tell if this trend continues.

But I'm not going to crush these games until I stop throwing money in the pot when I KNOW that I'm beat. I was pretty good about that over the last 15,000 hands, but I guess I've let some bad habits creep back since I took this semi-hiatus. A few examples:

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

UTG+1 ($15.15)
MP1 ($9.45)
MP2 ($11.28)
CO ($11.10)
Hero ($19.95)
SB ($10.05)
BB ($1.95)
UTG ($27.41)

Preflop: Hero is Button with T, Q.
2 folds, MP1 calls $0.10, 2 folds, Hero raises to $0.5, 2 folds, MP1 calls $0.40.

Flop: ($1.15) T, 5, 9 (2 players)
MP1 checks, Hero bets $1, MP1 raises to $4.6, Hero raises to $9.4, MP1 calls $4.35 (All-In).

Turn: ($19.05) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($19.05) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $19.05

Results in white below:
MP1 doesn't show.
Hero has Td Qd (one pair, tens).
Outcome: Converter is messed up, villain had AA.

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

MP2 ($14.10)
MP3 ($5)
CO ($9.45)
Button ($7.20)
SB ($3.20)
BB ($8.95)
Hero ($19.90)
UTG+1 ($11.75)
MP1 ($3.35)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with , .
Hero calls $0.10, 2 folds, MP2 calls $0.10, 2 folds, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($0.40) , , (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $0.3, MP2 calls $0.30, SB calls $0.30, BB folds.

Turn: ($1.30) (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.8, MP2 calls $0.80, SB calls $0.80.

River: ($3.70) (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP2 bets $2.5, SB folds, Hero calls $2.50.

Final Pot: $8.70

Results in white below:
Hero has 4c 4d (three of a kind, fours).
MP2 doesn't show.
MP3 doesn't show.
Outcome: Converter is messed up, villain had A8 for the straight.

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

MP2 ($14.90)
MP3 ($9.90)
CO ($3.10)
Button ($11.53)
SB ($10.20)
Hero ($19.95)
UTG ($3.25)
UTG+1 ($3.40)
MP1 ($27.81)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
UTG calls $0.10, 1 fold, MP1 calls $0.10, 4 folds, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: ($0.40) , , (4 players)
SB bets $0.1, Hero raises to $0.4, UTG calls $0.50, MP1 folds, SB folds.

Turn: ($1.40) (2 players)
Hero bets $1.1, UTG calls $1.10.

River: ($3.60) (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $1.55 (All-In), Hero calls $1.55.

Final Pot: $6.70

Results in white below:
Hero has Jd Qs (two pair, queens and nines).
UTG doesn't show.
Outcome: Villain has Axs for the flush.

Maybe I'll try out AoK's leak plugging technique and save myself some money.

I'm going to give the Gauntlet another shot tomorrow. The last one was pretty fun, but it ended for me in a disappointing fashion. I'd managed to build up a nice stack, and I had just gotten down to 2 tables when bigred announced that he had to go to sleep. So he pushes all-in every hand and manages to stack a few people with trashy hands, lol. So I pick up 99, raise it 3xbb to isolate, and bigred shoves as expected. Hooray, I think to myself, I'm probably a huge favorite. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a coinflip as he wakes up with AQ and my pair doesn't hold up. As soon as I'm eliminated he declares that he'll see it through to the end.

Bankroll: $486.23