One week down, and it has been a good one.

Current BR: $597

VPPs: 317 (883 to go)

I'm up almost four buy-ins which hopefully will insulate me from the inevitable cooler or two down the road.

I've noticed: the weekend players seem to be A LOT looser, ie more willing to bluff big or bet big with TPTK. I think I played badly today (have trouble adjusting to said playing style as opposed to the nitty late night crowd I'm used to)... I only won money because I was running well and hitting my cards on the flop. It is nice when that happens, huh? But I would have won more if I hadn't played a couple of hands like an ass.

Conversely, it seems to me that a big chunk of the so-called 50NL regs (the ones who I see all the time and/or who flash their VIP stars around like dorks) are playing the six-max tables waaaaay too tight preflop (with VPIPs in the low teens and even single digits). In other words, they seem to be only betting with premium hands and playing very brainless poker.

The only "tricky" thing they do is raise limpers, which of course isn't tricky at all.

Because I live in Alaska, I play at weird times (usually starting at midnight on the US east coast) so I think I'm running into more than my fair share of these guys who 16 table and only play the top 10% of their hands. On weeknights, they are often the only ones left playing at 2 am Eastern Time.

Of course, it is easy to criticize the competition when you have been running well and crushing them.