Only played about 100 hands, but ran better. Hit a blip early on with QQ, made a bad call and lost 28bbs to a flush, but woke up after that and made it back.

Finished up about 3bbs, could have been more but the point of the night was learning to fold good hands and I did that. That's not to say I folded the best hand, I got value from 3rd pair on one occasion and king high(!) on another. Starting to remember why I FR.

The top hands play themselves, my poker bread and butter comes from (no particular order):
1/ stealing blinds
2/ making good bluffs
3/ spotting bad bluffs from villains
4/ getting value from marginal hands

I seem to do these things pretty well. It's good to be back at FR, but no more poker now until Thursday night, taking some study days before the 2,000 man $20k Freeroll. I got 98th last month, going for a new high score this time.

Session pointer: Learn to fold top pre-flop hands (still). I can dance rings around any iPoker $10nl player post-flop, but I'll be terminally breaking even until I can stop marrying my monsters.

As an aside I've been using HEM on trial and it's pretty neat. I really like the HUD and the fact that it shows mucked hands immediately after a showdown. Once I've memorised what order the stats run in I can actually start to apply them, the only ones affecting my decisions atm are VPIP/pfr/hands. Seriously considering a purchase once the trial expires.

/session