4:02am: The next HFL Heads Up Tourney has been created and set for Sunday, July 27th. The details of the tournament are as follows:

• Buy in: $5 + .50
• Date: Sunday, July 27th
• Time: 5:00pm  EST
• Tourney ID: 95156205
• Starting Chips: 1500
• Blinds Start at: 10/20
• Blind Levels: 10 minutes
• Password: “kensentme”

We’ve picked up a lot of members since the last heads up tourney, and the buy in should be managable for everyone. If at least 20 people are registered for this tournament 24 hours before it begins, I will add $50 to the prize pool. If at least 20 people are registed a week before it begins, I will add $100 to the prize pool.

This is a great chance for all of you to put your skills to the test and show everyone what you’ve learned in your time here at HFL.

See all of you there!

*EDIT*, 1:42am 7/11: We already have three players registered for the tourney within the first 24 hours of this announcement. Keep it coming guys! Anyone is welcome!

Start a Clean Slate at a New Room, a New Sharkscope, and Keep HFL Free in the Process

2:06am: It was mind over matter today in a complete rebound session from yesterday’s very disappointing outcome. However, the day did not start out well. I dropped my fifth match in a row for the first time in what seems like forever when I was outdrawn by Ac9c, after hitting top pair with AJ. My opponent kept min-raising and min-betting nearly every single street of every single hand. After he made it 40 in the 10/20 blinds with Ac9c, I re-raised with AJ off to 175, and he calls. The flop:

Jc 5h 9h

I bet around 3/4th of the pot on the flop, hoping that he had KJ or QJ and that he would shove. He just calls. I thought the turn was a total blank, but it wasn’t as the 6c hits. I didn’t have many chips left, so I decided that I was probably good and to just push here, and he calls with the 9 and the backdoor club draw. Unfortunately, the club hit the river and I started the day off at 0-1 and dropped my fifth straight.

Things felt rather helpless at this point, and I committed myself to just “weathering the storm”. Everything seemed to go right after that point, however. I went 6-2 the rest of the way to finish 6-3 on the day, which is a good recovery from yesterday’s debacle.

Tomorrow (actually, today because it’s after 12am) I will be putting in a live session. Fortunately, I can do no worse than my last live session because I lost my stop-loss limit the previous time. I’m not content with just improving though, and I hope to turn in not only a winning session but a VERY profitable one.

Will keep you guys updated. More later..

Start a Clean Slate at a New Room, a New Sharkscope, and Keep HFL Free in the Process