4:11am: I’ve been asking for a session that was, for a change, easy from start to finish without having to start out in a hole and that’s exactly what I got on Thursday night. This is in sharp contrast to what seems like a streak of 9-10 sessions of myself starting at least $300-$500 down, before (almost always) coming back to finish in the +. On the very first hand I played in the post (Ks4s), I flopped top two. The action is as follows:

In middle position, I check the option in the post, and 5 people see the flop (Kc 4c 2d). The blinds check to me, and I bet $25. Two gentleman with position on me decide to call, and the two blinds fold. The turn was a brick for all intents and purposes: Qh. I lead out for $55 this time and both players behind me once again decide to call. At this point, I don’t want to see a Queen or a club on the river. Much to my delight, the river brought the 4d and I decide to lead out once more — this time for $100. The man immediately to my left, who was obviously on a flush draw, instantly folds and the player to his left decides to call. I turn over the boat, and drag the pot.

While it’s almost never a good thing (to be results oriented), it never hurts your psychological mindset when you immediately start a session up — $275 in my case.

The session would eventually end up $525, as I picked up a couple of small pots from this point and one medium sized one. I only lost one hand at showdown all night. All in all, it was a pretty good night that I decided to end early due to being tired and not wanting to sacrifice my quality of play.

In other news, the sixth video tutorial is set to be released on Monday, June 30th. It will feature one of my matches at the $100 level. Stay tuned.