I'm not sure if I played more than 300 games in a month in all of 2009. I've been grinding pretty hard this month and I've put in a lot of volume. However, the poker gods are NOT pleased. I decided to buy HEM to see how bad my all-in equity has been treating me for 2010. Red is EV, green is actual.

PokerStars Game #38024280104: Tournament #231236611, $1100+$30 USD Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2010/01/11 20:12:15 ET
Table '231236611 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: xSCWx (1630 in chips)
Seat 2: pitplaya420 (1370 in chips)
pitplaya420: posts small blind 15
xSCWx: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to xSCWx [Jh Qc]
pitplaya420: raises 45 to 75
xSCWx: calls 45
*** FLOP *** [5d 9c 8c]
xSCWx: checks
pitplaya420: bets 80
xSCWx: calls 80
*** TURN *** [5d 9c 8c] [9s]
xSCWx: bets 180
pitplaya420: calls 180
*** RIVER *** [5d 9c 8c 9s] [Ac]
xSCWx: checks
pitplaya420: bets 900
xSCWx: calls 900
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pitplaya420: shows [Kh 4h] (a pair of Nines)
xSCWx: mucks hand
pitplaya420 collected 2470 from pot
xSCWx said, "lol fk"

The following is an e-mail I sent to two of my close friends who both play poker for a living. I decided to post it as a blog because I am long overdue for one, and I also thing that it is a topic that a lot of people can relate to. It may be more of an article than a blog, but I'll keep it here for now.

I spent the past couple days with these two friends partying and meeting girls, sometimes successfully and sometimes not so much. During this time, we had several conversations regarding how any mention of poker is a conversation killer, ESPECIALLY with regard to women. We discussed the possibility of presenting ourselves as investors rather than poker players.

On a different but relevant note, I spent a huge portion of my life being very unsuccessful with women, but I feel like at this point in my life my ability to meet women or people in general is much more of a strength than a weakness.

I haven't ever seen one of these run before. In fact, I haven't even seen a $2200 STT run before, so when this one was 5/6 I couldn't resist. Ran amazingly good, shipped it. Figured I may as well put the HH somewhere in case anyone cares.

Full Tilt Poker Game #15430654969: $5,500 + $200 Sit & Go (Turbo) (112645455), Table 1 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:01:12 ET - 2009/10/18
Seat 1: bballer88 (1,500)
Seat 2: Palau777 (1,500)
Seat 3: Big Tuna JKo (1,500)
Seat 4: Dag Mikkelsen (1,500)
Seat 5: philbort (1,500)
Seat 6: gdluck (1,500)
bballer88 posts the small blind of 15
Palau777 posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Big Tuna JKo [Ks Kh]
Big Tuna JKo raises to 90
Dag Mikkelsen folds
philbort folds
gdluck folds
bballer88 has 15 seconds left to act
bballer88 calls 75
Palau777 folds
*** FLOP *** [2c Jc 7d]
bballer88 checks
Big Tuna JKo bets 150
bballer88 folds
Uncalled bet of 150 returned to Big Tuna JKo
Big Tuna JKo mucks

Two games in here, this is long. I went 1-1 in them. I saw that someone put my last one into a hand replayer, doing that again and posting the link would be cool.

Game 1

Full Tilt Poker Game #14376500865: $5,500 + $100 Sit & Go (105661953), Table 1 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:30:08 ET - 2009/08/30
Seat 1: Brandon Adams (1,500)
Seat 2: Big Tuna JKo (1,500)
Big Tuna JKo posts the small blind of 15
Brandon Adams posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Big Tuna JKo [As 6c]
Big Tuna JKo raises to 75
Brandon Adams folds
Uncalled bet of 45 returned to Big Tuna JKo
Big Tuna JKo mucks
Big Tuna JKo wins the pot (60)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 60 | Rake 0
Seat 1: Brandon Adams (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Big Tuna JKo (small blind) collected (60), mucked

Full Tilt Poker Game #14376506333: $5,500 + $100 Sit & Go (105661953), Table 1 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:30:23 ET - 2009/08/30
Seat 1: Brandon Adams (1,470)

I played my first $5500 today. I've done a decent amount of $2ks but never any of the $5k+ games. Ended up winning against Brandon Adams. Here is the hand history if anyone cares. It only goes to 25/50 so it isn't wickedly long.

Full Tilt Poker Game #13878533118: $5,500 + $100 Sit & Go (102303805), Table 1 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:04:28 ET - 2009/08/07
Seat 1: Big Tuna JKo (1,500)
Seat 2: Brandon Adams (1,500)
Brandon Adams posts the small blind of 15
Big Tuna JKo posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Big Tuna JKo [2c 6s]
Brandon Adams has 15 seconds left to act
Brandon Adams raises to 75
Big Tuna JKo folds
Uncalled bet of 45 returned to Brandon Adams
Brandon Adams mucks
Brandon Adams wins the pot (60)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 60 | Rake 0
Seat 1: Big Tuna JKo (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Brandon Adams (small blind) collected (60), mucked

About 2 hands in my opponent sits out.

VILLAIN: 1000

Big Tuna JKo: 400

VILLAIN: gl then

Big Tuna JKo: gl

I think he was waiting for me to leave the table, but I just sat there waiting. After about 5 minutes he sits in. This is the last hand we played.

I bought a house a couple days ago. The house is empty right now and I probably won't be able to buy stuff to start moving in for another month because I'm flying out to Vegas on Saturday then going to Canada for a while. I found it on some website so I took these pictures off of there, I didn't take them myself.

Full Tilt Poker Game #13000720593: Table Loop (heads up) - $5/$10 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:03:13 ET - 2009/06/24
 Seat 1: VILLAIN ($1,039.50)
 Seat 2: Big Tuna JKo ($210)
 Big Tuna JKo posts the small blind of $5
  VILLAIN posts the big blind of $10
 The button is in seat #2
 *** HOLE CARDS ***
 Dealt to Big Tuna JKo [5h Ac]
 Big Tuna JKo calls $5
  VILLAIN raises to $1,039.50, and is all in
 Big Tuna JKo calls $200, and is all in
  VILLAIN shows [Qh 5c]
 Big Tuna JKo shows [5h Ac]
 Uncalled bet of $829.50 returned to VILLAIN
 *** FLOP *** [2c Ah 2d]
 *** TURN *** [2c Ah 2d] [4s]
 *** RIVER *** [2c Ah 2d 4s] [Qc]
  VILLAIN shows two pair, Queens and Twos
 Big Tuna JKo shows two pair, Aces and Twos
 Big Tuna JKo wins the pot ($419.50) with two pair, Aces and Twos
  VILLAIN adds $170.50
 *** SUMMARY ***
 Total pot $420 | Rake $0.50
 Board: [2c Ah 2d 4s Qc]

Full Tilt Poker Game #12499127633: Table Shun (heads up) - $5/$10 - No Limit Hold'em - 9:00:30 ET - 2009/05/29
 Seat 1: Villain ($454.50)
 Seat 2: Big Tuna JKo ($1,365.50)
 Big Tuna JKo posts the small blind of $5
 Villain posts the big blind of $10
 The button is in seat #2
 *** HOLE CARDS ***
 Dealt to Big Tuna JKo [4h As]
 Big Tuna JKo raises to $25
 Villain calls $15
 *** FLOP *** [Td Ah Ac]
 Villain checks
 Big Tuna JKo has 15 seconds left to act
 Big Tuna JKo bets $35
 Villain raises to $100
 Big Tuna JKo has 15 seconds left to act
 Big Tuna JKo raises to $165
 Villain raises to $429.50, and is all in
 Big Tuna JKo calls $264.50
 Villain shows [7s Js]
 Big Tuna JKo shows [4h As]
 *** TURN *** [Td Ah Ac] [Kc]
 *** RIVER *** [Td Ah Ac Kc] [Qc]
 Villain shows a straight, Ace high
 Big Tuna JKo shows three of a kind, Aces