WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO

The title says it all tonight! I'm actually not really sure how much I was up tonight. I didn't check at all during the session. I dropped a bit at the end, but I think it's still pretty kickass. Going to check now........$12k!!! Yah! I think I was as high as $15k or more, but I'll freakin' take it!

Here is the graph. Only 700 hands. Not a bad winrate tonight!

Straight to the action:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472608 - semi-cooler (for shortstacks anyway) to get things started. Not sure I can logically let this go. Down about $1.5k right off the bat AGAIN.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472613 - nice turn, I probably fold to a flop bet, but I guess no one had an A (since they'd probably call on turn).

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472615 - gah, i thought he was going to flip over something ugly like TJ here, but for once my worst expectations don't come through and he's just taking a wild river stab at the board he's been counterfeited on.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472620 - ship it!

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472646 - I play this pretty passive, but I don't think I could win much more (unless, of course, I could have gotten all-in preflop).

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472650 - ew, huge suckout. I play this hand horribly and finally I screw someone. Feels good, real good.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472651 - I like how I play this one, induce a decent bluff.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472663 - Another good pickup from a bluff. Tonight, when I'm trying to entice a bluff, guys are NOT catching weird runner crap on me. Seems easy when you run good. Almost forgot the feeling there for awhile.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472688 - And i almost freakin' folded. He makes such a horrible river overbet with his straight.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472690 - I play AA a little conservative again, but I don't think I sacrifice much here. I actually thought he was drawing and was going to checkraise the turn.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472695 - I've been floating this guy on the flop after he raises a ton. He raises a lot preflop, continuation bets all flops, then gives up if he's missed the board. So I get to see a lot of turns and get the chance to take it on the turn if he checks. I know he'll checkraise me eventually so I'm watching for it...

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472699 - hitting draws and getting paid off!

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472710 - things are working out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472702 - I think I gotta let this one go, so I do. He's not bluffing this time.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472706 - I get caught in a little bluff here. I almost bet $1000-$1200 on the turn then got a bad feeling. Look, I almost go running clubs. I'm running good tonight, but not THAT good!

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472708 - I let him have it cheap. Terrible turn card. He could have had just clubs, but screw it.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472718 - shoot, first time really unlucky tonight. I almost checked river.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472722 - I'm trying to get a little too tricky, though I felt pretty good about the river call. But, checking the flop is just setting up something like this.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472727 - yah! I nail it a sweet setup here with him drawing dead.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472734 - I have to stop getting involved in raised pots with shitty aces.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472736 - yah baby! A set holds against a flush draw. That's how I like it!

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472738 - oh no, one of these gross hands again. at least it's on the $10/$20 table tonight and for smallish pots.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472740 - ah shit. i wonder if the heater is over for the night. QQ down to AT for $2k. At least the bad luck is against a shortstack again.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1472749 - chickened out on this one, almost bet $500 on turn which would have probably done the trick.

Man, this session felt great! It's been a little while since I've run this well. I've started catching a couple bad breaks in the last few rotations and things are levelling out, so I think I'm just gonna call it a night and quit happy. Plus, it's my wife's birthday tomorrow anyway, so I should get some sleep.

I stuck to my strategy tonight and shortstacked for between $1.5k to $3k on all the $25/$50 tables. The moment I got to $3.5k+ or so, and it seemed the table had a lot of good, aggressive players, I'd leave and find better spots. I also tore up the $10/$20 tables which was nice.

All in all, this has felt great and I think I can say my downswing is officially over. I came really close to busting my Party account a couple times (though I did a number of withdrawals in the past couple months), and I feel very fortunate for it to be where it is now. I'm going to stay very cautious with my $25/$50 play.

Thank you poker Gods! G'night.