I <3 poker!

Seriously I love this game I play. I have been able to basically freeroll through the last 4-5yrs of my life from poker. 1st it was dealing and now it has been playing. I had a brief realization today when I decided to not buy a 6pack of beer while at the store that the real cause of my lack of success has been my drinking. Over the last year I have been consuming about 18-24 beers a week on average and just generally not dedicating enough time towards poker and staying above the field. It sucks to see people whom were either behind me or with me last year this time just soul owning with 6 figures bank rolls but the truth is they just wanted it more and I only have myself to blame. With that said hopefully I can get my ass in gear and start gaining on them.

This month has been a little bumpy as far as my own play goes but I have already managed to log 5.6k hands which feels great. Just going to keep plugging away both at and away from the tables and see what develops. Managed to get a Sun night session in which was nice. Weekends truly are what poker dreams are made of.

Here is an example. I consider flatting the turn but the truth is this guy is never bluffing and I would hate to see a scare card fall and not get his stack.

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:

UTG		($98.50)
UTG+1		($206.50)
Hero (CO)		($126.90)
BTN		($374.10)
SB		($122.75)
BB		($138.95)

Pre-flop: ($1.50, 6 players) Hero is CO

2 folds, Hero raises to $3.50, 2 folds, BB calls $2.50

Flop: ($7.50, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $5, BB calls $5

Turn: ($17.50, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $13.55, BB raises to $49.10, Hero raises to $118.40, BB calls $69.30

River: ($254.30, 2 players)

Final Pot: $254.30
BB shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins $250.80 ( won +$123.90 )
BB lost -$126.90