Recently, after being fucked  over by a person I have partial stake in but do not know, a guy I used to swim against in when I was younger (whom I told my brother , 100% he wont fuck us), and one of my best friends since middle school, I’ve realized that anybody has a price (unless money is truly no value to them).  Just about anybody will do anything for money, therefore its the perfect test of trust.  Fortunately, most of my friendships don’t involve these amounts of money and the opportunity.  I now have a completely different perspective on people in general.  I used to trust everybody, but now I understand that most untrustworthy people appear to be the most honest of people.  Which makes me think.

Anyways, on a lighter note.  I have been running good in poker. Besides the last couple sessions which I lost a little bit.  I really needed this week to get me back to liking poker a little more.  I need to put in 2 long sessions before I head off to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, then Indiana to see some friends from college, and then off to the Mens Big Ten swimming championships at purdue for a little college reuinion.  This break is much needed and hopefully I can make some money on the trip.  I struggle playing poker on the road for some reason..  Usually its a lack of motivation to play.. But Ill fight through it this time..  Anyways, ill be blogging on the road..

I ran really well today.. and it was a good time because i was playing 4 tables 2 3/6/ games and 2 5/10 games.  I grinded and was up about 1.2k before I played this hand…

anyways i flopped nut flush draw with ak on a kq8 board and got all in on the turn against 88.. and rivered the flush for 2k..

then a little later I played this hand..

villian (2750) raise to 35

p2 calls 35

i (3100) raise to 130

villian calls 95

flop 8,8,2

i bet 165

villian calls 165

turn k

i bet 265

villian calls 265

river 9

i bet 850

villian all in

i snap

he shows 89

I scoop 5600 for the biggest pot of so far in my life.. So that was cool.. ive had about 5 5kish pots in my life.. but unfortunately this is the first one that I have won

The full tilt major and poker stars major went miserably as usual

So I decided to start playing better lately and I have.. Unfortunately my results have not shown any proof of this.. Today was pretty lame.. I had kk vs aa twice in 5 minutes.. the first one for 800 the second one for 900..

The first one I couldnt get away from because I 3 bet to 66 and he shoved 750 over the top with aces and I obv am not folding even though it was 9 handed and he was under the gun..

The second one

villian raise to 21

I raise to 62

villian raise to 175

I call 113

flop q,2,7

villian bet 265

i go all in for 740

he snaps with aces

I think I could have minimized the loss on this second one.  This was a really bad flop for me to shove becuase there is not much i can get called by and be good at this point.  I guess I could have called the flop and folded on the turn or just folded the flop.. But it was really hard considering i just had kk to aa 3 minutes before..

anyways.. hopefully i have good news next time…