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Well I have been busting my tail so far this month and have about 13.5k hands logged. Slacked the last two days due to mental fatigue but spent the hours away from live play studying so that should count for something. I feel like my game is improving slowly everyday and I just need to keep my mind focused on the right things and let the results take care of themselves.

I did have a beer today but unlike other times when I would have one beer and then another I simply enjoyed one and that was it. Hopefully that trend will continue and I can enjoy me some good beer now and again. Simple fact remains that I have to focus on poker and put partying and all that other BS on hold. I am determined to be comfortably crushing 200NL by years end with 400NL in the cross hairs for 2010.

Here is a fun hand I played yesterday. Basically I think my river play is debatable as far as the check part but once I did everything that had happened leading up to his shove screamed draw therefore I picked him off. TBH it felt good.

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem • 6 Players

Generated by weaktight.com.

UTG	$105.95
UTG+1	$64.75
CO	$172.04
BTN	$236.60
Hero	$198.50
BB	$288.73

• Pre-Flop ($3, 6 players)Hero is SB
• 

1 fold, UTG+1 calls $1, CO raises to $2, 1 fold, Hero raises to $10.50, 1 fold, UTG+1 folds, CO calls $8.50

• Flop ($24.50, 2 players)
• 

Hero bets $16, CO calls $16

• Turn ($56.50, 2 players)
• 

Hero bets $35, CO calls $35

• River ($126.50, 2 players)
• 

Hero checks, CO bets $110.29, Hero calls $110.29

• Final Pot: $347.08

• Hero shows
• 

• CO shows
• 

• Hero wins $343.58 ( won +$172.29 )
• UTG+1 lost -$1
• CO lost -$171.79

Oh and one last quick secret. Easiest way to beat this game is to simply never sit on the direct right of a good player. If they use position well or 3bet with decent frequencies just find a better spot. There are plenty of tables to choose from.