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Monday, September 12, 2005, 9:30 pm: $5
Wednesday, September 14, 2005, 9:30 pm: $20
Thursday, September 15, 2005, 9:30 pm: $50
Friday, September 16, 2005, 9:30 pm: $100

Playing some 3/6 on Stars, I hit back-to-back full houses. But these weren't any ordinary boats. They were FLOPPED boats. Back-to-back hands. I had been Mr. Rock until then, 22 hands at the table, VP$IP of 0%--just got nothing. Dealt 88. Flop? A-8-A. I check the boat, then watch as the ultimate scare card comes on the turn--another ace. I bet, opponents fold. Whew. Next hand, JJ. Flop? 5-5-J. Nothing like flopping the stone-cold nuts. I ended up winning a 13BB pot with that against somebody with AJo.

I had never had that happen before. Sweet.

Finally saw Wedding Crashers last night. Side-splittingly funny. Vince Vaughn is just hilarious.

As of right now, over 3500 hands, I'm beating the 3/6 at Stars at a >5BB/100 win rate. I know it isn't sustainable, but damn. The 3/6 was my schneid when I first tried to move up. Now I've been slaughtering it. I'm playing patient, ABC poker and winning. That's the key. Don't get too high, don't get too low. I'm closing in on my goal to move up again to 5/10, but I'm taking that slower than I have before. It's a big psychological step, and without the emotional crutch of a 4/8 game spread at Stars, moving up too fast and enduring a couple shitty sessions could be extremely bad.

With that being said, my 2/4 winrate dropped down below 2.5 BB/100. It almost makes me laugh.

As of right now, my overall winrate is at 4.76 BB/100 from 0.50/1 up to 3/6. Poker life is pretty good.

The BIG Announcement

The time has come for my huge announcement. As most of you know, I was recently married to the love of my life. We just officially found out that we are expecting our first child! A baby shark is on the way! The wife is due April 25, 2006--so you can say that the honeymoon was a really good time/ Yes, our little one is a honeymoon baby, and I couldn't be happier. Everybody's doing just fine, and I'll of course keep my three readers up to date on all the information!