Thursday was a total wash. I started at 810 and ended up with the same amount, plus or minus less than 1 dollar. I continued my experiment with 0.25/0.50. I couldn't keep up my success the previous day. I was noticeably much more gun-shy in making moves, and my big pots couldn't overcome my numerous small losses.

I played 2 $6 Turbo Sit-N-Goes and lost both. I made it back to the break-even mark with some decent play at my bread-and-butter 0.10/0.25 tables.

On Friday I played a bit 0.25/0.50 in the morning, but exclusively at 0.10/0.25 tables in the afternoon. I kept my flop seen percentage at non-blind positions at a reasonably tight 20-22%, and I made some steady money while avoiding major mistakes. I also played 4 Turbo Sit-N-Gos and had a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finish.

Highlights and lowlights from Thursday:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?685634
This hand happened shortly after the quad-2 hand (See next hand). Needless to say I was way too giddy after that hand. The way I bet this I have pretty much placed my cards face-up on the table. Only better hands will call while worse hands will fold.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?685639
Quad 2s were fully paid off by pocket Queens. Super fun.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?685641
Flopped 6s full of 4s. Opponent stayed in, caught his 5 on the turn and paid me off fully. Fun stuff.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?685900
I flopped a straight and opponent kept feeding me money with his TPTK.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?686125
Flopped a nut flush draw on a pair board. I wisely laid it down without a fight. The poor soul who can't lay down his pretty-looking straight flush draw hit his spade on the river and fully paid off a flopped house.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?686129
A suckout by me. My set was too pretty to lay down.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?686131
KK over 99 on a Jack-high flop. Opponent certainly didn't need to call my check-raise even though he's short-stacked. But I'm glad he did.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?686136
A semibluff all-in with a straight flush draw. I was successful in making my opponent fold.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?686138
A pair + flush draw situation. I can't say I misplayed that, but the result wasn't there.

Highlights from Friday. Mostly 0.10/0.25 hands:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?688103
Preflop AA all-in, got called by some big-stack who obviously regarded me too lightly. !#$*%^*@#&%* Oh well, I can't win every time.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?688105
Flopped flush with preflop-raised T8 diamonds at a pot-limit table. I bet close to max twice against someone who chased with the King of diamond. He caught a running straight instead and paid me off in full.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?688106
Top-2 vs. bottom-2, all-in on flop.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?688107
AA, set over set. Since I started playing poker I find myself usually being the unlucky soul who goes broke with the underset. Fortunately not here.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?688108
Another AA hand. I was worried about opponent calling my 3-bet on the flop. But I was too pot committed to give up. Fortunately he only had top pair.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?688111
Some retarded passive opponent played his KK the worst possible way as he fully paid off my set of 5s.

A couple of 0.25/0.50 hands:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?688114
Top set on flop with 99 against QQ.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?688115
A good laydown of AA. With both opponents calling me all the way I was quite sure at least one of them had me beat.

By the end of the day my bankroll is a satisfying 887. My near-future goal is to keep easing myself slowly into 0.25/0.50 games while continuing to play solid poker at the 0.10/0.25 level which I'm more comfortable at.