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it's been a long time since I updated the blog.  a fair amount has happened, it would appear.

Some Poker highlights:

I played the biggest pots of my life at plo100

Hand #1
Poker Stars $100.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2 players - View hand 1406168
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BTN/SB: $659.70
Hero (BB): $514.80

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with J Q A A
BTN/SB raises to $3, Hero raises to $9, BTN/SB raises to $27, Hero raises to $81, BTN/SB calls $54

Flop: ($162.00) 6 2 9(2 players)
Hero bets $161.50, BTN/SB raises to $578.70, Hero calls $272.30 all in

Turn: ($1029.60) 7(2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($1029.60) 5(2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $1029.60
BTN/SB shows 9 T K 7
Hero shows J Q A A
BTN/SB wins $884.20
(Rake: $0.50)

Hand #2
Poker Stars $100.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2 players - View hand 1406169
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BB: $602.70
Hero (BTN/SB): $483.40

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN/SB with 8 T 9 Q
Hero raises to $3, BB raises to $9, Hero raises to $27, BB calls $18

Flop: ($54.00) 7 J 6(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $53.50, BB raises to $214, Hero raises to $456.40, BB calls $242.40

Turn: ($966.80) 7(2 players)

River: ($966.80) 6(2 players)

Final Pot: $966.80
BB shows 6 7 4 T
Hero shows 8 T 9 Q
BB wins $966.30
(Rake: $0.50)

Hand #3
Poker Stars $100.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2 players - View hand 1406170
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BTN/SB: $824.70
Hero (BB): $428.90

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with A 5 9 A
BTN/SB raises to $3, Hero raises to $9, BTN/SB calls $6

Flop: ($18.00) 7 8 A(2 players)
Hero bets $13.00, BTN/SB raises to $56.50, Hero raises to $187, BTN/SB raises to $578.50, Hero calls $232.90 all in

Turn: ($857.80) 3(2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($857.80) 9(2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $857.80
BTN/SB shows 2 6 A 7
Hero shows A 5 9 A
Hero wins $857.30
(Rake: $-158.10)

all these hands were against the same villain, obviously we had a bit of a dynamic.  when we were 100bb deep it was basically a race for him to get his stack in the middle, so I wasstacking lightly too, and that caused us to get really really deep.  weeee.

I went to Las Vegas with a friend of mine and his high roller boss and stayed in an awesome suite and didn't pay for anything during the trip (food, etc)  

Some fun stories:  I played some 10/20 LHE with Hal Lubarsky, who is famous for being a blind player.  He played ok. 

I was walking the strip at 3am and saw a stagette wandering, and the bride was topless.

I played a bunch of hands that I wrote down, but I ahve a couple situations that came up that i'll just discuss.  one, i think i folded a chop in a run it twice situation.  I had all red 9987 on a A96 flop.  I got allin vs AAxx, and the board made a red flush,  I didn't really notice and folded, obviously there is a 5050 chance that I had the flush and should have had half the pot.  another day the opposite happened where I got half a pot that I'm not sure I deserved, where I made a straight and villain may have made a bigger straight (he had a set) but the dealer and the floor didn't say anything, and there was some commotion because a 3rd player who tank folded the flop would have made a flush in both halves.  I dunno.  The world works out that way i guess.

I played some live poker in Vancouver, and am heading back over there today for an allnighter with a few friends.  There is a 9/18 LHE game that runs on friday nights, so i plan to crush it for a bit.

As far as poker goes, I've given up on HUPLO for a while.  I don't think i have what it takes to be a big bet player.  I've been playing TD the last 2 weeks, and the limit structure of a game just makes sense to me.  I like it so much better.  The hu game is really interesting, and people seem to play pretty badly.  I'm obviously not really winning yet, but i'm still learning, and I luckily have some really good TD minds to ask questions of all the time whenever i'm concerned about a play.

This was a really rushed update, sorry.  If there is interest in me going through some of the live plo hands i played either in vegas or in vancouver, shoot a comment and i'll toss a post out with a bunch of hands and my analysis of why i did the things i did.

LQ