The Danger Zone

 Obv I stand no chance of winning as I'm actually starting with a 1k BR but I'll shall see what I can do. Funnily enough I'm eligible for the $100 bracket but I think that'd be pretty douchey as I assume most will be starting at 10NL or lower. Really happy getting in a solid 6 hours to start the month, I got in a big session early which is handy so I was completely finished by 6pm which is awesome. After this hand I'm not allowed to complain about running bad for the rest of the month... I wish there was a name for this situation where you're like "Ok I'm screwed" then boom smacks down two kings.

Pacific $50.00 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 1499392
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UTG: $41.64
CO: $105.01
Hero (BTN): $55.18
SB: $50.00
BB: $50.00

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with K A
UTG calls $0.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $2.25, SB raises to $7.75, 2 folds, Hero raises to $16.25, SB raises to $50, Hero calls $33.75

Flop: ($101.00) K K 2(2 players)

Turn: ($101.00) 2(2 players)

River: ($101.00) 4(2 players)

Final Pot: $101.00
Hero shows K A
SB shows A A
Hero wins $97.00
(Rake: $4.00)

One thing I definitely need to work on is finding more spots to turn barrel. At the moment my turn cbet % is in the mid 45s and I don't think it's a function of flop cbetting too much or not barrelling thin enough for value but instead not semi bluffing enough. Often when people check/call flop and turn is a blank I too quickly decide "oh they're barely ever folding" when in actuality they are and I'm not thinking about the bottom of their range enough. This mostly probably comes from PLO where weaker players don't really fold blank turns on a lot of board textures.

Also I felt like I was taking enough notes, normally I'm taking 20-30 per hour, people play so funky there's generally a note to be made from each showdown, but today I was only making 5-10. I did have enough notes to know most of this dudes range was draws/bluffs though.

Pacific $50.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1499395
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MP: $27.79
CO: $50.00
BTN: $75.77
Hero (SB): $50.57
BB: $52.73
UTG: $63.68

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is SB with K A
3 folds, BTN raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $5.50, 1 fold, BTN calls $4

Flop: ($11.50) Q 7 4(2 players)
Hero bets $6.75, BTN raises to $19, Hero raises to $45.07, BTN folds

Final Pot: $49.50
Hero wins $26.07
(Rake: $2.47)