The Pursuit Of Happiness

Yo.

There i am again, and i just played a very interesting session of hu plo vers a player, who is thinking on a pretty high level (while not being accustomed to PLO that much (like me...)), so lets talk about some hands:

LOSERRRRRS:

Full Tilt Poker $50.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2 players - View hand 1259930
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BTN/SB: $54.05
Hero (BB): $78.90

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with 7 8 Q A
BTN/SB raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $4.50, BTN/SB calls $3

Flop: ($9.00) J Q J(2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $6.00, Hero calls $6

Turn: ($21.00) 9(2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB checks

River: ($21.00) A(2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $16.00, Hero raises to $68.40, BTN/SB calls $27.55 all in

Final Pot: $108.10
BTN/SB shows 3 K A J
Hero shows 7 8 Q A
BTN/SB wins $107.60
(Rake: $-24.35)

So preflop seems thin to me, but how bad can this really be (he was playing passivish), the flop i wanna catch him bluffing (i had been taking passive lines with unorthodox hands before, so he cant simply barrel off here every time), turn looks good, now river.
Obv i could bet out here, rep aces, blablabla. But i at the time i thought he wouldnt give me credit for bluffing here, so i just SNAP-ch/jam'ed the river, he tanked and called with this, i am happy with my play (notice the blockers i have, i do think he could have AA in this spot, so the A-blocker seems nice, and the Q-blocker as well).
Only question is wether he would vbet a straight here, but i thought theres a chance he does (Which seems unrealistic).

Full Tilt Poker $50.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2 players - View hand 1259933
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BB: $50.00
Hero (BTN/SB): $60.00

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN/SB with 8 8 9 6
Hero raises to $1.50, BB raises to $4.50, Hero calls $3

Flop: ($9.00) 7 J 3(2 players)
BB bets $6.50, Hero calls $6.50

Turn: ($22.00) 2(2 players)
BB bets $16.00, Hero calls $16

River: ($54.00) K(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $33.00, BB calls $23 all in

Final Pot: $100.00
BB shows T 4 J A
Hero shows 8 8 9 6
BB wins $99.50
(Rake: $0.50)

So preflop looks decent to me, he wasnt 3betting like crazy, but my calling-range wasnt that wide either, so i hit this flop, and i thought the chance of him bet/folding on this boards isnt very huge, so a call seems best. Turn the chance of him bluffing is even lower, so i take my odds and call again. 
Now river: When he checked i wasnt entirely sure wether to bluff, but my range doesnt look that weak here, as he should expect me to just jam any pair+draw on the flop, so i thought there is a reasonable chance i have a hand like JJxx, 7789, KJ9T. Now thinking about it i would maybe just jam KJ9T on the flop, but maybe not, so i dont mind my riverjam here. And i like his call as well. 

Full Tilt Poker $50.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2 players - View hand 1259938
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BTN/SB: $64.05
Hero (BB): $94.30

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BB with K A A 9
BTN/SB raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $4.50, BTN/SB calls $3

Flop: ($9.00) 5 9 2(2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $5.50, Hero calls $5.50

Turn: ($20.00) 6(2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB bets $13.00, Hero calls $13

River: ($46.00) 4(2 players)
Hero checks, BTN/SB checks

Final Pot: $46.00
BTN/SB shows 2 2 6 3
Hero mucks K A A 9
BTN/SB wins $45.50
(Rake: $0.50)

This hand illustrates my style of play, and also (maybe) his level of thinking and my image. So i 3bet this sickly strong hand, he calls, i flop AA+nfd. So vers a std player i would always either bet or ch/raise here, figuring he isnt going to bluff at an incoming flush and also tilt me with his timing/betsizing(!!!!), but vers this guy i think ch-calling is pretty decent, for one as he couldnt be sure i would have a dry overpair here, secondly he might bluff the wrong cards, baby.
On the river he maybe just figured he couldnt get any more value, but maybe he also remembered a hand previous to this where i took this line with a hand that had hit this board pretty well. So happy there. 

Full Tilt Poker $50.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2 players - View hand 1259950
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BB: $54.55
Hero (BTN/SB): $91.90

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN/SB with 8 5 2 2
Hero raises to $1.50, BB calls $1

Flop: ($3.00) 6 T 2(2 players)
BB bets $2.50, Hero raises to $7.75, BB calls $5.25

Turn: ($18.50) Q(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $11.75, BB calls $11.75

River: ($42.00) 8(2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Final Pot: $42.00
BB shows J 3 9 T
Hero shows 8 5 2 2
BB wins $41.50
(Rake: $0.50)

This hand i really think he has to donkjam the river. I really tanked a bit there, but both of us could easily have 79 or J9, so the only hand that could call me is QT, and i dont think he necessarily calls with that. Am i bluffing this river? For sure, but as the flop was rainbow i dont think i have that many bluffs in my range, and i wouldnt usually raise a hand like TJAK vers a donkbet on that board (As he wasnt donking too frequently). 

If he just jams river though, he can have a hand like TJKx, 345x, maybe even turn like 678T into a bluff. So i would like that more.

Full Tilt Poker $50.00 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2 players - View hand 1259956
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BB: $89.25
Hero (BTN/SB): $54.45

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN/SB with J Q 2 8
Hero raises to $1.50, BB calls $1

Flop: ($3.00) 6 8 Q(2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($3.00) 2(2 players)
BB bets $2.50, Hero raises to $9.75, BB calls $7.25

River: ($22.50) 4(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $17.75, BB raises to $75.75, Hero calls $25.45 all in

Final Pot: $108.90
BB shows 9 7 T 7
Hero shows J Q 2 8
Hero wins $108.40
(Rake: $0.50)

So this hand i am kind of proud of, but also kind of feel like i fancyplayed this. The thing is, when i was checking back, he really was donking quite wide there, so i wanted to prevent him from doing that. Also on this board the turn is really gonna give me an idea on how to proceed, on a blank i can raise and rep nothing, on a bad card i can just call down and be at the top of my range (which is also nice vers a thinking player). So this turn comes perfect, i raise, he calls. 
Now what am i actually repping?
I guess i am repping some kind of naked flushdraw+pair, or maybe like 3456. i dont think i can ever have 22 here, so i dont have any valuecombos in my range (in his eyes, maybe, maybe its too fancy, as i said). 
So the river now is a very good card as well, cause he only beats me with a hand like 57xx+flushdraw, and i dont think he has too many combos of that. Further than that, i am blocking most sets (and he would have 3bet the turn with them), so i am not usually beat here. And on top i dont rep any hand, so i kind of snapped his shove feeling a little strange and got shown a well played bluff by him. 

Apart from those hands i was really running pretty well and sometimes didnt really know what to do, but this match really was the most fun PLO match i have ever played, and also helped me understand the game quite good (compared to me tilting away my money when i play a regular opponent).

Cheers.

Edit: Somewhere the WINNERRRRRS start, no idea where though :-)

Yo guys. I have some new Goals. With a capital G. So lets talk about that:

So, i am crushing NL-Holdem. Which is nice. I am rarely tilting anymore, have a very good winrate, dont really care too much about results and so on.
So what i did, i opened 4 tbls of heads-up (which i havent been playing vers unknowns for about 4 months) and 8 tables of 6max on two different sites and started 
playing. I ran horribly at HU, ran decent at 6max, but being a little out of my comfort-zone spewed some money of (only at HU-tables). 

So then i was angry at myself for about 4 days and didnt play a ton (at a time where my 6max-game is very very good, so obv not an optimal choice), thought about the HU-hands i screwed up, played around with pokerstove, was still very unhappy and didnt really know what to do.

Initially, i have to make one thing clear: 
I have never played anybody HU, who i didnt think i'd have an edge on (apart from my first "mentor" who played NL1k when i was playing NL10).
So the thing i need to be working on is

a) level of play while running bad (only HU)

b) finding ways to be in my comfort-zone all the time while playing

c) not care about results too much

So i played some 6max-sessions over the last couple of days, won a bunch, and then played another HU session today while a guy from my study-group sweated me and asked things about ranges all the time.
While totally owning my opponent i managed to run pretty bad and lose like 150 again, BUT this time i was very happy and comfortable at all times.

So, my goal is gonna be: Play HU, get people to sweat me, crush, be happy.

I dont feel like posting hands now, maybe i'm gonna do that later.
Cheers.

Mathematics is the art of describing abstract systems. Its about constructing dynamics, that are working. 
Its about observing, being able to formulate, being precise.
Without precision, no chance.

Why am i writing this?

Well, lets take any given hand. Most variables at about any street are unknown. What we do is estimate a possible situation in different spots and find a way to include our known variables into them (Like: a guy raises many flops, what is his turnbetting-frequency on various blanks?).
Ultimately, we fit our holecards and image into an insanely complicated system of unknown variables.

Constructing the problem this way, it would seem natural to me that information is the crucial bit thats gonna make our theory more precise and ultimately win us more money.

Or to put it differently:

Known Variables: 
Our holecards

Variables to be reasonably estimated:
Our image
Our position (maybe some people would need to think about this one)
Our opponents position
Our range for different actions (Or who really is at the point that he knows this precisely?)
Our opponents range in some very specific spots (Generally gaining precision the nearer we approach the river)
Our own state of mind

Variables completely unknown/random:
Our opponents state of mind
Our opponents ranges for most actions on any street
Our opponents reasoning / The precision of his thought-process (This is also something to think about)
Random interferences

Now, funnily enough, playing a very skilfull opponent would give you the opportunity to estimate a much higher percentage of these factors, cause you can make some assumptions about his reasoning, his state of mind, his understanding of the game, his view of your image, etc.

Playing a weaker opponent on the other hand is going to create a completely different dynamic. For instance, if you make a light calldown (or rather: a calldown you ultimately come to the conclusion is wrong), you will have to cope with the fact that you wont benefit from him knowing you can call light. You will just have to accept the simple truth that you, and nobody else, has made an error and that there is no way to get something good out of it.

$$$

Now, money makes the whole thing interesting. Cause it takes a very abstract game into our non-abstract everyday-world.
Hands can give us feelings of joy, that are not related at all to the profitability of our play, but to the outcome (which is something we can measure, after all).

And finally, ego screws everything.
Even if everybody knew for sure, that playing tighter than a certain % would be profitable, how many people would actually do it?
It takes either a certain kind of naivity or a certain degree of detachment from your own ego to really be able to play the style, thats most profitable in a given scenario.
Playing loose takes more skill after all, makes you "cooler". 
This aspect comes in at many points in the game:
A light calldown is so much more fun if people see your hand on the river, even if a raise might be more profitable. A bluff feels so much better if it a) works, and b) is shown to everybody (while i doubt that the likelyhood of your opponents playing worse cause you showed a bluff is much bigger than the likelyhood of you levelling yourself because you showed that bluff and are now overadjusting).

Good day to you all.

YO people.
Played a big session today, starting out with some PLO (obv losing), then switching to NLH (obv not losing).
I recently started playing deep tables (with 200BB starting stack), and its fun. i am not very happy with my play today (although i am reasonably happy), thats why im gonna post some hands and say what i had thought at the time and what i now think is right.
So lets start with this hand:

Full Tilt Poker $100.00 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 1073059
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CO: $100.00
BTN: $532.75
SB: $244.85
Hero (BB): $200.00
UTG: $274.60

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BB with 8 8
3 folds, SB raises to $4, Hero raises to $12.50, SB calls $8.50

Flop: ($25.00) A A T (2 players)
SB bets $20.50, Hero calls $20.50

Turn: ($66.00) 3 (2 players)
SB bets $50.50, Hero calls $50.50

River: ($167.00) Q (2 players)
SB bets $161.15, Hero calls $116.50 all in

Final Pot: $400.00

Yeah, you all wanna know what he had, right. But lets look at the way i played the hand, first:

So, this guy had just sat down, i had played one hand with him where i 3bet ip, he instacalled oop and check-raised my cbet on a middling rainbow board, i folded, and then 1 or two hands later i pick up 88. He raises the SB, i 3bet, he calls. Now when he pots out AAT, i know two things:
First: He is a fish.
Second: He can play an ace this way, BUUUUUUUT my mental eye saw some total unconnected crap in his hand, like 44, 59s, 35s,..... 
In his mind, this is the best way to rep a big hand: Bet big, fast, 3 streets. So i called him down, and he shooooooooooooooowed.... AJ. Naa, just kidding. 57s. :-)

SB shows 5 7
Hero shows 8 8
Hero wins $397.60
So i won this one.

Full Tilt Poker $100.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 1073056
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BB: $202.10
UTG: $411.65
MP: $200.10
Hero (CO): $280.50
BTN: $276.50
SB: $63.15

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is CO with 9 Q
2 folds, Hero raises to $3.50, 1 fold, SB calls $3, BB calls $2.50

Flop: ($10.50) K 8 A (3 players)
SB bets $1.00, BB calls $1, Hero raises to $7.50, SB calls $6.50, BB raises to $24, Hero calls $16.50, SB calls $16.50

Turn: ($82.50) 8 (3 players)
SB bets $35.45, BB calls $35.45, Hero calls $35.45

River: ($188.85) 4 (3 players)
BB bets $138.95, Hero calls $138.95

Final Pot: $466.75

So, this hand leaves me kind of befuddled. We have a regular here, who calls a minbet by a fish on a drawheavy board, and then 3bets my raise. Furthermore, he cant have AA,KK,AK. So i now have to believe that he plays K8 or A8 or 88 this way. So people, message to you all: If you manage to play your hand that way and then actually hit something that beats the nutflush, im gonna pay you off. Where under normal circumstances i would fold the river, this time i was so tilted by his play that i called and got shown K8, and yeah, maybe you can fold the river, but i really had to see it, cause this guy plays like 15 tbls several hours a day, hes a losing regular, and i dont quite see anybody competent play this line with anything decent, so if thats the case (as i cant have a boat) he could have a biggish flush on the river, who the **** knows.

Full Tilt Poker $100.00 No Limit Hold'em - 4 players - View hand 1073053

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CO: $381.80
Hero (BTN): $153.25
SB: $279.10
BB: $43.15

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is BTN with K A
CO raises to $4, Hero raises to $12.50, 2 folds, CO calls $8.50

Flop: ($26.50) T 5 Q(2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $14.50, CO raises to $42, Hero raises to $140.55, CO calls $98.55

Turn: ($307.60) 6(2 players)

River: ($307.60) 2(2 players)

Final Pot: $307.60
CO shows A A
Hero shows K A
CO wins $306.40
(Rake: $1.20)

Yeah, this hand. I cbet this board cause he calls waaaay too many 3bets, he cant really raise there with a mediumstrength hand (cause of stacksizes), and i can make him fold some pairs. When he raises me i thought that he could have TT, maybe veeery rarely QQ, obv KJ and some flushdraws like 89s, J9s,.... or slowplayed AA,KK.

Could he be bluffing there? Yeah, maybe, hard to say. So that was my logic, i jammed it in, he had AA, i had 21% equity, i dont like my move a lot, i think a check behind on the flop is gonna be best, if i cbet i have to fold to a raise with these stacksizes.

Ongame Network $100.00 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 1073061
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BTN: $164.95
SB: $136.15
BB: $139.25
UTG: $102.80
Hero (CO): $113.25

Pre Flop: ($1.50) Hero is CO with T A
1 fold, Hero raises to $3, BTN calls $3, 2 folds

Flop: ($7.50) Q 9 A(2 players)
Hero bets $5.50, BTN raises to $11, Hero raises to $27, BTN raises to $43, Hero calls $16

Turn: ($93.50) 5(2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $47.00, Hero raises to $67.25, BTN calls $20.25

River: ($228.00) 7(2 players)

Final Pot: $228.00

So, thats the last one. I 3bet him, cause hes a fish, and he could minraise every ace here (lets say all the better aces like A7+), + every draw, turn blanks, i think you could make an argument for folding if he bets, but if he has an ace hes gonna bet, so its tought, wellwellwell.
The mooost important point about this hand actually is his 3bet%.
Why? Cause if he doesnt 3bet, hes gonna have AQ here, QQ. Im kind of drawing dead against those. So, this dude didnt really 3bet at all, i should just fold the flop (insane as it sounds).

Yo people. I am back from the realms of WHATEVER-200-NL-STILL-SUCKS-land, bringing you joy and peace and whatever you wish for EXCEPT ANY SYMPATHY FOR THESE RETARDED 200NL REGS.

I am in good spirit as usual, in harmony with me and the world around me, smiling and PUKING AFTER I LOSE AA VS KK AGAIN.
Whats the main difference between 100nl and 200nl in your minds?
For me its very simple:

100nl

AA vs KK, 80:20 chance of winning (in whatever hands the cards might be)
regs are ok, i own them, they think theyre great, everybodys happy
its less money

200nl 

AA vs KK 20:80 chance of winning (if i have AA, if i have KK its the other way round, kind of)
the regs are bad, they take riddiculous lines after tanking 30sec for every decision, then doing the most annoying thing for the cards i happen to have
at the time, trying hard to win the minimum, but thank god they cooler me anyway so they still win the max
its more money

What am i doing right they are doing wrong:

sizing my bets
avoiding timing tells
taking good lines with appropriate hands
being a winner without RB
being able to exploit every opponent at the table while playing 12 tbls

PS: No, i didnt openshove every hand, no, i didnt tilt, no, i didnt do anything different.

For the record: I lost the last hand with a straight flush draw vs a set, cause the guy (a reg) called a 3bet oop with 44 vs my 14%-range), 2 hands before i lost JJ vs AK pre, after flopping a set, before that i squeezed vs a reg and a fish, hit a gs on flop, flushdraw on turn, and barrelled off vs trip aces.   

Merry Christmas everybody! 

So, i got out of my big downswing, i am crushing 100nl again. Now that thats settled, lets move on to a new task:
There are many many spots where i expect people to call light. I am usually giving up in these spots most of the time. The question i am gonna pursue now will be:

Even if they WOULD call light, how often do they have a hand to call WITH?

Or in other words:
What % of their range can call me, how many hands do they have that are just gonna fold to a bet?

Evaluating these matters should lead to a better feel for bluffspots, and for a better feel for betsizing.
Take care!

So, havent been writing for a long time now.
Since my big bad downswing (wuhuuu) i went back to playing 100nl again, and had some moderate success doing it.
I am playing on ongame and losing vs 90/50 fish, and i am playing on FT and winning vs 26/20 regs. Yeah, thats the way its been going. I am not running great yet (still feels like running pretty bad), but i am winning like 8 stacks over the last 20k hands nonetheless.
Today (like on every weekend i can remember) i lost big again, playing nearly perfect, pretty aggressively, getting coolered by fish and not winning any AI pre usually (not to mention ever getting it AI with a big equity-edge).

So, still fighting, feeling very good about my game, hope i will profit from it in the near future (or ever).

Take care! 

I have been in a tough spot the last couple of months. 

Somebody achieved help from me. Pretty altruistic help i would say. But also, help that is most needed might not always be most wanted.
He now doesnt talk to me anymore.
I would go so far as to say he hates me.
You could say he is ungrateful. You could say he is stubborn and too proud for his own good. You could say the situation is very unfair
and i would do good to just hate him back and dont worry.
You could also say that i behaved like a cocky kid, dabbling in the affairs of others. And i actually do feel this way, whatever help i might have been to people.
So whats my solution now?

I plan on apologizing for my behavior. I plan on trying to explain myself without giving any fault to others.
I plan on accepting his flaws (if they even are that), and on being sympathetic.

Take care! 

Heyho. I'm talking from faaar below your level, so look down, yeah, right, down there i am. I have played a lot over the past couple of days, havent been tilting a single time, had aces a few times and kings, got drawn out on and drew out. I coolered, valuebet, checked behind, raised and folded. And i lost. 10BB/100 over 36k hands. I got to a point where all i had were the rules pinned to my forehead on how to play hands, cause i knew i would lose. Whatever i did, it was wrong, whenever i played, the worst board hit (meaning i would continue drawing slim). I herofolded, tightened up, set big hands up and left my ego out of it. All in vain.

So, i am back to grinding 100nl. I have lost a bunch of money at any stake i played, now i can't afford to play 200nl. So, lets grind again. 
What did this downswing do to me?

It detached me. I really feel nothing. I get it in, and i dont feel anything. I flop a set and I am bored. I jam AA and get called by AK, and all i'm thinking about is how boringly standard the hand is. 

It got me to a point where i am critical about my game as never before. I thought about every single bet i made, every raise. About my ranges, their ranges, FE and pot-odds. I have been thinking on every possible level this weekend, found spots where i am playing in a way every donk is gonna exploit, spots where i am overplaying some hands. I outlined a pretty good preflop strategy, i feel very confident in my ability to play postflop (apart from the fact that i'm a big station). 

So, lets start again. Lets grind. Here we go!

U know the times when just nothing works out? Whatever you do, it just keeps getting worse?
The day started out great. I won 500$, then took a break, then won 500 in a second session. I didnt play perfectly, made some marginal plays preflop, but i felt ok with it (you always need something to work on). Then i sat down for the third session. I thought, "I'm gonna tableselect, play 6 tables, lean back, it could run good after all."

Yeah.
Thats what happened:

1) I 3bet AA vs UTG, he calls, flop T74r, i cbet, he calls. Turn 9, he c/shoves, i call, he has TT.
2) I win KK pre.
3) I lose KK deep vs JJ on 79Jr, turn 6.
4) I put in 44 BBs with AK and get raised off it on 842Jhh after two barreling
5) I call down with ATo on 76dd28hhQs vs an aggressive opp, he shows QJ (he raised flop, bet turn, bet river)
6) I call down with AQ on AdKdKh4hx vs K8
7) I lose AQ vs 77 pre
8) I win some smallish pots, hit trips with JQ and get a stack
9) I lose JJ vs KK pre
10) I lose AK vs AA in BvB pre
11) I win some medium pots with 88, top two (AK on AKQxx)
12) I win 125BB after levelling a guy from his Ahigh on KQQ52 with AK
13) I win with KK vs AQ on QQKxx a stack

_______________till that point everything was ok

14) TT vs JJ pre
15) JJ vs KK pre (both vs the same loose aggro guy)
16) calldown with second pair, I win a stack
17) AK vs AA, 60 BB gone
18) KK, 200BB deep, he flops a set, i know he is capable of bluffing big, calldown.
19) AK vs AQ pre, i win
20) I lose KK vs 99 on 55925, 100 BB gone

All this happened in 2k hands, meaning that i was down 1300$ in the last session, resulting in a -400$ day.
Did i play perfectly? No.
Did i play decent? Yes.
What did i do wrong? I did call down in one or two spots where i didnt have to. I lost 3 hands being deep, i had a big pair everytime and lost to sets or a bigger pair. 
I think while my decisionmaking was kind of flawed, i still made plays on a basis of having some reads on my opponents. 200nl is really way more aggressive than 100nl, and people bluff even more when deep usually. Also, I am pretty loose aggressive myself, and i have to expect people playing back at me. While every decision in big pots today was wrong, i still think i played a good enough game to beat the competition. And while i did play some hands certainly worse than usual, i also played some hands way better than most other people would. To illustrate:  

 

Full Tilt Poker $200.00 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 968042
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BB: $200.00
UTG: $245.50
CO: $542.10
BTN: $200.00
Hero (SB): $288.05

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is SB with A K
UTG raises to $7, 2 folds, Hero calls $6, 1 fold

Flop: ($16.00) Q 5 K(2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $12.00, Hero raises to $36, UTG calls $24

Turn: ($88.00) Q(2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $65.00, Hero calls $65

River: ($218.00) 2(2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $137.50, Hero calls $137.50

Final Pot: $493.00
UTG shows A 9
Hero shows A K
Hero wins $490.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Full Tilt Poker $200.00 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 968043
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Hero (BTN): $295.20
SB: $200.00
BB: $349.30
UTG: $222.70
MP: $205.25
CO: $248.25

Pre Flop: ($3.00) Hero is BTN with 9 7
3 folds, Hero raises to $5, 1 fold, BB calls $3

Flop: ($11.00) 9 2 T(2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $7.00, BB raises to $21, Hero calls $14

Turn: ($53.00) 4(2 players)
BB bets $42.00, Hero calls $42

River: ($137.00) 6(2 players)
BB bets $115.00, Hero calls $115

Final Pot: $367.00
Hero shows 9 7
BB shows 5 7
Hero wins $364.00
(Rake: $3.00)

I'm going to bed. Enjoy yourselves.