Off to Italy...

Toworrow we're leaving for Italy, finally! So 10 days without work, internet, poker... just being lazy during all that time, very nice :-)

For the first 6 months of this year I played about 50K hands, with an PTBB over the 7.5 so I'm pretty happy about this. This was my last hand of the day, pretty sick but I love his all-in move on the flop :-) and I really don't think he would make this kind of move with pocket Aces...so it was an easy call.

Seat 2: mandrake12 ($24.70 in chips)
Seat 3: rozsii ($36.85 in chips)
Seat 5: RicciNas [ 6S,6D ] ($31.70 in chips)
Seat 9: I Bet U Call ($11.40 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
I Bet U Call posts blind ($0.15), mandrake12 posts blind ($0.25).

PRE-FLOP
rozsii bets $1, RicciNas calls $1, I Bet U Call folds, mandrake12 folds.

FLOP [board cards 6C,8D,AH ]
rozsii bets $35.85 and is all-in, RicciNas calls $30.70 and is all-in.

TURN [board cards 6C,8D,AH,KC ]

RIVER [board cards 6C,8D,AH,KC,8C ]

SHOWDOWN
rozsii shows [ KS,AC ]
RicciNas shows [ 6S,6D ]
rozsii wins $5.15, RicciNas wins $62.30.

SUMMARY
Dealer: RicciNas
Pot: $68.95, (including rake: $1.50)
mandrake12 loses $0.25
rozsii bets $36.85, collects $5.15, net $-31.70
RicciNas bets $31.70, collects $62.30, net $30.60
I Bet U Call loses $0.15

All have a nice holiday...

Best month...

Almost playing about 2 years now and I'm having my best pokermonth ever!
It really feels great and I finally get some reward for two years of commitment to the game.

Especially Cardrunners helped improve my game a lot, it's just a great poker community and an excellent training site. So I got me a Cardrunners membership with this month winnings. This membership is just +++EV!

I'm still playing 25$ SH but I'm way overbankrolled, so I'll move up after our Italy-trip. Here is an excellent reason why I should move up:

With too much money at one level poker can become monotonous, the excitement can fade and the sense of progress, which is so vital in poker, disappears. Yes, you may feel uncomfortable at higher levels, but that's a good thing surely? You have to want to push and challenge yourself to be successful and get the most enjoyment out of the game.

Thanks for the advice JackRich.

I also never cashed-out any pokermoney, but now i think I'll reward myself with a Nintendo WII :-) and I'll have to take some proper bankrollmanagement steps.

Cu @ the tables...

Running good...

On this moment I'm really running hard and last week I got an excellent bonus offer at Pokerroom! The last couple of months I didn't try to wager any bonusses because I was only concentrated on improving my game at only one pokersite. After some really good vids from Brystmar & SixPeppers on Cardrunners, I really was convinced that these would improve my game! On this moment my PT stats just confirm that they really helped me improve!

So my stats for the last couple of weeks:

NL25 SH on IPoker: >6 PTBB over 5K hands
NL25 SH on PokerRoom: 40 PTBB over 2.5K hands
NL50 FR on PokerRoom: 30 PTBB over 2.5K hands

Especially these PokerRoom stats are crazy! I know these stats confirm a huge upswing, but these PokerRoom tables are sooooo juicy!

So, all stay away of Pokerroom and let me entertain myself...LOL