55 free bucks...o rly?

I just got off the phone with a friend, and we havn't been in touch much. so we were doing the generic chit chat, when he asks if i still play online. I say "uggg yes..." and he tells me that i can have his account, because he isn't going to use it, or really want it. I say cool...thinking it maybe has 4 or 5 bucks in it, but i check it out and its got 55 dollars. 55 bucks!!!!!!!!!! thats a 1/6th in my bankroll!!!!!! for freeeeeesssss. THANK YOU GOD. the last few weeks have kindof been a downswing. I really can't blame luck for much of it. I have been playing horribly, and too long when i should stop. This 55 bucks isn't going to replace all i lost...but it will cut the losses by a nice margin.

I was thinking of droping down to the .25-.50 level for all my limit games, but now with the bankroll boost i won't have to. Granted i will still be playing these games becasue most of the time there isn't enough action at .50-1.00. I need to get some money on Stars so bad. I could 4-5 table at .50-1.00 between FTP, UB, and Stars. Also, the micro MTT's are attractive there, becasue you could possibly win a nice chunk of money, for a very small investment. (providing i don't IRA off my chips when i am deap)

So todays plan is to hit the Hi-Low, Razz, and maybe the H.O.R.S.E tables. If the action is slow, i will probally do a couple of 5.50 90 man tournaments. I am probally -EV in MTT's but i think there is tons of dead money in tournaments, and i could possibly luck box my way to a huge score in them. Also i really enjoy live tournaments, and getting practice online will help with that. So i will gamble it up here in a little bit, and give you the results. (hopefully a better figure than yesterdays. Was really hoping to start of the blog with a nice score, but oh well)

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OK the results....

started the day with 293.52
added the 55.00 gift

OK i started playing and just ran bad in razz on FTP. Played well except, had 2 bad reads on hands, and ended up down ~30 bucks. (great way to start off)

Took a break, came back and put 50 bucks on stars. 50 might not be much to play .50-1.00, but if i go busto its no biggie because i have money on the other sites. The extra action stars has to offer is too much to pass up. Hooked up a 17" monitor to the laptop and started 5 tabling omaha Hi-Low, and was pretty much broke even over a hour. I should of just played 2-3 tables untill i got use to stars again. but oh well. Took another break, made little coffee, splashed some water on my face, turned 3-6 Mafia on, and fired up three .50-1.00 Razz tables, and one .50-1.00 omaha hi-low table. Ran well and scooped a huge pot in hi-low where i floped a set of 6's on a board of 664, and i had 6-5-3-A, and ended up spiking a 5 on the turn, and a dOooooOoce on the river for some nut high/nut low. wheeee. Later in the night i ended up winning some decent money at a shorthanded Razz table, and i just quit for the night.

total bankroll = 372.87

even tho i really didn't make any money from poker, i got unstuck from ~30 to a few bucks. I am really happy with my play today. I put in a lot of hands, and i am playing with confidence again. Tommarow i am going to try to get into town before i have to go to Austin and get in some hands. I fully expect to CRUSH the games tommarow, and really kill when i get back from Austin. The games on Stars are kindof like the Party Poker (R.I.P.) games were. It might be becasue it is friday night, but there is some money to be made. Really going to put in some hours on Friday and Saturday nights. STARS ROCKS. I LOVE YOU LEE JONES!!!!

-take