Come On US Dollar, You Can Do It!

-- Status Update --
2009 VPPs:	922,799
SNE Pace:	92,579 AHEAD
Currently Playing:	Persona (PSP)

On Friday I put in around 14k hands, which has got to be the most I've played in a single day in months. The US dollar has recovered substantially vs its Canadian counterpart over the last week or so, which is great for me. Hopefully the trend continues. My Thursday and Friday sessions went well (Thursday especially). Even when I'm running good I still can't manage to catch up to my AIEV line, but that's status quo. My month should be fairly decent considering there's no more milestone bonuses left in the year, though it's mostly because I've done well at 200nl and 400nl. Look for a monthly review after my sessions tomorrow. Here's a graph of the past 2 days:


Below is a fun hand from Thursday. Villain is a megadonk who makes one of the most heroic river calls I've seen in a long time. In reality it is almost as hilariously bad as the hand from last year where the guy calls off his 100bb+ stack with the nut low. The megadonk from this hand would later go on to get another 100bbs in vs my overpair with no pair no draw (not even a live overcard) and catch runners to scoop, hence some of my AIEV issues.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (8 handed)
UTG+1 ($274.65)
MP1 ($261.35)
MP2 ($185.20)
CO ($202.30)
Button ($295)
SB ($267.75)
Hero (BB) ($200)
UTG ($248)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, Q
3 folds, MP2 calls $2, CO calls $2, 1 fold, SB calls $1, Hero bets $13, 1 fold, CO calls $11, 1 fold

Flop: ($30) 8, J, J (2 players)
Hero bets $17, CO calls $17

Turn: ($64) 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $50, Hero calls $50

River: ($164) Q (2 players)
Hero bets $120 (All-In), CO calls $120

Total pot: $404 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had Q, Q (full house, Queens over Jacks).
CO had A, 6 (one pair, Jacks).
Outcome: Hero won $401


Here's a hand which is actually pretty interesting. Villain is a decent reg. I iso a fish and get 3b very large by villain OOP. If I had AKo here I'd either 4b or fold (likely fold due to the sizing, but who knows, we are only 6 handed). He likes to 3b a fair bit so I flat with my AKs. Once the flop comes QJx and he checks, his range is weighted heavily towards KK/AK, with some AA as well. Since my range contains QQ and to a lesser extent JJ, I decide he's probably good enough to fold so I empty my stack and it works out. Note that I always have chat off, so until I posted this HH I didn't get to see his "KK no good?" comment. Maybe he wouldn't have been good enough to fold AA here? On that note I think his c/c with KK on the flop is really bad, he should probably be c/fing as sick as it is.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed)
SB ($100.50)
BB ($100)
UTG ($46.70)
MP ($60)
CO ($100)
Hero (Button) ($100)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, K
UTG calls $1, 2 folds, Hero bets $5, SB raises to $17, 2 folds, Hero calls $12

Flop: ($36) Q, 3, J (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $21.50, SB calls $21.50

Turn: ($79) 7 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $61.50 (All-In), SB says: "KK no good?", 1 fold

Total pot: $79 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero didn't show A, K (nothing).
Outcome: Hero won $76