402 hands, +$45.65

I've given it considerable thought, and decided to put most of my bankroll into Stars and a some of it back into Cake. For the most part, I'll play 4 tables of Stars 25NL 6-max on one monitor, and 2 tables of Cake 20NL full ring on the other. This way, I can have just about everything I want. Superb 6-max table selection, the ability to multitable adequately, Poker Tracker support, and a nice bonus to clear. Oh, and I don't have to worry about my bankroll falling into the hands of corrupt businessmen in Costa Rica. I'm very happy with this arrangement. Now I can have my Cake and eat it too.

LAWL!!! SEE WUT I DID THERE?

Okay, so I played one hand tonight that was so horrible I'm almost too embarrassed to even post it. However, I'm very glad that it went down the way it did. I'm a believer in learning from one's mistakes. Not only does this make us wiser and enrich our lives, it gives us a silver lining when bad things happen to us. It's even better to learn from other people's mistakes, so we don't have to go through them ourselves. And, it's even BETTER when we make a mistake, get away with it, actually profit from it, and still learn from it!

So it's folded to me on the button with QT, I raise it up, and some 75/30/4 tard in the BB min raises. Now I recently read somewhere that 3-betters at the micros have extremely narrow ranges. You can generally put them on QQ+ and sometimes AK. Of course, this doesn't even cross my mind at the time. Alot of things I read take time to get absorbed and digested, and alot of it has to be learned at the table. I have to make the mistakes first!

So I call, and I hit top pair on a two-tone flop. Villain pots it, I push, he calls and shows me KK. WHOOPS. Oh well, I get trips on the river, gg nh wp LOL shipit.

Sometimes I can't help being results oriented when the outcome is a positive one. I should be disappointed that I got all my money in as a dog, not happy that I won a big pot. I guess what I'm really happy about is that I know I made a mistake, I got away with it, and I probably won't make it again. I certainly won't be cold calling 3-bets with garbage, and I might actually lay down hands like AQ or JJ.

Oh my, I thought all the action had dried up at this ungodly hour, but it seems that I was mistaken. I better get back at it.

Bankroll: $744.49