Well, not a bad night at all....ended up +$190 over 720 hands in 2 sessions and made one of the best (if not best) reads ever in the first session.

That was countered by dropping a stack to one of the worst reads ever in the second session but thankfully I made it back on one of the last hands when AA > 79 called down to the river by a 100/56 player.

Was crappy that I had to break the night up but I had to watch a show at 8:30 and need to keep pushing the 200 fpp per night, was at 170 by 8:30 so took the break and came back but my mind was slipping into non-poker mode by then so I got stacked by the second hand below.

In the first session though I was just playing out of my skin, some of the best poker I have ever played I think and I got rewarded for it along with some luck I would guess.

Anyway, first hand was a thing of beauty just because I thought about the hand, went with my read and was right...think I'd have still been happy if I got stacked here honestly.

BB is 56/30, MP2 is 12/2

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

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CO ($83.80)
Button ($75.65)
Hero ($63.20)
BB ($45.45)
UTG ($58.45)
UTG+1 ($14.55)
MP1 ($39.50)
MP2 ($39.60)
MP3 ($50.50)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, Q.
4 folds, MP3 raises to $2, 2 folds, Hero calls $1.75, BB raises to $13, MP3 folds, Hero raises to $39, BB raises to $58.45 (All-In), Hero calls $8.45.

Flop: ($96.90) A, 4, 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($96.90) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($96.90) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $96.90
Main Pot: $96.90, between Hero and BB. > Pot won by Hero ($96.90).
Pot 2: $11, returned to Hero.

Results in white below:
Hero has Qs Qc (two pair, aces and queens).
BB has 9d Kd (two pair, aces and fours).
Outcome: Hero wins $107.90.

When MP2 raised I had him on probably AQ+ given his stats over 750 hands so I was willing to take a flop and see how it played out from there. When the BB then re-raised 6x my first thought was a squeeze play by him and I was willing to play back at him, depending on what MP2 did.

If he called, I'd have called to still go along with the set theory (though maybe that would be a place for another squeeze) and if he folded like he did then I was willing to play for stacks with the BB. My main thinking here was that the bet sizing just seemed wrong...if he had of had KK/AA then I can't see how he wouldn't have wanted to bet only around 3x the raise to try and keep a weaker hand in, if not limping along for trapping.

If he had of raised 3x then I probably would have been done with the hand, and yes I know people will look at his stats and say I should be willing to felt it there but wouldn't a normal size re-raise into a raiser and cold-caller indicate more strength? I'm not sure but in this case it just seemed wrong in bet sizing and right in circumstances for it to be anything but a squeeze so I went with my read and got paid off, though as you can see I had to sweat till the end.

This next hand was the worst I played of the night I think...first hand at the table, no stats on anyone.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (7 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

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UTG ($95.10)
MP1 ($42.75)
MP2 ($48)
CO ($51.65)
Button ($8.75)
SB ($74.50)
Hero ($50)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, Q.
3 folds, CO calls $0.50, 1 fold, SB completes, Hero raises to $2.5, CO calls $1.50, SB folds.

Flop: ($5) 4, T, K (2 players)
Hero bets $3.5, CO calls $3.50.

Turn: ($12) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $6, CO raises to $12, Hero calls $6.

River: ($36) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $34.15 (All-In), Hero calls $32.50 (All-In).

Final Pot: $101
Main Pot: $101, between CO and Hero. > Pot won by CO ($101).
Pot 2: $1.65, returned to CO.

Results in white below:
CO has Kd 7d (two pair, kings and sevens).
Hero has Qs Qc (one pair, queens).
Outcome: CO wins $102.65.

I essentially figured he made me as being fos since it's my first hand and he called with something marginal....I wanted to check behind on the river to induce a bluff from a busted flush draw (which funnily enough I did) but I was still unsure since I guess a K has to be in his range. I took till the last second of time to make the call, not sure if it's right or not...the results oriented in me says no, the playing side of me says I got what I wanted out of him (though for the wrong reasons) and the human side of me has no clue if it was right or not.

Stats after a while on him put him at 40/10 fwiw.

Final big hand of the night was this one, villain was 100/56 at the time after about 90 hands.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

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CO ($50)
Button ($55.15)
SB ($119.15)
BB ($56.20)
Hero ($53.70)
UTG+1 ($87.70)
MP1 ($54.45)
MP2 ($51.55)
MP3 ($34.50)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, A.
Hero raises to $2, 3 folds, MP3 calls $2, 1 fold, Button calls $2, 2 folds.

Flop: ($6.75) 8, Q, 3 (3 players)
Hero bets $6.5, MP3 folds, Button calls $6.50.

Turn: ($19.75) K (2 players)
Hero bets $16.5, Button calls $16.50.

River: ($52.75) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $28.7 (All-In), Button calls $28.70.

Final Pot: $110.15
Main Pot: $110.15, between Button and Hero. > Pot won by Hero ($110.15).

Results in white below:
Hero has Ad Ah (one pair, aces).
Button has 7s 9h (one pair, nines).
Outcome: Hero wins $110.15.

Really not sure what he was planning here since he never showed strength or tried to put me to a test at all. Not complaining about it, just seems like it can't be a profitable play in the long-run