I was only able to squeeze in 6k hands (11 hours) this week due to being busy doing RL work. I did manage to increase the BR by $106.

So far 10NL has been going fairly smoothly. Its amazing how many people sit out there and look for ways to give away money. I only wish I had more time to extract it.

I hope to be at 25NL by early October and seem to be on pace to get there.

No hands to post yet.. pretty much all standard stuff. Its odd that I haven't really faced that many hard decisions. Of course, at these stakes people are so easy to read its ridiculous.

I have been playing "name that hand" as I go, however. Before making a call or while watching a hand go to showdown that I had folded out of, I verbally try and guess every holding. Its pretty funny how often I know exactly what these donks have. Most of them might as well announce their hand preflop.

I would recommend other beginners out there get in the habit of this.. it makes things less monotonous and really allows you to start noticing patterns.

The biggest skill I am trying to develop is spotting traps/sets etc. I am working on aquiring "nut radar". Man that sounds gay. lol

At any rate.. I will try to find a hand worth posting.. I'm sure I will encounter tougher spots once I hit 25NL.