Man that was a good day.

But is it variance, or am I playing better?

Some big hands today:

On a read...
Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $53.29
CO: $71.19
Button: $72.36
Hero: $49.50
BB: $70.92

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is SB with Q J
3 folds, Hero raises to $2, BB calls.

Flop: Q 8 3 ($4, 2 players)
Hero bets $3, BB raises to $12.25, Hero calls.

Turn: 4 ($28.5, 2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks.

River: 2 ($28.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $6.5, BB raises to $46.5, Hero calls all-in $28.75.
Uncalled bets: $11.25 returned to BB.

Results:
Final pot: $99
BB shows As Jc
Hero shows Qh Js

The obligatory badly played nuts:
Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $23.69
CO: $25.42
Button: $35.38
SB: $51.60
Hero: $36.75

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with K J
UTG raises to $1.5, 2 folds, SB calls, Hero calls.

Flop: 8 9 5 ($4.5, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $3, UTG folds, SB raises to $7, Hero calls.

Turn: A ($18.5, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

River: 5 ($18.5, 2 players)
SB bets $10, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $38.5
SB shows 9h 9d
Hero doesn't show Kc Jc

Played this poorly. Got paid.

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $43.19
CO: $19.50
Button: $28.61
SB: $85.48
Hero: $50

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with 8 3
3 folds, SB calls, Hero checks.

Flop: 2 A 4 ($1, 2 players)
SB bets $0.5, Hero calls.

Turn: 5 ($2, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

River: K ($2, 2 players)
SB bets $2, Hero raises to $8, SB raises to $16, Hero raises all-in $40.5, SB calls.

Results:
Final pot: $99
SB shows As Qh
Hero shows 8s 3h


1.2k hands today @ 15/12;
sb 19/14
bb 14/7
utg 8/8
Well up in all three.

Overall +$262 today

Days to go: 18
Hands played: 4684
Profit: -$143