Tuesday was a better result for me in cash, not so good in SNG. I played extremely tight in the 2nl (about 8/8/1) and it paid off pretty well. There were two rather large stacks at the table including one who had about $13 when I started. Here's a tip for all you out there. Look for some tables that have large stacks. A lot of the time the large stack is more lucky than good. Those are the stacks where you can take their money. Just remember to observe them first before you start playing big pots against them.

My large stack playing friend was about 75/35/4 over 50+ hands. A small sample size to be sure, but enough to know he was loose and lucky. I also got to see him mix it up a few times with another large stack so I could see what he was playing.

I started off playing really tight and it took about 20 hands before I picked up KK in the cutoff. I raised to .12 and was called by 4 opponents. Crap. I told myself that unless I hit a K on the flop, I wouldn't know if I was ahead. Luckily, I spiked another king on a two spade board. Everyone checked to me and I bet out about 90% of the pot. I was re-raised by one player and everyone else folded. I re-raise all-in and was insta-called by A-Ko, no spades.

That doubled me up and from there on, I was able to pick on the large stack for a couple more $. I ended up $4.43 for the hour session. The big stack wasn't hurt by me though, when I left, he was up over $20! He was getting paid off whenever he hit. It was ridiculous.

Later on that night, I played a 10-man turbo $3.40 sng. I did reasonable well, tight/aggresive. I made one mistake where I bet 3x the BB with 8-9s only to be re-raised all-in by the SB. Had to let it go. It was a mistake because the blinds were 150/75 and I had only about $2400 chips. I should have either pushed myself or gotten away from the hand. Even with that, I was doing pretty well until I ran into the standard asshat at the table. I pick up A-9o from the BB and I tell myself that if it's folded to the SB and he limps in, I'll punish him by pushing.

That's exactly what I did. Unfortunately, he calls with J-9o. You'd think I would be happy there, but the idiot catches a j-high straight on the turn and I'm crippled. I understand that I want him to call there, but every once in a while it gets on my nerves when idiot players call when they have no business calling - and win. Especially when they are "dominated".

Oh well, what can you do? I've made some progress on the cash front, making up my losses, but I'm basically standing still on the total BR front. Here they are.

Total BR: $358.01 (I made about $63 in profits on a light playing month in May)
Total NL: $35.93. Still down from my peak, but I'll get it back hopefully by the end of this week.