August 2009 Summary
The vacation month is now over but it was very enjoyable. It was good to get away from the usual and have a little R&R. The family and I were able to get out to British Columbia and we were also able to have some great visits with our friends. I even had a chance to repaint our deck which was definitely in need of a little attention.
Although I didn’t even play half as much poker as last month, I was still able to walk away with my second best month to date.
September is now here though and it’s time to see what the fall will bring. With my bonus clearing window running out, I was once again playing at Full Tilt. Only $30 left to clear. This time though, I stepped up to the next level. $0.50/$1.00 games at 6 tables. I brought $50 to each table. After a fairly quite start for the first 30 minutes, the big cards finally started to come. I played a total of 277 hands and must have got AK at least 7 times.
My Kings however proved to be the game changers as I basically trippled up. The aggressor in the hand was in 3rd position right after the big blind and simply called $1 pre-flop. It was then folded to me on the button where I raised to $4 with my kings. Small blind folded, big blind called and then the aggressor bumped it to $13!! I decided I would play this one out knowing that my stack of around $50 would most likely all go in the middle. The big blind also called. Flop comes with a bunch of low rag cards. Big blind checks and then big boy goes in for another $10. That definitely did not seem like an AA type of bet so I called. Big blind also called. Hmmm. On the turn Big Bettor then put me all in for another $22. I called and the big blind folded. We flipped and he showed QQs. NICE!! I escaped a Q on the river and my table stack was now over $120.
I never managed to clear another $10 of the bonus because I decided to walk away early with the big win. Things are definitely starting on the right track for September.