As I have mentioned in my blog before, I am incredibly lazy. My first thought upon waking sometime in the afternoon is usually something along the lines of, 'oh Christ, not again...' before pulling the duvet back over my head. So playing nearly 2.5K hands this evening was good, since it wasn't too taxing and I played in short, sharp sessions rather than one long grind. This definitely suits my style as I start to lose focus after an hour or so 8-tabling.

Big hand of the night
I'd been waiting to get into bed with this spew monkey all evening, but he just wasn't putting out. Eventually though, the following occurred - possibly my biggest pot at 50NL.

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
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Hero (CO): $105.60
running 6 (BTN): $61.40
808mlee (SB): $49.50
awk134 (BB): $88.25
smittycurler (UTG): $16.05
taylor725 (MP): $47.50

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is CO with 4 4
1 fold, taylor725 raises to $2, Hero calls $2, 2 folds, awk134 calls $1.50

Flop: ($6.25) 4 3 6 (3 players)
awk134 checks, taylor725 checks, Hero bets $4.50, awk134 calls $4.50, taylor725 folds

Turn: ($15.25) 6 (2 players)
awk134 bets $8, Hero raises to $26, awk134 raises to $61, Hero raises to $99.10 all in, awk134 calls $20.75 all in

River: ($178.75) 8 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $178.75
Hero shows 4 4 (a full house, Fours full of Sixes)
awk134 shows 3 5 (two pair, Sixes and Threes)
Hero wins $175.75
(Rake: $3.00)

Fishy idiot cracks my aces. Bigger fishy idiot calls with aces.

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players
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orlovgraf (UTG): $98.85
Jhaas26 (CO): $15.80
Hero (BTN): $54.80
schnipes (SB): $31.40
Berrell (BB): $69.65

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with A A
2 folds, Hero raises to $1.50, schnipes calls $1.25, 1 fold

Flop: ($3.50) 2 6 J (2 players)
schnipes checks, Hero bets $3, schnipes calls $3

Turn: ($9.50) Q (2 players)
schnipes checks, Hero bets $7.50, schnipes calls $7.50

River: ($24.50) 4 (2 players)
schnipes bets $19.40 all in, Hero calls $19.40

Final Pot: $63.30
Hero mucks A A
schnipes shows 5 3 (a straight, Deuce to Six)
schnipes wins $61.30
(Rake: $2.00)

Check-raise bluff of the night
Now I dunno if this is good or not, comments on betsizing etc. welcome. Guy was aggro and knows how to double-barrel. Good spot to turn my hand into a bluff?

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players
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djscaper (UTG): $30.30
kieffammax (CO): $25.75
OC Mike10 (BTN): $56.25
Hero (SB): $60.75
hockey1122 (BB): $30.75

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is SB with 8 8
2 folds, OC Mike10 raises to $1.50, Hero calls $1.25, 1 fold

Flop: ($3.50) 3 6 6 (2 players)
Hero checks, OC Mike10 bets $2.50, Hero calls $2.50

Turn: ($8.50) K (2 players)
Hero checks, OC Mike10 bets $6, Hero raises to $16.50, OC Mike10 folds

Final Pot: $20.50
Hero mucks 8 8
Hero wins $19.50
(Rake: $1.00)

Slowplaying. What's that?
I pretty much hate what I did here, since villain is rarely raising the flop with an ace.

Poker Stars $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players
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leftygrovev2 (SB): $51.35
JKNLP (BB): $79.10
OuT PlaY U11 (UTG): $28.55
lucky27cuss (CO): $9.20
Hero (BTN): $53.15

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with 4 4
2 folds, Hero raises to $1.50, leftygrovev2 calls $1.25, 1 fold

Flop: ($3.50) A 4 A (2 players)
leftygrovev2 checks, Hero bets $2.50, leftygrovev2 raises to $6, Hero raises to $16, leftygrovev2 folds

Final Pot: $15.50
Hero mucks 4 4
Hero wins $14.75
(Rake: $0.75)

But I'm getting there, y'know. Slow process and all that. Running at 11.91ptBB/100 at 50NL over 13K hands so far. 10.11ptBB/100 over 54K hands for my 'micro career' in total.