Got to go to New Orleans for business this week. Was a quick trip, Monday night to early Wednesday. Was good though, I spoke to a group of financial advisors in our New Orleans office with my boss's boss, trying to promote what my asset retention team does. I stayed next to a casino and managed to avoid it the first night because I had to prepare my presentation, but I went the 2nd night with the wholesaler and some of the reps I met that day. There wasn't a card room, so we all played blackjack instead. We were there to have fun and drink, so we were just playing the $5 table, but I managed to get some good hands in. I started with $60 and ran it to over 200 pretty quick doubling with A6 vs the dealers 4, and splitting 6's, but then right before I had to leave, I dropped in a series of $30 bets and caught a real bad streak. Oh well. Was lots of fun hanging out with southerners. I heard all sorts of weird sayings and metaphors I'd never heard up north before. Good times.

Here's some HU hands from my session the other night. I was 2 tabling some terrible player. I won 2 buyins against him last time. He coolered me a few times here.
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HAND #1
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Poker Stars, $0.50/$1 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

SB: $104.50
rvrmonkey (BB): $162.45

Pre-Flop: 9 A dealt to rvrmonkey (BB)
SB raises to $3, rvrmonkey calls $2

Flop: ($6) 4 A 6 (2 Players)
rvrmonkey checks, SB bets $5, rvrmonkey calls $5

Turn: ($16) A (2 Players)
rvrmonkey checks, SB bets $11, rvrmonkey raises to $45, SB raises to $96.50 and is All-In, rvrmonkey calls $51.50

River: ($209) 8 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $209 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
SB showed 8 8 (a full house, Eights full of Aces) and WON $208.50 (+$104 NET)
rvrmonkey showed 9 A (three of a kind, Aces) and LOST (-$104.50 NET)




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HAND #2
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Poker Stars, $0.50/$1 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

SB: $210.70
rvrmonkey (BB): $97.50

Pre-Flop: 3 3 dealt to rvrmonkey (BB)
SB raises to $3, rvrmonkey calls $2

Flop: ($6) 3 9 9 (2 Players)
rvrmonkey bets $4, SB calls $4

Turn: ($14) 6 (2 Players)
rvrmonkey checks, SB bets $13, rvrmonkey raises to $36, SB raises to $203.70 and is All-In, rvrmonkey calls $54.50 and is All-In

River: ($195) 6 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $195 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
SB showed J 9 (a full house, Nines full of Sixes) and WON $194.50 (+$97 NET)
rvrmonkey showed 3 3 (a full house, Threes full of Nines) and LOST (-$97.50 NET)




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HAND #3
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Poker Stars, $0.50/$1 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BB: $117.70
rvrmonkey (SB): $145.45

Pre-Flop: Q A dealt to rvrmonkey (SB)
rvrmonkey raises to $3, BB raises to $11, rvrmonkey calls $8

Flop: ($22) Q 5 4 (2 Players)
BB bets $14, rvrmonkey calls $14

Turn: ($50) 4 (2 Players)
BB checks, rvrmonkey bets $41, BB raises to $92.70 and is All-In, rvrmonkey calls $51.70

River: ($235.40) 3 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $235.40 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
BB showed K K (two pair, Kings and Fours) and WON $234.90 (+$117.20 NET)
rvrmonkey showed Q A (two pair, Queens and Fours) and LOST (-$117.70 NET)