Here are a few hands that epitomize my cash game sessions for the month.
Hand #1: Suicidally Unlucky
Full Tilt Poker, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 8 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter
Hero (MP1): $196.10
MP2: $204.60
CO: $177.95
BTN: $130.55
SB: $167
BB: $108
UTG: $159.70
UTG+1: $154.20
Pre-Flop: 5
5
dealt to Hero (MP1)2 folds, Hero raises to $7, 4 folds, BB calls $5
Flop: ($15) 2
8 5
(2 Players)BB bets $15, Hero raises to $40, BB raises to $65, Hero raises to $189.10 and is All-In, BB calls $36 and is All-In
Turn: ($217) 4
(2 Players - 1 is All-In)River: ($217) T
(2 Players - 1 is All-In)Results: $217 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed 5
5 (a flush, Ten high) and LOST (-$108 NET)BB showed A
K (a flush, Ace high) and WON $214 (+$106 NET)Hand #2: Donk Play
Full Tilt Poker, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter
BB: $36.75
UTG: $172.10
MP: $214.35
CO: $121.80
BTN: $298.90
Hero (SB): $130.30
Pre-Flop: A
J dealt to Hero (SB)3 folds, BTN raises to $7, Hero raises to $24, BB folds, BTN raises to $59, Hero raises to $130.30 and is All-In, BTN calls $71.30
Flop: ($262.60) 7
7 4 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)Turn: ($262.60) 2
(2 Players - 1 is All-In)River: ($262.60) A
(2 Players - 1 is All-In)Results: $262.60 Pot ($3 Rake)
BTN showed A
K (two pair, Aces and Sevens) and WON $259.60 (+$129.30 NET)Hero showed A
J (two pair, Aces and Sevens) and LOST (-$130.30 NET)I'm determined to be a solid, winning cash game player, so I am going to really work to improve my play. It's ridicuolus that I am a member of not 1, not 2, but 3 training sites and rarely watch the videos. Hopefully, that will change before it's necessary to become a News Year's Resolution. I love playing MTTs, but know if I ever want to pursue a full time career in poker, cash game success is a requirement.
So that is the bad. The Best part of the month was my MTT results. I cashed for more than $10k in MTTs for the month. Coming into October, I had one lone Final Table appearance back in 2005 in a $6 MTT. I chopped it for about $800. Here are my five final table cashes for October.
| Date | Buyin | Tournament/Event | Place | Entrants | Winnings |
| 10/3/2008 | $10 | NL Hold'em+Rebuys | 1 | 556 | $4,230.00 |
| 10/4/2008 | $50 | NL Hold'em+Rebuys | 7 | 184 | $725.63 |
| 10/17/2008 | $24 | NL Hold'em | 3 | 702 | $1,422.25 |
| 10/23/2008 | $24 | NL Hold'em | 5 | 682 | $750.20 |
| 10/31/2008 | $50 | NL Hold'em | 3 | 853 | $4,100.00 |
Please excuse the screwed up formatting. Those are first, seventh, third, fifth and third place finishes. It sucks that I could only pull out one win.
It's exciting for me to think about how good I could become if I could hookup with a good, winning poker coach. Anyone up for the task?
I could just pray that I'm a luckbox for the rest of my life.
Hand #3: Donks Rule
Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold'em Tournament, 15,000/30,000 Blinds, 4,000 Ante, 3 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter
Hero (BB): 1,583,445
BTN: 663,058
SB: 428,997
Pre-Flop: (57,000) 5
T dealt to Hero (BB)BTN raises to 78,550, SB folds, Hero calls 48,550
Flop: (184,100) 5
6 8 (2 Players)Hero checks, BTN bets 100,250, Hero raises to 1,500,895 and is All-In, BTN calls 480,258 and is All-In
Turn: (1,345,116) T
(2 Players - 1 is All-In)River: (1,345,116) 2
(2 Players - 1 is All-In)Results: 1,345,116 Pot
Hero showed 5
T (two pair, Tens and Fives) and WON 1,345,116 (+682,058 NET)BTN showed J
J (a pair of Jacks) and LOST (-663,058 NET)
