Good week all round!

"Im winning,

Im winning,

Im winning,

And I dont intend on losing again"

Winning, Carlos Santana

OK, I do expect to lose again, but hopefully I can put it off as long as possible. This week I've only played 3 sessions again and here's the details...

Session 1
This session was fairly dull and I won my standard half buy-in. I got stacked early on when I got all-in with 9h8h v 9s7s on a JsTs7c-3c board and he rivered a spade. After that though I managed to win quite a few average-sized pots to make it a winning session.

Session 2
This was the session I'd been waiting for! In under an hour I won 5 and a half buy-ins. I had a few over-pairs, hit a couple of sets and made one debatable play with AK. It was 4-handed and the button made it $2. I made it $6.50 out of the SB and he called. The flop was a difficult K-Qh-10h. I bet $8 (in hindsight too small) and he called. The turn was a 6. Now I was stuck. I decided to check and see what happened. He bet $12 and I decided it would be just about profitable to push. He insta-called with JJ and luckily missed. I'm not sure about this play. I felt that if I bet the turn then I am committed to calling his push, and so if I am planning on playing for stacks then I should check and give him a chance to bet a weaker hand. I'm not sure if that is correct thinking but luckily it worked.

Session 3
Now I had reached my bankroll target and could move up! I eventually managed to get 9 $100NL tables open and got going. I was a little nervous but I think I played ok and won about $75. I hit a set against TPTK and a flush draw and managed to win, and apart from that nothing exciting happened. It will take me a week or two to get used to the change but hopefully I can continue to run well. We shall see.

A hug.

Hands: 7,452
Profit: $587
VPPs: 1,780