Can't Complain

$1/$2 NL

Played 1,500 hands, got in some sticky situations, some tough spots here and there, but I broke through and won a nice profit. Also this session I won the biggest pot I had ever won, pretty stoked about that one. Won a few nice pots today actually, and lost a few pots that I should have won, but y0u can't win them all right ? ! Here are a few hands I played...

This pot was the biggest pot I ever won. I was on the button in a 5 handed game with 8h7h, utg (under the gun) limped for $2, I raised it up to $9, and it folds around to the limper who calls. Flop comes 9c 3h 5d , limper checks I bet $19 into the $21 pot, and he calls. Turn is a 10s, which brings me now an open ended straight draw, instead of just a gutshot, limper checks and I check behind to try to peel one off, hoping to catch up to his hand range, and the river is a 6d, so the board reads 9c 3h 5d 10s 6d, and I just made the nuts. The limper bets out $59 into the $59 pot with $233 behind, I reraise the guy all in, and he tanks and calls with 9s6s for a $642 pot :] Here it is. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1320639

Here I have AA UTG, I raise it up, the button reraises me, and the small blind over called, I really didn't think the button guy had a whole lot, just because the fact that he had been reraising quite frequently, although there's still that chance, but I knew the over caller had to be somewhat strong, putting him on a range from like 10 10 , JJ, KK, hands like those. So it came back to me, and I could flat call or re raise, if we all weren't as deep stacked as we were, I probably would have flat called here, but I went ahead and 4 bet the pot up to $92, the original reraiser folded like I had planned, and the over caller 5 bet all in for $250, so he has to be somewhat strong right? I'd hope so. I snap call and the board comes 2s 9c 3d 5h 7d and he flips over QQ, and my Aces hold for a $500 pot. Here it is. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1320658

77 on the button, the cutoff raises, and I call, flop comes Ks 7c 2s, cutoff leads out for $12 into the $17 pot, and I have a decision to make, I can either raise here or call. I opt to raise here because of the possible flush draw out there, if the board was rainbow I probably call 80 % of the time. I made it $32, and he calls, turn is a 9d , great card for me, or I thought, cutoff checks, I fire $68 into the $81 pot, and he sets me all in, which was a little over $100 for me, and I snap call. River is a Qh and the board reads Ks 7c 2s 9d Qh and he flips over Js 10s for the nut straight. I don't mind his play at all though, this is exactly how I would have played the hand if It was my hand in his spot. I don't like the 9 on the turn though, because that give him a couple more outs to go along with his flush draw, and if the 9 don't come, and a non spade/non straight card comes, I probably take the pot down on the turn, but who knows. Little $423 pot, this hand was early in the session to, when I was stuck just a bit. Heres the hand. http://www.pokerhand.org/?1320891

I was in the small blind with KK, and it folded around to me, I raise, $100 stack reraises me, I ship him in, he snap calls with AQ. Flops 2 pair and boats up on the turn, good game me lol. It could have been worse, he could have had $200 for a $400 pot, but this pot was only $200, and I played the hand fine, so It didn't upset me. But other then those last 2 pots, I really didnt loose any other pots over $200 or so, I lost a few pots that were a little smaller, but nothing I can complain about during this session.

Nice win to finish off the last session in July and looking forward to an even better month in August, and hope to be playing a little bit of $2/$4 NL during September. :]

+$750