Good night at the tables

Played 93 hands at .50 nl for a $48 profit leaving the roll at $926.I felt as if I was playing really solid poker.Still lost $13 in my first 3 hands though.

As I'd moved back down to .50nl I decided to loosen up and call this raise with my 7d5d planning to bail out if I never hit.....

Hand 1039715464, Started at 07/04/2005 11:43 PMTable 'Davao': $0.50-$0.50 No Limit Texas Hold'em (Real Money)Seat 0: Zagga ($71.75 in chips) Seat 1: x olo x ($34.20 in chips) Seat 2: shamrockn85 ($53 in chips) Seat 3: bsdpt ($43 in chips) Seat 4: MLCardwell ($56.60 in chips) Seat 5: Terpsfan690 ($60.40 in chips) Seat 6: JockoNK ($47.90 in chips) Seat 7: bgoode79 ($25.60 in chips) Seat 8: brabecbird ($16.50 in chips) (on the button)Seat 9: tomoonalice ($52.95 in chips) *** Blind Bet Round *** :

Dealt to Zagga: 5d 7d

tomoonalice : Post Blind ($0.25)Zagga : Post Blind ($0.50)***

Pre-Flop *** : x olo x : Call ($0.50)shamrockn85 : Foldbsdpt : Call ($0.50)MLCardwell : Call ($0.50)Terpsfan690 : FoldJockoNK : Foldbgoode79 : Raise ($1)brabecbird : Foldtomoonalice : Call ($0.75) Zagga : Call ($0.50) x olo x : Raise ($3) bsdpt : Fold MLCardwell : Fold bgoode79 : Call ($2.50)tomoonalice : Fold Zagga : Call ($2.50)***

Flop *** : 10d 8d 7h

Zagga : Check x olo x : Bet ($5) bgoode79 : Call ($5) Zagga : Call ($5)***

Turn *** : [ 10d 8d 7h ] 7s

Zagga : Checkx olo x : Bet ($25.70)x olo x : All Inbgoode79 : FoldZagga : Call ($25.70)***

River *** : [ 10d 8d 7h 7s ] 8h

*** SUMMARY ***Pot: $75.90 Rake: $3Board: [ 10d 8d 7h 7s 8h ]Zagga bet $34.20, collected $75.90, net $41.70 x olo x lost $34.20 Shows [ 6d 6c ] (two pairs, eights and sevens.)shamrockn85 lost $0 bsdpt lost $0.50 MLCardwell lost $0.50 Terpsfan690 lost $0 JockoNK lost $0 bgoode79 lost $8.50 brabecbird lost $0 tomoonalice lost $1

I normally can't resist betting the river if I make my hand but I'd taken the last of x olo x's last stack and I just knew he'd go all in all and get the last of his latest reload!

Heres the hand that convinced me.This was actually played before the one above.

Hand 1039651759, Started at 07/04/2005 11:17 PMTable 'Davao': $0.50-$0.50 No Limit Texas Hold'em (Real Money)Seat 0: Zagga ($45.45 in chips) Seat 1: x olo x ($32.55 in chips) Seat 2: shamrockn85 ($53.20 in chips) (on the button)Seat 3: AnnoyingPeon ($42 in chips) Seat 5: Terpsfan690 ($51.35 in chips) Seat 6: JockoNK ($54.85 in chips) Seat 7: 11FISH11 ($30.40 in chips) Seat 8: Mpennypacker ($5.25 in chips) Seat 9: tomoonalice ($56.45 in chips)

Dealt to Zagga: Jd Jh

AnnoyingPeon : Post Blind ($0.25)Terpsfan690 : Post Blind ($0.50)***

Pre-Flop *** : JockoNK : Fold11FISH11 : FoldMpennypacker : Foldtomoonalice : Fold Zagga : Raise ($2) x olo x : Call ($2) shamrockn85 : Fold AnnoyingPeon : Fold Terpsfan690 : Fold***

Flop *** : 8d 4h 4d

Zagga : Bet ($5)x olo x : Raise ($10)Zagga : Raise ($20)x olo x : Raise ($20.55)x olo x : All In Zagga : Call ($5.55)***

Turn *** : [ 8d 4h 4d ] 10h
*** River *** : [ 8d 4h 4d 10h ] 5d

*** SUMMARY ***Pot: $62.85 Rake: $3Board: [ 8d 4h 4d 10h 5d ]Zagga bet $32.55, collected $62.85, net $30.30 x olo x lost $32.55 Shows [ 3s As ] (a pair of fours.)shamrockn85 lost $0 AnnoyingPeon lost $0.25 Terpsfan690 lost $0.50 JockoNK lost $0 11FISH11 lost $0 Mpennypacker lost $0 tomoonalice lost $0

What was he thinking? He's either one of the biggest fish I've come across or was tilting badly.

Not much else to report.I'm very happy at the moment with the way my bankroll is going.I feel is though my poker is developing and I'm getting better reads on other players.I've put a brief note with any hand histories posted to show the difference a good read makes and why I played the hand in that way because without that information many of my bets must look a bit off the wall.( maybe they are sometimes!)

PS2 night tonight and Mark is on his way.Took Mrs A and Step A out for dinner to a local pub and the food was great.Steak pie n chips.Heaven!

Ok gonna zap some aliens and maybe hit the tables later.

Got my sample jar ready for tomorrow.Argghhhh! I had my swimmers checked a couple of years ago and there were plenty of them and they were morphing beautifully but gotta get 'em checked out again.Damned embarassing having to take it in to the Pathology section of the hospital for analysis. Last time the woman asked "Did you fill it up?" and I squirmed as I answered "Well not all the way to the top".I'm squirming just reading that!
Still you know your addicted to online poker when you use your best hand histories to help produce the sample.....

Enough, enough I'm off for a large herbal intake!