Trapped...

Live MTT, 10k chips to begin with, 30 minute levels, 6-handed.

Blinds 75/150.

VILLAIN (UTG+1) (12,000)
HERO (CO) (12,675)
SB (8,400)
BB (10,250)

UTG folds.
VILLAIN raises to 500.
HERO calls 500 with KdKs. {I flatted here in position hoping to trap an maybe induce a squeeze out of one of the blinds. I had a solid table image, but was involved in a fair amount of pots, all with good hands at the showdown.}
BUTTON folds.
SB calls.
BB calls.

Pot (2,000)
Flop Qs 9d 7s

SB checks.
BB checks.
UTG+1 bets 1,375.
HERO raises to 4,000.
SB folds.
BB folds.
UTG+1 calls 2,625. {Villain tanked for a while here. He's a fairly tight player, but knows how to loosen up a little for a 6-handed game. After a lot of thought, he just smooth called.}

Pot (10,000)
Turn Qs 9d 7s, 7h

VILLAIN checks.
HERO shoves for 7,500.
VILLAIN calls 6,825 and is all in.

VILLAIN shows AcAs.
HERO shows KdKs.

Villain is a good friend of mine that I am currently staking online and he is doing really well. We've talked about a lot of poker strategy and he's become a really solid player... maybe too solid. Nice hand Rich.

Challenge days #19 and 20.

DAILY SUMMARY:
Saturday: +12.20
790 hands NLHE

Sunday: +50.55
743 hands NLHE

Net: 62.75
Total hands: 1533
FPPs earned: 0
FTPs earned: 218

OVERALL SUMMARY:
Days played: 20
Hands played: 19140
Net +/-: +190.30
Winning days: 12
Losing days: 8
Highest winning day: Day 10, +75.05
Lowest winning day: Day 18, -42.90

GAME BREAKDOWN:
NLHE hands: 11745
NLHE winnings: +183.45

PLHE hands: 208
PLHE winnings: +3.15

Limit HE hands: 167
Limit HE winnings: -11.35

Stud hands: 6627
Stud winnings: +7.40

Razz hands: 182
Razz winnings: +3.90

PLO hands: 211
PLO winnings: +3.75

HORSE hands: 0
HORSE winnings: 0

I'd also like to throw out a Happy Birthday to my little brother. Happy Birthday bro!

"Killer Poker Online" book review.

I finished reading some chapters from Killer Poker Online by John Vorhaus a few days ago. When I browsed the book before reading it, I only wanted to invest my time in a few chapters. Many of the other chapters would be a good read for beginning players, but not to someone who understands the game at a higher level.

The Data Management chapter outlines some good guidelines for how to manage your play data, statistics, and notes on opponents. I am an avid stat and note keeper, but this chapter really reinforced the guidelines someone should go by when diving into online poker.

The other four chapters that I read were Winning Tactics for Online Play, Online Tells, and Found Objects, and Tips. All of these chapters provide a nice, solid foundation of strategy and hints that will help to elevate your online game. A lot of the information here was repetitive to me, but as I have been going through a bad run, it was good to go back over some basic ideas and strategies.

The book was more of a general outline to some concepts and practices that one should stick to for online poker, but it lacked a lot of in depth tactics and strategy. There wasn't really any hand analysis I ran across. There wasn't any talk about how to play certain opponents or situations either. This is where I believe the book was really lacking and something that I believe any good poker book should have.

Overall rating: 2/5

Challenge days #16, 17, 18.

DAILY SUMMARY:
Wednesday: +53.15
1089 hands NLHE

Thursday: -19.20
427 hands NLHE

Friday: -42.90
400 hands NLHE

Net: -8.95
Total hands: 1916
FPPs earned: 0
FTPs earned: 375.35

OVERALL SUMMARY:
Days played: 18
Hands played: 17607
Net +/-: +127.55
Winning days: 10
Losing days: 8
Highest winning day: Day 10, +75.05
Lowest winning day: Day 18, -42.90

GAME BREAKDOWN:
NLHE hands: 10212
NLHE winnings: +120.70

PLHE hands: 208
PLHE winnings: +3.15

Limit HE hands: 167
Limit HE winnings: -11.35

Stud hands: 6627
Stud winnings: +7.40

Razz hands: 182
Razz winnings: +3.90

PLO hands: 211
PLO winnings: +3.75

HORSE hands: 0
HORSE winnings: 0