And we’re off

Well, the goals for this month got off to a bumpy start. First, I dropped about $55 at $1/$2 6-max over at Stars in about 600 hands. Then I lost a full buy in at $50 NL 6-max to put me in a $105 hole right away.

I ran four $5.50 SNG’s over at Stars and took a first and third, so I made like .50 on that. Then I decided to move up and give the $11’s a shot and won one, and missed the money on the others. Made like a dollar off of that.

Then today on my second hand of the day, I get a set of 9’s on the flop and get the guy all in on the turn and he spikes his T on the river to beat my set. I was worried that was a sign of things to come, and boy was it. I proceeded to drop 3 more buy in’s during the day. I then made a comeback later in the night, winning quite a bit and actually recovering the 3 buy in’s and a little more.

I was running well, so figured I would take a shot at $100 NL 6-max. Got off to a really hot start and won about $70 in 30 hands or so. I ended up giving about $30 of it back through some dumb moves and bad beats. Had a guy beat till the river and he spiked an A for his straight. Then, this hand happened. I am still thinking I should have called it, he said he had 2 pair but who knows.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $88.15
UTG+1: $35.20
Hero: $154.15
Button: $55.80
SB: $78.30
BB: $56.90

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with 6♣ 6♦
2 folds, Hero calls $1, Button folds, SB calls $0.5, BB checks.

Flop: 2♥ 9♦ 6♥ ($3, 3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $1, Hero calls $1, SB calls $1.

Turn: T♠ ($6, 3 players)
SB bets $6, BB folds, Hero raises to $15, SB raises all-in $76.3, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: $61.3 returned to SB.

Results:
Final pot: $36

Oh well. I also cleared $40 in bonus money, so I am now back on the positve side of my monthly goal. I figured I need to win about $50 a day, so I am behind a bit after two days, but I can’t complain after my bad start. Here are the totals so far:

Goal for the month: $1500
Total so far: +$87.30
Ahead/Behind Pace: -12.70