A Nice 24 hr Break

As u may have read I decided to take a break from Poker for the first time in a long time. The break wasn't long and I hate to say it worked but maybe it did, who knows b/c I played 3 FPP sngs and won them all for T$ and played one mtt and won it just now for 8k. I feel more strongly that it was my KQ beating KJ and my 66 beating A9 more than a break but I'll entertain the thought a bit.

I did play very well but I think I've been playing really well lately anyway. The day started with my friend Taylor accidentally throwing a baseball back to the mound that hit my son in the mouth. He was bleeding and crying so much it was hard to calm him down but I finally did. It is so tough when u see the person you love the most hurting. After about 30 minutes I calmed him down enough to step up to the plate and practice hitting and then I almost plunked him. He is doing so much better! I had him choke up on the bat and that seemed to help as he got his first two base hits of the year, the first one a triple that he rocketed to the fence and then he scored on a sac out while sliding under the tag at home. He was so proud of himself and it was great to watch! He got the game ball after the contest and was so excited and had a ball getting dogpiled by his teammates.
We have another game in 5 hrs from now (8:30, wtf) and he can't wait as he went to bed watching Sandlot and immitating Benny the Jet. What a gr8 movie that is.

Anyway, back to poker. I have been talking to a few people that are interested in taking the spot Elky left and I am mulling over my options. I sold 2% of my main event to ZeeJustin today for $400 getting 2-1 and I am happy with that price. I know I am going to do well this year, I can just feel that it's my time. It is a very calming feeling when you know that every move u make is the right one, even if it turns out bad.

Here is a hand when there were 3 tables left. Mind you that the villain was open limping and min raising a lot and I was giving him no respect although we hadn't tangled much. He limped in and I decided to take a flop in position with this piece of cheese.

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Sooners [Kh 5h]
Mocoddity: folds
hulkhogan8: folds
masiani: calls 2500
nomaddman: folds
Mobatussin: folds
argar: folds
Sooners: calls 2500
iadvancemask: calls 1250
breexin05: checks
*** FLOP *** [6s 3c 9d]
iadvancemask: checks
breexin05: checks
masiani: bets 2500
Sooners: raises 5000 to 7500
iadvancemask: folds
breexin05: folds
masiani: calls 5000
*** TURN *** [6s 3c 9d] [6h]
masiani: checks
Sooners: checks
*** RIVER *** [6s 3c 9d 6h] [6c]
masiani: bets 7500
Sooners: calls 7500
*** SHOW DOWN ***
masiani: shows [7s 5s] (three of a kind, Sixes)
Sooners: shows [Kh 5h] (three of a kind, Sixes - King kicker)
Sooners collected 42700 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 42700 | Rake 0
Board [6s 3c 9d 6h 6c]
Seat 1: Mobatussin folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: argar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Sooners (button) showed [Kh 5h] and won (42700) with three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 4: iadvancemask (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: breexin05 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Mocoddity folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: hulkhogan8 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: masiani showed [7s 5s] and lost with three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 9: nomaddman folded before Flop (didn't bet)

I don't normally take this line with opponents but I felt if I raised the flop that it would shut him down unless he had the goods. Once he checked the turn I had my mind made up that I was going to look him up on the river. Going with your reads is one thing I truly believe in. There are few players out there that read players better than I but one of my friends Ray Henson is extremely good at it. He has always been dead on and so have I.

The last hand is just a standard hand where the $ is almost always going to get in HU preflop in an online mtt but I'll post it anyway.

Dealt to Sooners [Kc Ac]
Sooners: raises 25000 to 50000
breexin05: raises 346799 to 396799 and is all-in
Sooners: calls 346799
*** FLOP *** [8c Tc Kd]
breexin05 said, "7"
breexin05 said, "7"
breexin05 said, "7"
breexin05 said, "7"
breexin05 said, "7"
*** TURN *** [8c Tc Kd] [3c]
breexin05 said, "7"
breexin05 said, "7"
breexin05 said, "7"
Sooners said, "vgg"
*** RIVER *** [8c Tc Kd 3c] [Ad]
breexin05 said, "7gg"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
breexin05: shows [As 7c] (a pair of Aces)
Sooners: shows [Kc Ac] (a flush, Ace high)
Sooners collected 799848 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 799848 | Rake 0
Board [8c Tc Kd 3c Ad]
Seat 3: Sooners (button) (small blind) showed [Kc Ac] and won (799848) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: breexin05 (big blind) showed [As 7c] and lost with a pair of Aces

And there u have it. Maybe I'll take another break tomorrow and ship a Sunday tourney, lol

Russ