17:10 update

I have played 17 hours and 10 minutes. I have made 9.00 for an hourly rate of .52. Hooray. I'm glad that 17 hours is really nothing. I should probably be up about $150, though. I had a few sessions where I played too long and lost more than I needed to. That's seems to be an ongoing issue with me. Oh well, 50 cents an hour is better than losing. At this point all it will take is one good or bad session to drastically change things.

In other news, take a look at the above hand. Some guy limped from middle position with K3h, then called a late position raise. On the flop the late position raiser bet again, but was checkraised by someone in early position. So king-three hearts...calls? That's right, two bets cold with that hand and that board. This is the level of intelligence we are dealing with here, people. If for some sick reason you find yourself in middle position holding K3 of hearts after the flop, and the flop is 2-7-8 of mixed suits, then yes, please cold-call a bet and a raise. That would make me very happy. Interestingly enough, the guy turned a 3 and stayed with the hand through the river and still lost, even though he was a huge underdog with no hand and no draw. Amazing.

I was also involved in another crazy hand yesterday. I had AA up against AK suited (clubs), and A-10 offsuit, and I won the hand despite being a huge favorite. In an interesting twist, however, the flop came 10-7-2, all clubs, and I had a 0.7% chance. However, the turn and river came 2, 2. I win. I will never say anything bad about AA again. Actually I probably will. I think that's just an example of how powerful AA is. You usually still have some chance to win, even if someone takes the lead on the flop. 0.7 > 0.0