I have been playing poker since I was in high school and tonight I finally had a straight flush in a cash game. Talk about the all time action killers. Just take a look at this beauty. My heart fell to the floor when the turn peeled off. The initial raiser said he had the Ac after the hand was over. Did I bet to much on the river or was it ok. Im thinking I should have raised the turn. I just wanted to get a little more value out of such a pretty hand.

Oh I posted a winner tonight in only 150 hands. I just didnt feel like I was on my game for some reason.

Later

Bodog No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (8 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

saw flop|saw showdown

SB ($37.75)
BB ($100.00)
UTG ($69.00)
UTG+1 ($142.10)
MP1 ($32.00)
MP2 ($51.50)
BJJIII ($101.50)
Button ($111.75)

Preflop: BJJIII is CO with 5, 4.
UTG calls $1, UTG+1 calls $1, 2 folds, BJJIII calls $1, 2 folds, BB raises to $4, UTG calls $3, UTG+1 folds, BJJIII calls $3.

Flop: ($13.50) 7, 6, 8 (3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, BJJIII checks.

Turn: ($13.50) 9 (3 players)
BB checks, UTG bets $7, BJJIII calls $7, BB calls $7.

River: ($34.50) 6 (3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, BJJIII bets $20, BB folds, UTG folds.

Final Pot: $54.50

Results below:
BJJIII has 5c 4c (straight flush, nine high).
Outcome: BJJIII wins $54.50.

Well it has been about a week since I have updated. I played a couple session over last weekend. On Friday night Landlord79 and I played some on Bodog together, and I ended up dropping almost 3 buy-ins at $100NL. I just couldn't making the second best hand in NL is a real downer.

On Saturday and Sunday I played a couple of short sessions and ended up winning about 1.5 BIs back, so I actually caught back some of what I lost on Friday night.

I got up early with Harper on Sunday morning while mommy slept, and I sat him in my lap and played while he was resting. I am going to make a poker player out of my little man if its the last thing I do!!!! I played until right about kickoff of the NFL games where I then watched my Saints get drummed by the Tampa Bay Bucs. I don't know what the heck is the deal with the Saints. Sometimes it looks like they don't even want to be on the field and on some days it looks like they could be Super Bowl Champs. The Saint play on MNF this week, and it's crazy that this game is a must win for the Saints. Maybe they will show up for National TV this time.

I am still up around $700 this month from online poker, which is still a record for me. If I can win $1200 total this month, I will be really pumped and next month I will be playing $200NL on Bodog regularly. Wish me luck.

Oh, I am going to New Orleans for a bachelor party the first weekend of October, so if anyone has any advice about the poker down there let me know.

Good Luck

Billy

The last blog entry that I made was about a week ago and I displayed my results (August 2007) and goals for September. August was probably one of the best months of online poker that I have ever had monetarily. It is now the end of the first week of September and if the month goes the way it has been going, I will have set a new record for myself on the amount of money I have won in a given month by playing online poker. I have already surpassed the amount of money that I had won last month and it is only the first week of September.

I am playing $100NL regularly on Bodog now and the games are soooooo soft. I am not sure if it is due to football season kicking off and the degenerate sports bettors need more action, but all I know is that I love Bodog right now. I don’t know where these guys keep getting money from. Since September 1st I am up ~$620, which like I said earlier was more than I won for the entire month of August. It just seems like my game is really about to take off. I am so ready for some live $1-$2NL at Harrah's Horseshoe - Bossier City with Landlord79.

My wife and new son Harper are doing well. He recently went for his 2 week check up with the doctor and he had gained close to 2 lbs, which is really good the doctor said. Here is a new picture of Harper.

August Results and September Goals

Here are my August results and September goals:







I never thought that getting 4 hours of sleep would be so much fun!!! I love that little fella.



September Goals:

1. Play 4K hands
2. Take some shots at $200NL online
3. Play some live poker once again, since my son is born now.
4. Pray Bodog doesn't shut down.


Wish me luck.

Billy

Just a quick update while I am at home checking on the dog. My wife and I had our first child on Sunday afternoon at 3:10. We are so excited.


Harper Douglas Joiner is his name.

Those are the in-laws and my wife of course.