Well today was brutal. Ive just finished a 6 and a half hour session after which I am up just over a buyin. I feel like I played fairly well today and been smacked in the face by the giant shovel that is varience. I was playing on very laggy tables and getting 4-5 callers after a 4BB preflop raise. I managed to sit myself directly in position on a terrible LAG and for a while I was slowly but surely bleeding him dry by inducing bluffs with TPTK. Then the following hand came up

Game #2669384073: Hold'em NL (£0.15/£0.25) - 2006/12/02 - 19:17:03 (DST)
Table "Lento" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: laney2 (£22.63 in chips)
Seat 2: Smith101 (£97.20 in chips)
Seat 3: pelion (£43.37 in chips)
Seat 4: Antegi (£17.24 in chips)
Seat 5: Welshy100 (£9.15 in chips)
Seat 6: pokerandy (£5.40 in chips)
Smith101: posts small blind £0.15
pelion: posts big blind £0.25
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to pelion [Th Ts]
Antegi: calls £0.25
Welshy100: calls £0.25
pokerandy: folds
laney2: folds
Smith101: calls £0.10
pelion: raises to £1.25
Antegi: calls £1
Welshy100: calls £1
Smith101: raises to £5.50
pelion: calls £4.25
Antegi: folds
Welshy100: folds
----- FLOP ----- [Kd Qh Tc]
Smith101: checks
pelion: bets £7
Smith101: raises to £14
pelion: raises to £37.87 and is all-in
Smith101: calls £23.87
----- TURN ----- [Kd Qh Tc][6h]
----- RIVER ----- [Kd Qh Tc 6h][7d]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
pelion: shows [Th Ts] (Three of a kind, Tens, King high)
Smith101: shows [Jc Ac] (A Straight, Ace high)
Smith101 collected £86.24 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot £89.24 Main pot £86.24 Rake £3
Board [Kd Qh Tc 6h 7d]
Seat 1: laney2 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Smith101 (small blind) showed [Jc Ac] and won (£86.24) with A Straight, Ace high
Seat 3: pelion (big blind) showed [Th Ts] and lost with Three of a kind, Tens, King high
Seat 4: Antegi folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Welshy100 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: pokerandy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
****HAND ENDS****

Perhaps I should have just called his flop minraise and reevaluated but I felt that his range included pretty much any pair + draw and any 2 pair. All in all I dont think I was ever getting away from this against this guy.

Other than that the second half of the session was mostly about me getting 1/3 or more of my stack in as a massive favorite and then getting boned by the flop once I was committed.

Game #2669823873: Hold'em NL (£0.15/£0.25) - 2006/12/02 - 19:56:25 (DST)
Table "Lento" Seat 2 is the button.
Seat 1: Expert1 (£15.65 in chips)
Seat 2: Smith101 (£178.54 in chips)
Seat 3: pelion (£31.45 in chips)
Seat 4: Randori (£30.30 in chips)
Seat 5: Vitriol (£25 in chips)
Seat 6: viss (£37.25 in chips)
pelion: posts small blind £0.15
Randori: posts big blind £0.25
Vitriol: posts big blind £0.25 + posts small blind £0.15
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to pelion [Qd Qs]
Vitriol: checks
viss: raises to £1
Expert1: calls £1
Smith101: raises to £4
pelion: raises to £12
Randori: folds
Vitriol: folds
viss: calls £11
Expert1: folds
Smith101: calls £8
----- FLOP ----- [5h 6s Jc]
pelion: bets £19.45 and is all-in
viss: calls £19.45
Smith101: folds
----- TURN ----- [5h 6s Jc][2c]
----- RIVER ----- [5h 6s Jc 2c][2h]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
pelion: shows [Qd Qs] (Two Pairs, Queens and Twos, Jack high)
viss: shows [Jd Jh] (A Full House, Jacks full of Twos)
viss collected £73.55 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot £76.55 Main pot £73.55 Rake £3
Board [5h 6s Jc 2c 2h]
Seat 1: Expert1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Smith101 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: pelion (small blind) showed [Qd Qs] and lost with Two Pairs, Queens and Twos, Jack high
Seat 4: Randori (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Vitriol (big blind + small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: viss showed [Jd Jh] and won (£73.55) with A Full House, Jacks full of Twos
****HAND ENDS****

That session graph in full



http://www.flopturnriver.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pos=0




Still, I think I managed to not tilt. And I brought it back up again towards the end. The swings here are sick. Having to repeatedly do things like calling a maniacs allin bluff with JJ on a Q high board is going to give me a heart attack at some point. This is definatly where the moneys at though. Lots more crazy players than at full ring. I just need to work on balencing a few areas of my game and figuring out what raise size to make it when there will be 5 callers of a 4BB raise and then I think I can kill this game. Ive also picked up a couple of tells from some of the LAGs which definatly make it easier to call them down with not much.



Im going to see if I can get another 4 hours or so tomorrow. Hopefully they will go a little smoother.

Wish me luck!