The home game was smaller than usual (only 4 people showed up - including me) so we decided to play 2 full games, 3k in chips and 15 minute blinds (10 for the second game). Due to the shorthanded tournament style, I played a bit looser than normal and aggressive. I won both games and Julie (my poker addicted girlfriend) ended up 2nd both times. I hope the next game has a few more people. A fun evening with an encouraging result.

Have been playing more $40 NL and my best hand of the day looks something like this:


Holdem No Limit
$0.10/$0.20
[Jun 25 15:39:32] : Hand Start.
[Jun 25 15:39:32] : Seat 1 : corytv has $64.78
[Jun 25 15:39:32] : Seat 2 : Rocky_MG has $51.88
[Jun 25 15:39:32] : Seat 3 : DubacedaN has $7
[Jun 25 15:39:32] : Seat 4 : syphos has $39.60
[Jun 25 15:39:32] : Seat 5 : vjulysse has $9.60
[Jun 25 15:39:32] : Seat 6 : bigdopey has $39.57
[Jun 25 15:39:32] : Seat 7 : dooby84 has $2.93
[Jun 25 15:39:32] : Seat 8 : DIAMANT08 has $4.46
[Jun 25 15:39:32] : Seat 9 : MrCoakley has $37.95
[Jun 25 15:39:32] : syphos is the dealer.
[Jun 25 15:39:33] : vjulysse posted small blind.
[Jun 25 15:39:34] : bigdopey posted big blind.
[Jun 25 15:39:34] : Game [36131] started with 9 players.
[Jun 25 15:39:34] : Dealing Hole Cards.
[Jun 25 15:39:34] : Seat 4 : syphos has 7c 5c
[Jun 25 15:39:36] : dooby84 called $0.20
[Jun 25 15:40:24] : DIAMANT08 folded.
[Jun 25 15:40:25] : MrCoakley folded.
[Jun 25 15:40:33] : corytv called $0.20
[Jun 25 15:40:34] : Rocky_MG folded.
[Jun 25 15:40:34] : DubacedaN folded.
[Jun 25 15:40:34] : syphos called $0.20
[Jun 25 15:40:35] : vjulysse called $0.10
[Jun 25 15:40:35] : bigdopey checked.
[Jun 25 15:40:36] : Dealing flop.
[Jun 25 15:40:36] : Board cards [5s 5d 9c]
[Jun 25 15:40:39] : vjulysse checked.
[Jun 25 15:40:42] : bigdopey checked.
[Jun 25 15:40:45] : dooby84 checked.
[Jun 25 15:41:00] : corytv checked.
[Jun 25 15:41:07] : syphos bet $1
[Jun 25 15:41:12] : vjulysse folded.
[Jun 25 15:41:14] : bigdopey called $1
[Jun 25 15:41:14] : dooby84 folded.
[Jun 25 15:41:15] : corytv folded.
[Jun 25 15:41:15] : Dealing turn.
[Jun 25 15:41:15] : Board cards [5s 5d 9c 7h]
[Jun 25 15:41:19] : bigdopey checked.
[Jun 25 15:41:26] : syphos bet $2
[Jun 25 15:41:28] : bigdopey called $2
[Jun 25 15:41:28] : Dealing river.
[Jun 25 15:41:28] : Board cards [5s 5d 9c 7h 3c]
[Jun 25 15:41:35] : bigdopey bet $4
[Jun 25 15:41:37] : syphos called $4 and raised $4
[Jun 25 15:41:39] : bigdopey called $4 and raised $28.37 and is All-in
[Jun 25 15:41:52] : syphos : bigger full house?
[Jun 25 15:41:54] : It's your turn.
[Jun 25 15:41:54] : syphos has 10 seconds to respond.
[Jun 25 15:41:57] : syphos called $28.37
[Jun 25 15:41:58] : Showdown!
[Jun 25 15:41:58] : Seat 4 : syphos has 7c 5c
[Jun 25 15:42:00] : Seat 6 : bigdopey has 3h 5h
[Jun 25 15:42:00] : bigdopey has Full House : 5s full of 3s
[Jun 25 15:42:00] : Seat 4 : syphos has 7c 5c
[Jun 25 15:42:00] : syphos has Full House : 5s full of 7s
[Jun 25 15:42:00] : syphos wins $76.74 with Full House : 5s full of 7s (7 kicker)
[Jun 25 15:42:09] : Hand is over.