Day 147 ... $ 150 up in one night ... result

HoldemPoker.com $44.00 / UltimateBet $ 44.32

I've made another advance deposit on my month allowance of $44 in HoldemPoker.com which takes me up to March '06 on budget, but I'm more than glad I did. HoldemPoker is basically the same as PokerRoom.com but without some of the bells and whistles but with micro limit cash games added. Considering my monthly budget isn't really enough to going into new rooms with the micro limits seemed the way to go - and boy am I glad I took a look.

I'm trying out 3 way multi tabling to make me a bit stricter about hand selection and over come the boredom factor that this entails playing just one table - so these results are from playing 1 table at UB and 2 at HoldemPoker at the same time.

HoldemPoker.com ... $44 +$93.55 ... total $137.55 (+ $93.55)

$8 Cash NL 0.10 ... $24.45 ... + $16.45 ... 45mins
$8 Cash NL 0.10 ... $12.90 ... + $ 4.90 ... 45mins

$8 Cash NL 0.10 ... $15.20 ... + $ 7.20 ... 15mins
$8 Cash NL 0.10 ... $20.05 ... + $12.05 ... 60mins
$8 Cash NL 0.10 ... $ 3.00 ... - $ 8.00 ... 30 mins

$8 Cash NL 0.10 ... $24.05 ... + $16.05 ... 60 mins
$8 Cash NL 0.10 ... $15.05 ... + $ 7.05 ... 60 mins

$8 Cash NL 0.10 ... $46.23 ... + $38.23 ... 30mins
$8 Cash NL 0.10 ... $ 4.60 ... - $ 3.40 ... 30mins

In the last set I got dealt KK on one table and AA - the KK ended up with a four way all-in and netted me the big win - the AA got crushed but in fairness it all happened so damn fast that I wasn't too worried I'd messed up for $4 with it. During both the afternoon 45mins and the 2 1/2 hrs in evening I was also playing a single table at UB. The games at UB are even looser at micro limits - the players there seem to be generally quite tight passive and ones at HoldemPoker seem to be more loose aggressive.

UltimateBet ... $44.32 + $57.25 (inc bonus) ... total $ 101.57 (+$13.57)

$8 Cash NL 0.05/0.10 ... $22.80 ... + $14.80 ... 15mins

$8 Cash NL 0.10 ... $19.00 ... + $11.00 ... 30mins
$8 Cash NL 0.10 ... $19.85 ... + $11.85 ... 30mins
$8 Cash NL 0.10 ... $26.05 ... + $18.05 ... 45mins

Day 147 ... HoldemPoker / UltimateBet ... $ 88.32 + $ 150.80 ... sub total $239.12 (+ $107.12)

Total (inc PokerRoom.com) ... $ 239.12 ( - $156.88)

So still in the red but in alot better shape (now used allowed budget including March '06)

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