So its taken a while, but my roommate, a solid NL player himself, finally convinced me to try some NL cash at the casino. Whoah boy. In 4 sessions I've upped my bankroll 50%. Its freakin awesome. All those things I've read are right, NL is where the money is at.

1st session:
$100 NL at Hollywood Park. Nothing too exciting here, I played pretty tight the whole time...was upp 200, lost it, rebought, cashed out up 50 bucks eventually. Notable hands:

I have 44 UTG, haven't played a hand in uber-long, I raise to $15, calling station on my left calls, not too bad asian dude calls. Flop: A 8 9...I lead for 35, calling station is all-in for 45, asain guy calls, I call. Turn: 9, I check, asian checks.
River: 4! I bet 50, asian guy folds...calling station had J8, so he pretty much deserved to be rivered.

Another hand, I have 99 in EP raise to 15, solid player on my left has me covered (I have ~$100 back) makes it 35 to go. I call. Flop is K 9 4, with 2 diamonds. I check and call a 30 bet on the turn and river and then push all-in on the river for 30 more on a board of K 9 4 K 6. He hems and haws then calls and mucks AA.

Same guy later, I have 9Ts on the button, limp behind two others. Flop: Q T 6. Checks to me I bet 10. SB (same guy from last hand) is only caller.
Turn: 2 giving me a flush draw, he checks I check.
River: K completing my flush. He bets 25, I raise to 60. He hems and haws and calls with J8, hitting his gutshot on the river but losing to my straight.

Altoghether not that great. But then I hit up Vegas for a night over labor day weekend. 1/2 NL at Red Rock I was a big winner. Next blog.