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It's late and I'm on baby duty tonight. So why not spend the evening at another $10+1 single table (9 person) SnG?

Wow this SnG is taking forever. We just completed our one hundred and thirteenth hand and finally made it down to three people. I am sitting at second by about 2000. It has been a grueling SnG and I've had to fight the temptation to go all-in just to end the pain. Nothing special. No "great" or "bad" hands that I was part of. Just good poker.

Back to the old familiar heads up game. I Just knocked the third place guy out and I am about even with the other player. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I can finish in first this time.

Lady luck was smiling on me tonight. First place is mine!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?5620605

Running Tally
Played: 3x $10+1 SnG (9 person)
Placed: 3rd, 2nd, 1st
Money: +$57

P.S. I am counting by playing days not calendar days. Today is day...

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I am playing another $10+1 single table (9 person) SnG at the moment. I currently sit in the chip lead by almost 1k with four people left including myself. Nothing really stunning or exciting thus far. I thought this was a good call on my part (http://www.pokerhand.org/?5616419). I'd explain why I did that but to be honest today was brutal at the office so I am a bit tired. This update may be short on details.

Damn I just made a dumb mistake. When you are trying to buy a pot and represent the Ace that no one else has, make sure your bet is appropriate to the guys chip stack to make him feel uncomfortable, ha ha ha. A 10% bet will get called by the guy who has the middle pair and you will loose. Oy! I need sleep. Rookie mistake.

We are now in the money but I am in third place at this point in time.

Ahhh pocket Ace's against an aggressive player who thinks they are the bomb...
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Though I want to make it clear that I don't play real money poker but enjoying the game during my past time with poker application such as the one that can be found at facebook.com, the zynga's Texas Hold 'Em Poker.

The first time I played the game, though not sure of what to do, I was able to win the pot several times with two pairs, trips and sometime full house and flush. I was able to bank my bankroll up to more than 150k. Then I was very happy.

With my addiction to the game rising, I often go all in to hands I am not sure of winning until I got my bankroll almost zeroed. With only nearly 5k left in the bankroll, I felt so weak and could not even dare play, afraid to turn the bankroll to zero.

Then I observe some players going all in whenever they have A (or A's) (of course, I only learn this at the end of every game). I copied the strategy (if it is) and play so tight and folding to hands with less potential of winning (hands without A's).

Guess what happen? I am slowly growing...

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I am glad to see that the interface of my favorite online poker room has not changed since the last time I played. I remember when Full Tilt first came out; I was hosting my weekly cash game and my friend brought a stranger with him. He told me about this new online poker room and couldn't stop talking about how well it was designed in addition to being fun. The stranger turned out to be a cousin of (warning name dropping) Howard Lederer and Annie Duke. I think his name was Bill... not sure to be honest. He was right. I stopped using my other accounts and started using Full Tilt almost exclusively.
Playing online for the first time after a year or so off feels like slipping on a wet pair of swim trunks that you hung up to dry the day before. I know you know what I am talking about. Don't try to deny it. You get that uncomfortable cold wet sensation for a brief second until you get things all warmed up.

Having a career, two children, wife and dog doesn't make it any easier for one to...

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Tomorrow I am going to attempt to start a repeat of my last SnG Challenge. Start with $50 and see how far I can stretch it in 30 days on Full Tilt. It is going to be weird as I much more prefer ring games these days. Especially live cash games. I only play tourneys now in A.C. to kill the time between lunch and dinner. Then it's all cash baby! Stay tuned...