The Empty - Day 1

A peculiarly Scottish word 'an empty' refers to being left in sole charge of the house. Reaching its most important status during the teenage years it once again allows for the loosening of certain restrictions with the removal of domestic duties. This week I intend to ramp up the poker playing and might even manage to frequent a Lamma bar or two as the week rolls on.

I steriotypically arrive home with takeaway from the Thai restaurant. With no little people to attend to I was logged into Poker4Ever by 7.30 and logged in a two hour session as planned.

I finish up $38 up. I take a planned break and spark up the desktop PC to begin working on my Interpoker bonus. Unfortunately I still can't get PAHUD working for some reason so have to make do with Gametime+ to watch my opponents stats. The competition isn't as soft as Poker4Ever and I'm bumbling along just ahead before I take down a sizeable pot. I'm $30 ahead and then seem to face difficult decision after decision and giving all my winnings away and am stuck for almost $30. Meh. A couple of big hands and I end up US$25 up. On the down side my PTBB/100 on Interpoker is dire at just under 1PTBB/100. I seem to be winning on the higher stakes and losing on the lower stakes so I end up winning but having a poor PTBB/100 figure. The bonus is also very slow. Its going to take another 20 sessions to clear the $100 bonus.

I end up playing another 30 minute session with the laptop but I get a cooler in the first five minutes. I've been super aggressive as I've been catching cards. With three 7s on the flop I raised and caught my 10 on the turn. I raised and he called. I'm out of position - he didn't raise preflop so AT is the only hand I'm afraid of. I bet out $5 on the river and he pumps it up to $15. I probably should have let it go there but I guess it was late and I wasn't on the top of my game.

All in all I rack up a $50 gain and clear a few more bonus points. My $/hour average is in double figures and I hope I can keep that going for the rest of the week.