Back at it...

I love friday night poker - I really do. I was frustrated that my last session went so well and was still break even. So, I figured screw it - I'll sit down at another session. I bought in for $22 and was grinding and grinding and grinding and after 148 hands I was down to $10.55...then not too long after this hand comes up...

PokerStars Game #8825923152: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/03/10 - 00:11:27 (ET)
Table 'Dares III' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: cmalgee ($14.80 in chips)
Seat 3: FACUMDP ($35.05 in chips)
Seat 4: h2oballer283 ($15.90 in chips)
Seat 5: ghopper13 ($16.70 in chips)
Seat 6: handyman tom ($11.25 in chips)
ghopper13: posts small blind $0.10
handyman tom: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to cmalgee [Kc 8c]
cmalgee: calls $0.25
FACUMDP: calls $0.25
h2oballer283: raises $1 to $1.25
ghopper13: calls $1.15
handyman tom: calls $1
cmalgee: calls $1
FACUMDP: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Jc 6c 9h]
ghopper13: checks
handyman tom: bets $1.25
cmalgee: calls $1.25
FACUMDP: folds
h2oballer283: folds
ghopper13: calls $1.25
*** TURN *** [Jc 6c 9h] [Ac]
ghopper13: checks
handyman tom: checks
cmalgee: checks
*** RIVER *** [Jc 6c 9h Ac] [Kd]
ghopper13: bets $5
handyman tom: calls $5
cmalgee: raises $7.30 to $12.30 and is all-in
ghopper13: raises $1.90 to $14.20 and is all-in
handyman tom: calls $3.75 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ghopper13: shows [Qd Tc] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
cmalgee: shows [Kc 8c] (a flush, Ace high)
cmalgee collected $6.85 from side pot
handyman tom: mucks hand
cmalgee collected $34.50 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $43.35 Main pot $34.50. Side pot $6.85. | Rake $2
Board [Jc 6c 9h Ac Kd]
Seat 2: cmalgee showed [Kc 8c] and won ($41.35) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 3: FACUMDP folded on the Flop
Seat 4: h2oballer283 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: ghopper13 (small blind) showed [Qd Tc] and lost with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 6: handyman tom (big blind) mucked [Ts Qc]

Shewwww...after a long grinding session that's what I needed. I went on a pretty sick rush after this and in the next 80 hands or so I built it up over $100 and ended up checking out at $92.70 for a profit of over $70! That's a helper.

Soooo, when I sat down I had $569.88 and when I left I had $640.58. Good way to start a variance filled weekend, I'm sure -- $109.42 away from playing .25/.50 within my bankroll, AND I'm over $625 ($25 x 25 buyins). So far this project is going pretty well!!!