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I'm continuing to run like the very wind itself online, simply unable to lose a pot no matter how hard I try or how badly I play. I've actually started to miss big street 3 bets because of kind of the opposite that usually happens, which is "Blarg, he always has it, I just call". Instead I've started thinking "surely I'll lose this time" and just meekly call down and get show a not as good hand. Just from today here is a sampling of my run good:

Full Tilt Poker $3/$6 Limit Hold'em - 8 players - View hand 1257582
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Pre Flop: (1.5 SB) Hero is MP2 with 3 A
UTG calls, 2 folds, Hero raises, CO 3-bets, 3 folds, UTG calls, Hero calls

Flop: (10.5 SB) A 6 9 (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks, CO bets, UTG calls, Hero raises, CO calls, UTG calls

Turn: (8.25 BB) T (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, CO calls, UTG calls

River: (11.25 BB) 9 (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, CO raises, UTG folds, Hero 3-bets, CO calls

CO shows KQdd and I laugh a little inside.

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Limit Hold'em - 9 players - View hand 1257585
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Pre Flop: (1.5 SB) Hero is UTG+1 with Q K
1 fold, Hero raises, 2 folds, MP2 calls, 1 fold, BTN calls, SB calls, BB calls

Flop: (10 SB) K Q 5 (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, MP2 calls, BTN calls, SB folds, BB calls

Turn: (7 BB) 8 (4 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, MP2 raises, BTN folds, BB folds, Hero calls

River: (11 BB) 2 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets, Hero calls

Final Pot: 13 BB
Hero shows Q K (two pair, Kings and Queens)
MP2 shows 8 Q (two pair, Queens and Eights)
Hero wins 12.5 BB

Admittedly during this hand I was talking on the phone to DougL (while 6 tabling) trying to convince him that yes sir playing in the 30/60 2/3rds kill game was in fact a good idea. I think he called me cause he wanted someone who would encourage him to do it, and I did not disappoint. I mean, I'd be happy to play in such a game if I was on a trip (which he seemed to be) and he's almost certainly has more talent and more money than me. But I think he cost me $4.

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Limit Hold'em - 9 players - View hand 1257590
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Pre Flop: (1.5 SB) Hero is UTG+2 with A A
2 folds, Hero raises, 1 fold, MP2 3-bets, 4 folds, Hero calls

Flop: (7.5 SB) 8 9 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets, Hero raises, MP2 calls

Turn: (5.75 BB) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets, MP2 calls

River: (7.75 BB) Q (2 players)
Hero bets, MP2 raises, Hero calls

Final Pot: 11.75 BB
Hero shows A A (a pair of Aces)
MP2 shows K K (a pair of Kings)
Hero wins 11.25 BB
(Rake: $2.00)

I can't really blame this one on Doug. I just assumed "him raise river me has one pair me call." However this hand does stand as a decent reason you're supposed to make said call.

Full Tilt Poker $2/$4 Limit Hold'em - 8 players - View hand 1257594
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Pre Flop: (1.5 SB) Hero is SB with A A
4 folds, CO raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, CO calls

Flop: (7 SB) 5 4 9 (2 players)
Hero bets, CO calls

Turn: (4.5 BB) J (2 players)
Hero bets, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, CO caps!, Hero calls

River: (12.5 BB) K (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls

Final Pot: 14.5 BB
Hero shows A A (a pair of Aces)
CO shows J Q (a pair of Jacks)
Hero wins 14 BB
(Rake: $2.00)

Pretty sure I got this one right, but once again he in a way wins the hand because I stopped raising first. The run good just goes on and on and on.

Full Tilt Poker $3/$6 Limit Hold'em - 8 players - View hand 1257597
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Pre Flop: (1.5 SB) Hero is BB with J J
1 fold, UTG+1 calls, 2 folds, CO raises, 2 folds, Hero calls, UTG+1 calls

Flop: (6.5 SB) J 4 Q (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, CO bets, Hero raises, UTG+1 folds, CO calls

Turn: (5.25 BB) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets, CO calls

River: (7.25 BB) J (2 players)
Hero bets, CO calls

Final Pot: 9.25 BB
Hero shows J J (four of a kind, Jacks)
CO mucks K Q
Hero wins 8.917 BB
(Rake: $2.00)

Gonna go ahead and blame this one primarily on Doug and slightly on my current choice of table layout. I typically use an overlapping layout for 6 tables, but when I'm on the phone or somehow distracted it's better simple to tile them. I should have done that for the few minutes I was on the phone, but in this hand just looked at the (mostly occluded) table and thought it was a blind defense. I completely missed that the pot was 3 handed and therefore didn't re-raise preflop, and for my efforts was rewarded with quads.

And in closing, I've been continuing to play at the Bike and have been having decent results. Objectively I think I'm a winner in the lineups I'm playing in, and have been able to keep good focus for most of the day. I made a couple of really nice plays today, including bluffing a nitty old man off a hand I knew he'd fold, and getting to showdown extremely cheaply against an extremely combative friend on more than one occasion.