Poor Session

I feel comfortable 6-tabling now... but by comfortable I mean non-rushed, and not necessarily optimal. Surprisingly it didn't help me hit my 100 point requirement and quicker, and today I had to play a whopping 977 hands just to clear it! Usually I can play 500-700 and it's cleared. Last time I played roughly 1K hands I got 200 points, and this time 977 only got me 100. I suppose it could be partially because I'm playing tighter in general because I'm playing 6 tables, but it also was definitely the cards.

Very cold session, and one that left me kind of deflated. I felt like I just played for 2.5 hours and didn't do much other than steadily lose money. The one hand that pulled me back a little was when I was dealt AA and TT donked into it for a full 100BB stack. Not bad! Still couldn't save me from the dregs of a losing session though.

Aha! I also just figured out why the number of hands full tilt reports I played and the number of hands PT collects differ. PT is set to only collect hands with 7-9 players, so when the tables drop to 6-, FT counts them and PT doesn't.

Hand of the day (Villain was 17/0/2):

Full Tilt Poker, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 9 Players
LeggoPoker.com Hand History Converter

SB: $26.60
BB: $21.25
UTG: $14.65
UTG+1: $29.20
UTG+2: $35.80
Hero (MP1): $27.85
MP2: $12.25
CO: $8.25
BTN: $39.90

Pre-Flop: Td Ah Td Ah dealt to Hero (MP1)
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $0.25, UTG+2 folds, Hero raises to $1.25, 5 folds, UTG+1 calls $1

Flop: ($2.85) Ad 3s 8d (2 Players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $2, UTG+1 raises to $4, Hero calls $2

Turn: ($10.85) Jc (2 Players)
UTG+1 bets $5, Hero calls $5

River: ($20.85) 6h (2 Players)
UTG+1 bets $5, Hero calls $5

Results: $30.85 Pot ($1.50 Rake)
UTG+1 showed 8s 8c (three of a kind, Eights) and WON $29.35 (+$14.10 NET)
Hero mucked Td Ah (a pair of Aces) and LOST (-$15.25 NET)

Lesson to be learned: Fear the min c/r. Frankly, I had a gut instinct that he was bluffing on the flop, and I went with it to my great detriment. It's embarrassing that I can get caught up in a call down like this still, and shows how much of a donk I still am. The problem is I really didn't range him here, which I can blame on 6 tables but probably would have happened the same way with 4 tables. There is obviously nothing in his range that I beat other than a bluff, and that is doubtful coming from a 17/0/2, with attention to the 2.

Ah well. Better luck next time, and more focus to avoid losing money on the above hand.

Session: -$19 -- 977 Hands
Overall: $524.30-- +$179.20 -- 15,673 hands