great day at $0.5/1

Its just gone 9.30pm and i'm having a great day playing 4 tables of $0.5/1. So far i've played for about 5 hours, broken down into 3 sessions of just over an hour and a half each. I think the Newquay tripped has helped, although my body is still recovering, i feel mentally very fresh and am enjoying playing whilst maintaining my focus very well. As well as this i'm simply running great, making lots of sets at the right time as well as making some good calls, the best part however is that i've been folding a lot of marginal spots on the river. I read an article recently by phil laak who said, "when your facing a bet on the river and you don't know where your at, 80% of the time your beat". I agree with this 100% and although i'm sure i've been bluffed today i know that in the long run folding these types of spots is major +ev at all levels of the game.
Lots of hands to go through. Start with this classic:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1180565

I had just sat down at the table and this point and was loving it!! I knew i could be beat but i'm never folding cause most of the time my opponents would have the hands they did. This hand is also a great lesson to all new players, BET THOSE SETS!! By betting i give both very little chance of folding, i feel sorry with for the guy with AA cause that's a tough spot but if i check raise 3 bet then a good player may fold the aces, thankfully i'm not a retard.
This hand is funny:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1180567

Yes the guy puts his last $40 in on a paired board with a gutshot!! ty donkey.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1180570

This last 1 was a very good call by me, that sounds quite arrogant but the ace of clubs could well have been the worse card in the deck for my hand. At the time i actually said out loud, 'i don't believe you'; he had would i put him on, on the flop. Would have saved myself a tough call though if i had re-raised pre!!

This hand was very nice indeed, not much to say cause its just a basic cold deck, BET THOSE FLUSH DRAWS:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1180572

The next hand is a little sick cause i hit the turn and he can't really fold when he makes 2 pair:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1180574

One thing i will say is that maybe he could bet the flop (i fold). Or check raise the flop (i fold). The check call is a pretty lame play and i feel that even if my opponent had missed the river he would still have to probs call with the odds.
Next hand is your classic party poker donkey!:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1180578

He calls 3 more oop pre with K 4! As far as the rest of the hand goes he's a little unlucky to smash the turn. I like my raise on the river a lot of muppets would be happy to flat call and take the pot thinking they had the beat hand: hence why blocker bets are very good idea. However i can smell a blocker bet when its soooooo obvious and i wanted his last $35.
The next hand is a great flop for me obviously and i bet it strong:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1180582

I 3 bet pre to try and define my hand. We both have over 160 bb's and there is no way i'm going broke on a rag board, the flat call was nice by him cause i'm gonna fold to a 4 bet but i'm still sure i'm behind to an overpair, he may have AK. When the flop hits i'm thinking about his range: QQ, KK, AA and AK. 10 10 is an option but never crossed my mind. I thought about the check raise but with $130ish back he would bet around 40-50 with all of those hands and would fold QQ for the rest and maybe AA and AK if he was good. By betting i'm trying to get him to shove or call the push, which he did on the turn. By playing like AK i don't blame him for calling off 2 bets: shippppp it!!.
This was a pretty bad play by me:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1180588

I had his exact hand by the river and technically its a tough call on that board, in reality i've played the hand so weak that its a pretty ABC call cause how can i have a K? Also he made such a weak bet on the flop surely with an ace i re-raise here; this is what i should have done.
Great flop for the small blind, even better flop for me in the big blind:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1180590

He was drawing dead on the flop and i'm a little surprised he doubles my $98 with no kicker, i probs play the hand the same as him with 1 small change, fold the turn and save myself $80, quite a big change then.
Another donkey:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1180592

He puts his last $55 in on a paired board on the turn with a 7 high flush draw, thank you x
Last hand bit of a cold deck:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1180595

I think his range is quite high on that board so i don't mind the hand, well played by betting the flop.

Overall i'm up $900 on the day which is very nice. Shame i played the super Friday and $20k gtd after my last blog which cost me $314 combined. Maybe seeing the role below $4K gave me some motivation. I'll probs play the $20K gtd at 12 tonight on party hope the great day on the cash tables can move into the tournament arena.
Bankroll:$4,775