All Good Things....Continue

Hey all! I have some exciting news. Jon and I found out that the bank has finally accepted our offer for the house in Vegas! We have been waiting since July to find out whether the offer would be accepted or rejected. Now we have to do the inspection and deal with our bank on securing a mortgage, and if all goes well, we should close by the middle of December. If any of you know of any poker players, or anyone interested in renting the house, please drop me a note. We ideally would like to rent to friends or friends of friends, but if that does not work out, we are going to rent it through a management company.

I have not been focused on poker much since September. I have spent most of my time concentrating on my new business. It has become a priority. Ideally, I would like to devote my time to travel and poker, becoming a more well rounded player, focusing on the nuances of my game-I have my whole life for that. My goal is to start up a well grounded law practice, with solid clients and steady income. Once it is in place, I will have all the freedom I want. I am very lucky that I have a great business partner.

As far as poker goes, I am still focused on my 45 man sngs. I like the structure and always turn to them when I need to build my account. I am playing the FTOPS main event tomorrow and I am excited for that. Here are some hands that I thought were interesting:

1. AJ hh. I limped utg in the 100k nightly on stars. A well known, solid player Pwnasaurus was in the sb. It folded to button who limped. SB and BB checked. 4 way to flop. Flop came out 3h 7h 8 sp. Pwnasaurus leads 150(into 200 somthing pot) the bb calls, and I call, button folds. Pot is now 600 something. Turn is 9sp. Pwnasaurus leads again, bb calls and I decide to just call. I feel like Pwnasaurus has 2 pair or pair and draw, but he has a hand he is not folding at this point. River is Jsp. So now board is 3 7 8 9 j. Pwnsaurus takes a long time and checks, bb checks. Pot is 1400 and I have 2100. I was utg limper. I do not think AJ is the best hand, but I do not believe either of these players have a flush or a straight. I decided to turn my hand into a bluff by open shoving. Pwnasuarus timed out and then folded and bb folded immediately. I thought that was an interesting hand.

2. In 45 man sng on tilt. The big stack had been very aggressive and he seemed like a thinking player. He has 4k I have 2100 to start hand. Blinds are 30 60. I am in cut off with A8 cc. I raise to 110, he calls. Flop is 578. He checks, I c bet 200, he calls. Pot is 650. Turn is 9. he checks, and I check. River is 3sp, putting three spades out there,plus the four card straight. Ihave 1600 left. My thought when river came out was, I really think he called flop to make a move. If he shoves, I am calling, if he value bets I will fold. He open ships. I snapped, he has kq os, I won a big pot. I thought that was an interesting hand bc I hardly ever make calls like that with 20+ bbs in my stack, especially in 45 mans, but my read was so spot on, that I think it was appropriate.

Thats all for now, I will post more later.

Good money and peace,

Garnet.