So far, so good

2/4 NL on Absolute is going really well so far. Variance has been a good friend to me, as I have run my initial 2K on the site up to 7K already.

I'll show you the most interesting hand I've played on Absolute so far: This is going to surprise you. You may argue that it looks like I'm squeezing here (and thus someone might 4 bet me without a complete monster), but with an UTG raise I feel like the big blind is SCREAMING strength. I had him running at 20/13, he really wasn't getting out of line. With us sitting deep-stacked, this was a really shitty spot where I felt like I had to shove. If I shove, I feel like only aces are calling. This is a really rare fold for me, but I honestly feel good about this decision.

I will only log roughly 15K hands in for December because of finals earlier and the fact that I spend days straight with my girlfriend. However... as long as I don't run bad to end the month, I should have really good results. Let's keep our fingers crossed that good things keep happening.

I'm going to finally play some live poker again after Christmas. My friend Mike has a beach house 10 minutes from the casinos in Atlantic City. It looks like my friend Pete (famousanus) and his friend Jared are also gonna head down, so it should be fun to have us wreck some of the live games at Borgata. I'll probably just play 2/5 NL to start, but if Im feeling comfortable in the live setting I'll probably jump to 5/10 NL. For a lot of online poker pros, live poker is just a hobby that they often donk around in. I want to actually win at live poker, though, just to prove to myself that I can beat any poker game I choose to sit down in.