I think I passed the test

What a difference 3 days makes. I knew I was playing well and the poker gods have finally turned and gave me some luck.

I have played 14 SNG since then
1st) 3 times
2nd) 3 times
3rd) 3 times

Also 4 4th place finishes, which means I am always around the money and will still need to tweak some things to make me at least make 3rd.

Overall, I am Happy with the last 3 days.

Lets hope this continues...until next time.

I think I am being tested

Well June will be my month for mostly playing Sit and Goes, because I am going to Vegas in July, I plan to play a lot of 1 table SNG as sat's into bigger tourneys.

With this being said, I will also play some MTT's, but I do not think all than many.

I have been amazingly unlucky in the SNG as I have so far played 27 this month, with 3 wins, 1 2nd, and 4 rds, but I have had lets count them, 10 4th place finished, as everyone knows, you get zip, zilch , zero for fourth.

I have been getting some sick beat today...could it be the 06/06/06 curse???

Some examples just from today:
QQ < KJ
AA < JJ in a huge pot
AQ < J3
A7 < A4

And here is a fun one from an MTT today:

PokerStars Game #5176529613: Tournament #25837793, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/06/06 - 23:08:06 (ET)
Table '25837793 120' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: BiG_RoN81 (2110 in chips) out of hand (moved from another table into small blind)
Seat 2: BCinNY (2838 in chips)
Seat 3: T_Mac (2982 in chips)
Seat 4: shaners222 (1390 in chips)
Seat 5: mcbusted (1975 in chips)
Seat 6: LoCoSi (3675 in chips)
Seat 7: Mzungu (2870 in chips)
Seat 8: cascadehops (1820 in chips)
Seat 9: siberianex (4370 in chips)
BCinNY: posts small blind 100
T_Mac: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to siberianex [8c 8d]
shaners222: raises 400 to 600
mcbusted: folds
LoCoSi: folds
Mzungu: folds
cascadehops: folds
siberianex: raises 1200 to 1800
BCinNY: folds
T_Mac: folds
shaners222: calls 790 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [8s 3d Ks]
*** TURN *** [8s 3d Ks] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [8s 3d Ks Kh] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
shaners222: shows [Kd Qd] (a full house, Kings full of Threes)
siberianex: shows [8c 8d] (a full house, Eights full of Kings)
mcbusted said, "wow"
shaners222 collected 3080 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3080 | Rake 0
Board [8s 3d Ks Kh 3c]
Seat 2: BCinNY (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: T_Mac (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: shaners222 showed [Kd Qd] and won (3080) with a full house, Kings full of Threes
Seat 5: mcbusted folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: LoCoSi folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Mzungu folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: cascadehops folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: siberianex (button) showed [8c 8d] and lost with a full house, Eights full of Kings

Until next time...

Worst Month Ever

Well May was pretty brutal in both cash games and MTT's. Not sure what is going on, but I know I am not playing as bad as the results. I have checked most of my tournys and have seen a huge amount of suckouts on the part of my opponnents.
Once again, I will have to play through it.

On a positive note my Turbo SNG game has been pretty good. I have been playing the Stars $55+5 Turbo for the past 2 month with the following results.

42 Tournies
ITM% 45.2
ROI% 29.6
Profit of $747
$35.53 Hr

I also had 9 4th place finishes, so if I can improve on those, I would be killing the game.

I may continue to play the SNG and lay off the cash games for a while.

Until next time....