Not as bad as it looks.

So, once again I failed in playing enough cards yesterday. I put in just one hour for +$123 or so (my friends and I fucked around In micro tourneys again.) There is one hand that I played that looks horrible. And normally I'd feel terrible playing the hand this way but this was OPP DEP.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?922015 My OPP is extremely loose, and prone to bluff. I chose to smooth call preflop which is apparently the NEW reraise in online poker (more on that another time.) I take position and flop a miracle. Normally I would not have any problem building a pot as I would have 3 bet preflop, but now I have to go a completely different route. The flop goes check check and I know he will bet the turn. On the turn my opponent goes ahead and insta bets. Now I normally hate a min raise, but I know he is capable of moving in with ANY draw and ANY pair in this spot. I want him to 3 bet. He thinks and calls, and I can put him on precisely 1 pair and no heart. That stinks because if he wasn't willing to bluff the turn, which he had been for the last 20 minutes, he wasn't going to bet the river. The board paired giving me some hope of the maniac making a move. I bet really small, hoping he will take the bet ad go all in. He uses his whole time bar and folds. I really feel like I played the best line against this particular opponent. I also feel like he almost pulled the trigger twice. I like how I am starting to be able to choose opponent specific lines now at any given point. This is good.

I'm on my way to Atlantic City for the day, so although I'll certainly play around 6-8 hours, I should only get in about 300 hands. Live poker is so damn slow. Also, if I don't make at least $500, casino poker rooms are rigged too.

Yesterday's Net +$123
Total Goal Left $19,004