Day 4

Playing 2 tables of 1/2 limit holdem @ William Hill
Cleared £20 ($35) in 2 hours of play. Playing loss was the same -$35

Will spare you the full story, I played ok, had some big hands, and got paid, but made mistakes in paying off hands, just so happened that most of them were battle of the blinds, so I gave less credit to the BB when I was the SB raiser.

One interesting hand came up, I had red AA in the cutoff, a player from mid position limped in and I raised. BB called as did limper. Flop was 37J hearts, ok, could be a worse flop, as I have nut redraw. Checked to me and I bet, limper calls. Turn is a black J, and it's checked to me again, I pause for a looong time, and so nearly checked, but I bet, and of course, got raised. Had to call. River was a blank and I call the limpers bet to see what id expect: AJ. Checking did have benefits on the turn, I wouldve got a free shot at the nut flush, if they had Q hearts I might win 2 bets on the end, or I might induce a bluff, but that did cost me.

I was happy with how I played my hands when I clearly had the best of it, but not at all happy with hands that became marginal. The players are very tight, and strightforward on these tables, I at least got some confidence that the games are beatable, but need to protect my money when I dont have the best of it.