Days 35 & 36.

Day 35: No hands played, spent most of the day with friends relaxing and enjoying summer. Realized how much more I need to do this while I am still young and able to spend with them.

Day 36:

Cash Results:

Limit: 25nl FR

Number of Hands Played: 570

Amount Won: -$33.53

Rakeback Earned: +$3.59

Total Won (Today): -$29.94

Total Won (Overall): +$248.10

Amount Remaining to reach Goal: $2,251.90

I was content with my play today. I played solid and only lost two pots that were over 25bbs, unfortunately these were both my full stack to absolute fish playing every hand they are dealt. I seem to struggle with these player's the most and either get sucked out or hit the top of their range. I'll post the two hands for evaluation along with their stats.

Hand #1 (Villian stats: 76/9/4.2 after 34 hands, flop raise percentage = 100%)

Full Tilt - $0.25 NL - Holdem - 8 players

Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com

UTG: $25.22

UTG+1: $57.32

MP: $12.00

MP+1: $25.00

CO: $23.98

BTN: $31.65

SB: $25.35

Hero (BB): $25.00

SB posts SB $0.10, Hero posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Ks Ah

fold, fold, fold, fold, CO calls $0.25, fold, fold, Hero raises to $1.00, CO calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.10, 2 players) 5h 6d Kh

Hero bets $1.50, CO raises to $3.00, Hero raises to $7.50, CO calls $4.50

Turn: ($17.10, 2 players) 3d

Hero bets $16.50 and is all-in, CO calls $15.48 and is all-in

River: ($48.06, 2 players) 7h

CO shows 5d 6h (Two Pair, Sixes and Fives)

Hero shows Ks Ah (One Pair, Kings)

CO wins $45.66

Hand #2 (Villian stats: 45/20/2.5 after 56 hands, had reads he'd get attached to any pair, called down three streets of betting with second pair low kicker in previous hand):

Full Tilt - $0.25 NL - Holdem - 6 players

Hand converted by PokerTracker 3: http://www.pokertracker.com

CO: $25.02

BTN: $34.67

INVALID POS: $39.49

SB: $21.55

Hero (UTG): $28.01

MP: $25.00

INVALID POS posts SB $0.10, SB posts BB $0.25

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has Qs Ad

Hero raises to $1.00, fold, fold, fold, fold, SB calls $0.75

Flop: ($2.10, 2 players) Qd 7d 4s

SB checks, Hero bets $1.50, SB raises to $5.16, Hero raises to $27.01 and is all-in, SB calls $15.39 and is all-in

Turn: ($43.20, 2 players) Jh

River: ($43.20, 2 players) 2d

SB shows Jc Qc (Two Pair, Queens and Jacks)

Hero shows Qs Ad (One Pair, Queens)

SB wins $41.04

So final thoughts are I am happy with my game and I definitely am keeping my losses to a minimum minus these two big hands (which happened simultaneously unfortunately). I am still happy with my move up to 25nl and plan on putting in many more hours until I successfully beat it. I'm also down a little over 5 buy ins in EV after 16,000 hands so far (which would put me in the positive for overall 25nl results). I hope this will mean I'm due for running largely above EV and even things out. Looking forward to the future of playing as I'm enjoying myself more playing this way and really thinking through things much better which is a great challenge.