Sunday (10/01/06)
Cash games: Up over $250 in cash games. Was down over $200, then rallied a great comeback to finish way up.

Tournaments: Went out early in the 20+2. Every pot was capped, and it's hard to play that way because it's very expensive even to see a flop; then if you get a good one, it costs you even more on every street to see the river. Consequently, drawing is very expensive, and if you miss, you'll be out.

Monday (10/02/06)
Cash games: Only played 45 minutes -- after busting out of my nightly tournament. Played 5/10 Omaha Hi/Lo (-$6); and 10/20 HORSE (+$172). $10/20 was a good game.

Tournaments: Went out early in the $20+2 when I got short stacked after a guy chased down a straight draw to the river. I had flopped a set. There were three people in this pot; I had actually flopped a lower set than a much shorter stack -- who was all-in. Barring the straight chaser, I would have probably broke even, maybe even came out ahead in the hand had he missed his straight. This left me with less than a single big blind. Then in my final hand, I had pocket aces and not even enough for the blinds; and the aces were cracked by A24K.

Tuesday: 10/03/06
Cash games: -$50. Only tournament was the $2 tournament. Went out early. Every hand was raised, capped, etc. -- as you would expect in such a low stakes tournament because people just don't know how to play.

Wednesday: 10/04/06
Tournaments: $50+5. 81 players, I finished 13th -- just 4 away from the money. I had a very comfortable chip stack and we were playing short handed, when a player raised on my small blind. I had KKJ9, suited in hearts. The flop J67, two hearts. I check, he makes a continuation bet. The turn is a king, and I make top set, and no low or straight possible. I check raise him at this point. The river is a 5. We cap it on the river and this puts me all-in. My opponent hit a gut-shot straight draw to take me out of the tournament. Sadly, I was completely oblivious to the straight possibility on this board, and thought it was more likely that I was up against 2-pair + low, not a straight + low. Oh well, that mistake cost me the tournament.

$20+2: 117 players. Had a huge chip lead early in the tournament; but my table was absolutely crazy (which is why I gained a huge chip lead). Every pre-flop, flop, turn, river was capped for the first 45 minutes. This action helps build a huge chip stack, but it also can tear it down. And that's exactly what happened. After the first 30 minutes, my cards went dead, and I never got anything else going throughout the tournament.

Cash games: +65 in low stakes ($2/4) during the afternoon. +85in $5/10.

Thursday: 10/05/06

Cash games: Played $5/10 HORSE at lunch. Ended +180 in 20 minutes and left the table. Played $5/10 HORSE for 15 minutes between tournaments. Ended +200. Total +380 in cash games tonight.

Tournaments: Played the $40+4. 126 players. Made it into the money with a very decent chip stack. Only 4000 chips separated 1st from 10th place. Within two hands, I was out. I had an overpair to the board, and a guy who already had a low, hit a 4-outter to scoop the pot. I had no low cards.

Played the $20+2 also. 126 players. Even as I cashed earlier tonight, I wasn't as motivated to play my heart out in this one. In spite of it, it's still not in my nature to give up and play like a fool. I managed to go deep into this tournament, but I eventually busted out just 7 places away from the money.

Friday: 10/06/06
Cash games. I started the day up over $150 in the cash games, but ended the day down $150. At the end of the day, I got onto a table with maniacs, and the maniacs would play just about anything. For example, in one RAZZ hand at $5/10 HORSE, on 5th street (when you now have a "hand" and not a draw), my opponent CAPPED the betting with a K-8 showing (meaning the best LOW he could have is a K-8-x-x-x low). I had a J-9 showing and obviously had the best hand. I was surprised he was willing to commit so much money on a hand where the best he could get is an 8-low. But that's what he did, and he ended up winning the hand when I was dealt two consecutive bricks. Another opponent did nearly the same exact thing on 4th street -- but he had a PAIR of KINGS showing. The only way he wins the hand is if I'm dealt three consecutive bricks and he is dealt at least two running low cards. And of course, that's exactly what happened for him to win that pot too. So I ended up losing $150 to these maniacs before finally leaving the table.

Tournaments: I signed up for the $50+5 and immediately doubled my stack in the first 20 minutes. However, as fate would have it, I had overlooked a commitment with my wife, and I had to abandon the tournament at the first break. In spite of it, I managed to get blinded out, and bust out just 5 away from the money.

Saturday: 10/07/06
No time really to play any games as I was setting up for my cadillacpoker.com NLHE tournament. For the little time I did play, I was up a meesly $10.

Summary:
Overall, I was up $846 is the cash games, and cashed $60 in one tournament. Minus $242 in tournament expenses for this week, and I had a net profit of $664. It's a lot of hard work when you're having fun.