Still down 23 buyins...

But I'm feeling like I'm playing OK and keeping the table numbers down has definitely helped a lot. This will all feel so much better once I get into the black and am winning over a big sample, even if its only 1ptbb, or even if I have to stop playing 600nl to achieve that. For now, the doubt consumes me from time to time, this would have been easier on the mind had I been playing MSNL more recently than March of last year.

Anyway, another day passes without a terrible call to post, so that's good for me. In lieu of that, here's a hand I took a sort of weird line that I like although it probably misses some value against strong overpairs. Turn bet was so small that I figured that I could reasonably be seen to be calling that with a some flushdraws and therefore inducing bluffs on blank rivers. If he made it bigger I'd have just shipped.

Hero (SB): $218.30
BB: $109.95
UTG: $696.40
MP: $200
CO: $217
BTN: $233.35

Pre-Flop: 8 8 dealt to Hero (SB)

2 folds, CO raises to $6, BTN folds, Hero calls $5, BB folds

Flop: ($14) 8 8 3 (2 Players)

Hero checks, CO bets $8, Hero raises to $26.95, CO calls $18.95

Turn: ($67.90) 4 (2 Players)

Hero checks, CO bets $32, Hero calls $32

River: ($131.90) 2 (2 Players)

Hero checks, CO bets $80, Hero raises to $153.35 and is All-In, CO folds

Results: $291.90 Pot ($3 Rake)

Hero showed 8 8 and WON $288.90 (+$144.95 NET)

VPP COUNT 44121