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I played a late night session last night. It went very well and booked a nice win of 2.5 bi's. I feel like last night i was playing really really well. Being back in Tucson also means that I have my poker setup that I get to play on. With two huge monitors and PA hud running it really allows me to pick better spots. I generally play much looser on my computer setup in Tucson because there is no overlap etc. that you get while playing on a laptop. It just allows more time for making the correct decision and being able to see all 8 tables I'm usually playing helps too. Anyways... I feel really on top of my game after playing on laptops most of the last month. Gonna grind like 2-5k hands tonight depending on how I'm feeling.

A few days ago I played my first MSNL HU Match. Its a $1000 bi with 64 players competing in a Heads Up tournament. You can find details about the tournament here.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthread.php?t=95678

I won my first match against HoosierAlum. I guess he was supposed to be sick... but I easily disposed of him. The format is best of three HU matches to decide who moves on to the next round... zomg like march madness. I won the first match with bottom set. Lost the second match after whittling him down and then losing with him allin against my combo draw. Got back to even and then lost the second match with QQ v. KK all in on an undercard flop. It was a 3bet pot so it was kinda just a cooler. Won the third match with QJ on a KJJ flop against AQ. I played in this same tournament last year and finished 5th-8th. The structure of the matches are very strange with each player getting 2000 chips and the blinds are set at 5-10. This really isn't a common form of poker so I am lucky that my game adapts well to the format. I understand the game theory for this structure better than the competition and I am confident coming into my next match. All 64 players in this are online pro's and its fun because we all know each other and there is a high level of competition. Next round i play Bobbofitos. I talked to him a bit at the Turning Stone Casino a few months ago. I know he wrote a poker book for twoplustwo.com. Contact me with offers as I want to book some side action on this match. 1st place for this tournament gets 25k I think.