As the year comes to a close....

We look back at all the bad beats and all the broken computer parts. I went through 5 different mouses (mice?) wtf and 2 laptops...but we have come down the home stretch ripping and roaring our way to the top eclipsing our goal we set for ourselves of 200k on the year. Well, there is 3 weeks left, but we are playing well and running pretty well also. Game selecting has been key to my upswing as I don't play any solid winners or hit and runners and have gotten pretty good at quitting games where even though I have a small edge, I can't win because they cards aren't agreeing. Basically you start forcing things and building big pots for no reason and you can't win any of them so you get more stuck and tilted.

I've run up my ftp account very nicely and basically convinced myself that I shouldn't have left. I've read in the twoplustwo forums that their player base is up over 30% in the last few months which looks great for poker. The government has delayed some important decisions regarding the legalization and taxation of online poker which is nice as well.

Haven't posted any hands in a while, so here's a good one where you think you are getting bluff raised on the flop, so you 3 bet hoping to get it in on a flip or maybe he folds and you win the pot right there, so he ships and you're like ok flip it up, oh nevermind, I have you dominated...

Full Tilt Poker Game #16687806406: Table Calm Sea (heads up) - $5/$10 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:34:27 ET - 2009/12/10
Seat 1: Shipitoverhere ($2,261.50)
Seat 2: john7267 ($1,103.50)
Shipitoverhere posts the small blind of $5
john7267 posts the big blind of $10
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Shipitoverhere [Jh Ah]
Shipitoverhere raises to $30
john7267 has 15 seconds left to act
john7267 calls $20
*** FLOP *** [8h Qc 4h]
john7267 checks
Shipitoverhere bets $40
john7267 raises to $130
Shipitoverhere raises to $340
john7267 has 15 seconds left to act
john7267 has requested TIME
john7267 raises to $1,073.50, and is all in
Shipitoverhere calls $733.50
john7267 shows [Kh Th]
Shipitoverhere shows [Jh Ah]
*** TURN *** [8h Qc 4h] [Qs]
*** RIVER *** [8h Qc 4h Qs] [2s]
john7267 shows a pair of Queens
Shipitoverhere shows a pair of Queens
Shipitoverhere wins the pot ($2,206.50) with a pair of Queens
john7267 adds $1,000
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,207 | Rake $0.50
Board: [8h Qc 4h Qs 2s]
Seat 1: Shipitoverhere (small blind) showed [Jh Ah] and won ($2,206.50) with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: john7267 (big blind) showed [Kh Th] and lost with a pair of Queens

ez game holding like that.