Hola coinflippers =) since I've been taking this break, I've been doing really well on the tables. Been away from homegames and just reading a lot and taking it one day at a time on PS under SexyDumpling. New name, new game. I've been playing a lot of $5 sit n go's and crushing them. My little secret for the sit n go's is that I stick around for position and dominate from them. Usually when I take a big pot during the early levels, I slow down and just let everyone knock everyone out unless I have a pretty good hand. I try not to raise much in the late levels because the shortstacks usually take over...so the action is all done for me =D haha. Here's a little example at how tight and solid player I can be on a sit n go to make sure I don't lose much equity if my hand is actually beat. Both samples are in level one and two so it's only been a few minutes into the game :

PokerStars Game #51477105353: Tournament #323564393, $5.00+$0.20 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2010/10/22 2:51:32 ET
Table '323564393 1' 10-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: starrstuded (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: bimkathedog (1580 in chips)
Seat 3: 88_m0j0 (1470 in chips)
Seat 4: Timmyports88 (1480 in chips)
Seat 5: jose91cruz (1440 in chips)
Seat 6: SexyDumpling (1590 in chips)
Seat 7: LuckyLu86 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: momolores (1440 in chips)
Seat 9: Marksquash (1500 in chips)
Seat 10: ZuiBa_Hei (1500 in chips)
Timmyports88: posts small blind 10
jose91cruz: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SexyDumpling [8h 8s]
SexyDumpling: calls 20
LuckyLu86: folds
momolores: folds
Marksquash: folds
ZuiBa_Hei: folds
starrstuded: folds
bimkathedog: folds
88_m0j0: folds
Timmyports88: calls 10
jose91cruz: checks
*** FLOP *** [4s 8d Qd]
Timmyports88: checks
jose91cruz: bets 60
SexyDumpling: calls 60
Timmyports88: folds
*** TURN *** [4s 8d Qd] [7h]
jose91cruz: bets 100
SexyDumpling: calls 100
*** RIVER *** [4s 8d Qd 7h] [2d]
jose91cruz: bets 220
SexyDumpling: calls 220
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jose91cruz: shows [Qs 2h] (two pair, Queens and Deuces)
SexyDumpling: shows [8h 8s] (three of a kind, Eights)
SexyDumpling collected 820 from pot

 

 

PokerStars Game #51477203100: Tournament #323564393, $5.00+$0.20 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2010/10/22 2:57:42 ET
Table '323564393 1' 10-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: starrstuded (1551 in chips)
Seat 2: bimkathedog (1520 in chips)
Seat 3: 88_m0j0 (1411 in chips)
Seat 4: Timmyports88 (1460 in chips)
Seat 5: jose91cruz (1712 in chips)
Seat 6: SexyDumpling (1941 in chips)
Seat 7: LuckyLu86 (1411 in chips)
Seat 8: momolores (1135 in chips)
Seat 9: Marksquash (1404 in chips)
Seat 10: ZuiBa_Hei (1455 in chips)
bimkathedog: posts small blind 15
88_m0j0: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SexyDumpling [Ks Jc]
Timmyports88: calls 30
jose91cruz: calls 30
SexyDumpling: raises 90 to 120
LuckyLu86: folds
momolores: folds
Marksquash: folds
ZuiBa_Hei: folds
starrstuded: folds
bimkathedog: folds
88_m0j0: folds
Timmyports88: calls 90
jose91cruz: calls 90
*** FLOP *** [Js 9s 5d]
Timmyports88: checks
jose91cruz: bets 90
SexyDumpling: calls 90
Timmyports88: folds
*** TURN *** [Js 9s 5d] [2c]
jose91cruz: checks
SexyDumpling: checks
*** RIVER *** [Js 9s 5d 2c] [Qh]
jose91cruz: bets 270
SexyDumpling: calls 270
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jose91cruz: shows [As 8s] (high card Ace)
SexyDumpling: shows [Ks Jc] (a pair of Jacks)
SexyDumpling collected 1125 from pot

Here's another hand that I won but with complete uncertainty if my hand was winning from this point.When he raised me on the flop, i was really concerned about his hand having an 89 as his whole cards. I knew from his bet on the turn that he hit his trips (so did i) but he was taking his time value betting his trips and as I had my ace kicker, I was really close into folding when he shoved on the river. I tanked till i had almost 2 seconds left lol =/

 

PokerStars Game #51621862070:  Hold'em No Limit ($0.02/$0.05 USD) - 2010/10/24 20:39:28 ET
Table 'Eurynome III' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: sapo64 ($6.64 in chips)
Seat 2: Quasar54 ($6.74 in chips)
Seat 3: burner45 ($4 in chips)
Seat 4: SexyDumpling ($6.91 in chips)
Seat 5: Daniway69 ($4.13 in chips)
Seat 6: PescandoBOY ($4.72 in chips)
PescandoBOY: posts small blind $0.02
sapo64: posts big blind $0.05
burner45: posts big blind $0.05
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SexyDumpling [As 9h]
Quasar54: folds
burner45: checks
Quasar54 leaves the table
SexyDumpling: raises $0.15 to $0.20
Daniway69: calls $0.20
maechtiga joins the table at seat #2
PescandoBOY: folds
sapo64: calls $0.15
burner45: calls $0.15
*** FLOP *** [9d 6c 8c]
sapo64: checks
burner45: checks
SexyDumpling: bets $0.15
Daniway69: folds
sapo64: raises $0.35 to $0.50
burner45: folds
SexyDumpling: calls $0.35
*** TURN *** [9d 6c 8c] [9s]
sapo64: bets $1.25
SexyDumpling: calls $1.25
*** RIVER *** [9d 6c 8c 9s] [Kh]
sapo64: bets $4.69 and is all-in
SexyDumpling: calls $4.69
*** SHOW DOWN ***
sapo64: shows [9c Qc] (three of a kind, Nines)
SexyDumpling: shows [As 9h] (three of a kind, Nines - Ace kicker)
SexyDumpling collected $13.03 from pot

 

As everything else besides these 3 hands I showed, I've been on a constant timer of when and how much I should be on the poker table of reading about poker. I also found out that i can really burn myself out by going 24/7 in poker of playing and reading and just really lose myself when playing.