ty, Mr. Payoff Monkey!
 

So, I started off my first session of October about as you would expect... JJ overpair loses to rivered 2 outer (88), AA overpair loses to 99 on 973 flop - you know, the usual.

Anyhoo, fortunately, this guy came along and saved my session.

Here was our first "big" hand together, which gave me all of the read I needed to know how to play Hand #2 (don't mind my retarded FTS misclicking that kept me from going all in):

Full Tilt Cash game, $1/$2 No Limit, 6 players
Hand History by
SB: $201
BB: $217.60
UTG: $211.20
MP: $49.05
HERO (CO): $203
Button: $583

SB posts Small Blind $1
BB posts Big Blind $2

Pre-flop: 8:h: 6:h: ($3)
UTG folds
MP folds
HERO raises to $7
Button calls $7
SB folds
BB folds

Flop: 2:s: 8:s: 2:h: ($17)
HERO bets $11
Button calls $11

Turn: 2:s: 8:s: 2:h: 8:d: ($39)
HERO bets $30
Button raises to $90
HERO raises to $158
Button calls $68

River: 2:s: 8:s: 2:h: 8:d: J:c: ($355)
HERO bets $18
Button calls $18

HERO wins $388 with a full house Eights full of Twos

Converter didn't show, but he had AQ.


Hand #2 (I'll leave the chat in):

Full Tilt Cash game, $1/$2 No Limit, 6 players
Hand History by
SB: $209.20
BB: $49.05
HERO (UTG): $397
MP: $392
CO: $200
Button: $214.60

SB posts Small Blind $1
BB posts Big Blind $2

Pre-flop: A:s: Q:s: ($3)
HERO raises to $7
MP raises to $21
CO folds
Button folds
SB folds
BB folds
HERO calls $14

Flop: Q:d: K:s: A:d: ($45)
HERO checks
MP bets $30
HERO calls $30

Turn: Q:d: K:s: A:d: Q:c: ($105)
HERO checks
MP bets $50
HERO raises to $164
MP calls $114

River: Q:d: K:s: A:d: Q:c: Q:h: ($433)
HERO bets $182 and is all in
He went well into his time bank and I was afraid he was gong to fold a King:
HERO says: k no good
HERO says: TT way no good
MP calls $177 and is all in

MP shows K:d: 6:d:
HERO wins $784 with four of a kind Queens

Nice work...unfortunately for me today the monkey's kept hitting their flushes, etc. against me.