So after a little break from playing poker, I jumped back into some Rush Poker this week on Full Tilt. Rush Poker is poker on crack, played at warp-speed as you jump from one table to the next without a moment to catch your breath. Multiply that by four tables, and it’s the illusion of utter chaos. 800 hands an hour. I played a six hour session and churned out 5,000 hands – more hands in one session than I have been able to achieve in some previous months.

It took a while to adjust to the style of 6-max cash again after playing exclusively HU for the last 10 months. I found myself calling too light and generally spewing. So I tightened up the reigns, and when you throw in the ridiculous amount of rakeback, it’s probably a good option for me with my limited playing schedule.

While there are plenty of regs there, there’s still plenty of value. I mean, check out this hand from today’s session. I flatted AK in position as there were some aggro players in the blinds, so I was trying to induce a squeeze. I’ll sometimes call in position with big pairs/hands, and sometimes I’ll 3bet. This time I flatted and, well, I was clearly outplayed.

***** Hand History for Game 27515407446 ***** (Full Tilt)
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold’em – Saturday, January 22, 07:40:59 ET 2011
Table Afterburner (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: HERO ( $124.95 USD )
Seat 2: vengeneance ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 3: Medicine4Goat ( $120.05 USD )
Seat 4: Rosavita 66 ( $39.30 USD )
Seat 5: supermarsch ( $57.00 USD )
Seat 6: kenpokershiro ( $71.10 USD )
vengeneance posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
Medicine4Goat posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Kd Ac ]
Rosavita 66 folds
supermarsch folds
kenpokershiro raises [$3.50 USD]
HERO calls [$3.50 USD]
vengeneance folds
Medicine4Goat folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, Ks, 4h ]
kenpokershiro bets [$4.00 USD]
HERO raises [$12.00 USD]
kenpokershiro raises [$63.60 USD]
HERO calls [$55.60 USD]
kenpokershiro shows [2h, Th ]
HERO shows [Kd, Ac ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9h ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8h ]
kenpokershiro wins $140.70 USD from main pot

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