I've been doing poorly at FT so I'm a bit feed up with the place or my lack of ability, maybe some of both. I thought I'd try a place which supposedly has softer competition. I choose Victory Poker after some quick research and a bit of gut instinct. The important thing I realized is I have a new identity, and no one has any data on me. So far the game play has been loose and fishy, with about 25% of players knowing what there doing. Unfortunately, I can't use Holdem manager's heads up during play. It doesn't seem to be able to find anything during live play, but I can import after a session and check things out. I had a pretty good session last time.

***** Hand History for Game 2374012734000027 ***** (Cake Poker)

$10.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, October 04, 08:18:36 ET 2010

Table - Paris (6-max) 12734 (Real Money)

Seat 2 is the button

Seat 1: Villain 1 ( $6.68 USD )

Seat 2: CakeSeat2 ( $8.02 USD )

Seat 3: Hero ( $20.24 USD )

Seat 9: CakeSeat9 ( $8.85 USD )

Seat 10: Villain 2 ( $21.25 USD )

Hero posts small blind [$0.05 USD].

CakeSeat9 posts big blind [$0.10 USD].

** Dealing down cards **

Dealt to Hero [ Tc Jc ]

Villain 2 raises [$0.20 USD]

Villain 1 calls [$0.20 USD]

CakeSeat2 folds

Hero calls [$0.15 USD]

CakeSeat9 folds

** Dealing Flop ** [ 9c, 6c, Jd ]

Hero checks

Villain 2 bets [$0.30 USD]

Villain 1 calls [$0.30 USD]

Hero raises [$1.50 USD]

Villain 2 calls [$1.20 USD]

Villain 1 calls [$1.20 USD]

** Dealing Turn ** [ Js ]

Hero bets [$4.00 USD]

Villain 2 calls [$4.00 USD]

Villain 1 folds

** Dealing River ** [ Td ]

Hero bets [$8.00 USD]

Villain 2 calls [$8.00 USD]

Hero shows [Tc, Jc ]

Hero wins $27.26 USD from main pot

Villain 2 shows [Kc, Ks ]

Didn't have many hands on this guy, but I seen him play aggressive if no one played back too much. I also seen him fold a few times to strong boards, so I don't know if he would have called ALL IN on the river, so I value bet him for about half his stack.

I'm up a few buy ins and hope the trend keeps heading in the positive.