Yay! Full Tilt poker has finally implemented resizable tables in their software. Party Poker has had this feature for the last year and a half or so, I do not know what took the Full Tilt Poker developers so long to implement this feature, but I am sure glad they have.

I decided to test the feature to the extreme last night. Now, I normally four table very comfortably on my 20 inch monitor. I am able to have four tables in a 2x2 matrix at full size. Using the table resize feature, I was able to get 9 tables in a 3x3 matrix. I did not keep 9 tables open at all times, I mainly played on 6 tables, and used the other two or three spots to scout out tables that I thought I could profit at. After three years of playing online poker, I can usually tell in five or so minutes from watching a table if there are people at the table that are just throwing their money around. Naturally, I want to join those kinds of tables as over time, that money they are "throwing around" will eventually be mine :)

Anyway, I played for roughly five hours last night. Let me tell you, I've never played 6-8 tables before, but it was a CRAZY roller coaster ride. I was never up more than $20 in the entire session, which is pretty crappy. However, I was down as much as $350, but fought back for a loss of $200 after 5 hours of play.

I think I played for way too long. After about the third hour I started making some plays that I probably wouldn't have if I was a) well rested and b) had not been playing for so long and going through the ups and downs of the night.

There were a few situations where a guy (or girl) would check/call me on the flop and turn, then when they checked the river I bet, and I was raised a small amount and had to pay them off. Both times they ended up having sets, and BOTH TIMES I had turned top two pair. LOL. Not much I could do about that.

The only big hand I was involved in was in the first hour (when I was just on four tables). I had QJ late position and raised. SB and BB both called. Flop was JJ3 (two hearts). Both players checked and I bet half the pot. SB folds and BB calls. Next card is a K. He checks again, and I bet the pot. He calls. Last card is a 5. JJ3K5. The flush never came, and he checked the river. At this point the pot was about $150. I didn't want to check the river because I put him on either a weak King or flush draw. I bet $60 into $150 (wanting a call with a weak King or maybe even a weaker Jack.. possible JT?) He min-reraises me all in for another $60 to me. WTF. There is now $340 in the pot and it is $60 to me to call. Naturally, I have to call, as I am getting roughly 5:1 on my money, which means I need to have the best hand roughly 17% of the time (100/6 = 16.66%). I call, and he flips over 33 for the boat on the flop. What a great way to start the night.

In retrospect, I do not think there was anything I could have done in this spot. I think I am losing money by checking on the river. I think more often than not worse hands will pay me off in that spot by betting on the river. I think this guy just disguised his hand rather well (I won't get into whether he played it poorly or not, he won the money so I guess that is all that counts.)

In any case, I ended down $200 for the night, which roughly equals what I lost in this hand. Not too bad I suppose, especially considering I took some sick beats that cost me probably well over $300. Oh well, "that's poker" (I say that sarcastically because I hate it when people say that.... "that's poker". Just smile and realize that poor players will eventually give you all their money. So rather than say "that's poker" when your at the table, next time, say, "good hand, sir.... CHIPS table 5."