Size matters not

In fact, it does. Well length does. Of poker sessions. For me. Or so it would seem.
Actually, I'm confusing cause with effect. But my shorter sessions tend to show higher win rates, and often higher total profits than the longer ones. I should probably apologise to Mike Caro again, because he probably understands why this is.
Anyway, I played a relatively long session last night. It wasn't as long as the Anna Kournikova farce but long enough. It started as they have done, with me up marginally on 2 and down on 1, but then the down table broke and after reseating I was just hovering around even on all three. Then the tables kept breaking with me unable to get any real grasps on the games.
Once I managed to get into a game, I found myself being counterfeited by the river a lot. One example was where I had a straight with 94 on the turn. I'd just checked the big blind and checked the river so I didn't want to suddenly bet the turn. I thought I'll bet the river and maybe get a caller. Of course the river was a 9, which made a straight on the board. To my credit, I made the fold and another player showed down TJ for the rivered nut straight.
I finished 233 hands down $1.33 and rather unhappy.

I've just played another session though. Not much happened really, but I found myself crushing one table. They just seemed to pay me off when I had it and folded when I didn't and I finished up $1 from the table after about 25 hands.
I was meanwhile down on the third table (up a bit on the second as always) until I was 4bet holding 99. Two others called in between us. The 4 bettor was all in on the 8 high flop and the two callers folded the river. The 4 bettor showed 77. It irritates me how people will 4 bet with these sorts of hands. Small Stakes Hold'em recommends only playing aces through to tens and AKs against a 3 bet and only raising with aces, kings, queens and AKs. Even I'm not that tight (hence I called with 99) but it's just wrong to be 4 betting there. People also 4 bet hands like AJo a lot and even KJ and stuff. I'm not complaining. I'm used to it now. Miller and Sklansky should update their book. Though that would just mean they would sell even more books, which wouldn't be right.
Anyway, I finished up $1.28 after a mere 65 hands.