This morning and early afternoon I played poker for the first time in 2 weeks. In order to clear the latest $100 Empire bonus I opened up 4 tables of $25 6-max No-Limit. I made an early mistake when I flopped 2 pair against a flopped straight. It cost me a quick $20. After that haned I settled in and played my game. For an hour or more I was hovering about $15-20 ahead. I simply played the cards I was dealt.

Later into hour two I started to get some better hands, which all seemed to hold up. My AA went up against KK twice for nice pots. In another hand I flopped the nut straight with AQ. Another player also had AQ and one other had 2 pair. I went runner runner for the Q-high flush and took down the pot of over $100. I had forgotten how juicy the games are on the Party network.

In just over 3 hours of play I came out over $220 ahead and cleared more than half of the required raked hands for the bonus. Coming back from a week or two away from the poker tables always feels good.