Testing a Theory

On Monday Selena emails me and says I should go to the casino after work (yes she is that cool of a wife). She has this theory that I do better when I go by myself and wanted to see if it was true. I was happy to accommodate. For this experiment since the minimum buy-in on the $1-$3 table is $40 I decided to go with just enough money to buy in twice. The first $40 lasted me about 45 minutes. My cards were running extremely cold. I finally caught a hand when my pocket 9's turned into trips on the flop. I didn't like the possible flush on the table so I moved all in to protect my hand. The other guy called and caught a small flush on the river. Interesting call. My second $40 turned out to be a little more profitable. I actually started getting some playable hands and began to rebuild my stack. My biggest pot came on a hand when I was dealt KJ. The guy in front of me raised before the flop and everyone called. The flop came K-J-6 to give me top two pair. When the bet was checked to me I bet $20 and everyone called. The turn brought another King giving me the nuts and also put a possible flush on the board. Hoping that someone caught their flush or was chasing a straight I bet out $40. Only one person called all in and sure enough he had caught his flush and I won the pot. I played a few more hands but they weren't too eventful. By the time I cashed out I had turned my $80 into $301 for a profit of $221. I think Selena might be on to something.