A Good Bad Day

-- Status Update --
2009 VPPs:	831,615
SNE Pace:	116,475 AHEAD
Currently Playing:	Aion (PC)

On Friday I put in my typical volume and ended up running only a little poorly from an AIEV perspective. It's funny that being out a buyin and a half in AIEV feels like running sick hot to me. Fortunately there were a lot of fish willing to stack off drawing dead today, so I actually won some pots.


Some hands below. Villains in all hands are some degree of retarded.

PokerStars Pot-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed)
BB ($100)
UTG ($129.10)
UTG+1 ($85.05)
MP1 ($100)
MP2 ($83.30)
MP3 ($104.75)
CO ($188.90)
Button ($100)
Hero (SB) ($105.25)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, K
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $1, MP1 calls $1, 1 fold, MP3 calls $1, 2 folds, Hero bets $6, 1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $11, 2 folds, Hero raises to $24, UTG+1 calls $13

Flop: ($51) 4, 3, 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $30, UTG+1 calls $30

Turn: ($111) 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $51.25 (All-In), UTG+1 calls $31.05 (All-In)

River: ($173.10) 8 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $173.10 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had A, K (high card, Ace).
UTG+1 had A, 8 (one pair, eights).
Outcome: UTG+1 won $170.10


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed)
SB ($200)
BB ($228.10)
UTG ($259)
UTG+1 ($158.95)
MP1 ($200)
MP2 ($219.05)
MP3 ($307.55)
CO ($240)
Hero (Button) ($220)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, A
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $2, 4 folds, Hero bets $10, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls $8

Flop: ($23) 6, 4, Q (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $18, UTG+1 calls $18

Turn: ($59) 9 (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $37, UTG+1 calls $37

River: ($133) 9 (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $100, UTG+1 calls $93.95 (All-In)

Total pot: $320.90 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had Q, A (two pair, Queens and nines).
UTG+1 had 9, K (three of a kind, nines).
Outcome: UTG+1 won $317.90


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed)
Hero (Button) ($121.05)
SB ($61.80)
BB ($15.50)
UTG ($16.05)
UTG+1 ($100)
MP1 ($51.75)
MP2 ($105.05)
MP3 ($109.10)
CO ($18.50)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, Q
UTG calls $1, 1 fold, MP1 calls $1, MP2 bets $5, 2 folds, Hero calls $5, 2 folds, UTG calls $4, MP1 calls $4

Flop: ($21.50) J, 8, 3 (4 players)
UTG checks, MP1 checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets $15, 1 fold, MP1 raises to $46.75 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero calls $31.75

Turn: ($115) 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($115) 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $115 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had Q, Q (one pair, Queens).
MP1 had Q, 4 (one pair, fours).
Outcome: Hero won $112


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (8 handed)
MP1 ($111.90)
MP2 ($100)
CO ($298.75)
Button ($95.85)
SB ($114.30)
BB ($96.95)
Hero (UTG) ($230.95)
UTG+1 ($116.40)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, A
Hero bets $4, 6 folds, BB raises to $16, Hero raises to $32.50, BB calls $16.50

Flop: ($65.50) J, 5, 5 (2 players)
BB bets $64.45 (All-In), Hero calls $64.45

Turn: ($194.40) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($194.40) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $194.40 | Rake: $3

Results:
BB had K, 10 (two pair, Jacks and fives).
Hero had A, A (two pair, Aces and Jacks).
Outcome: Hero won $191.40

Outside of poker, Dion Phaneuf's monstrous hit on Kyle Okposo in a preseason tilt between the Flames and the Islanders has got me really excited for hockey. Such a sick hit. I finished FFIV: The After Years tonight, and enjoyed the final chapter a lot. The game had some downside in how it was presented along with some severe annoyances, but it had two major points of upside:
(1) lots of great nostalgia bearing characters
(2) didn't shit all over the plot/characters of the original (see Chrono Cross, etc.)

My girlfriend and I will be playing Aion, which launches on Sunday for those that preordered. We are looking forward to it. My new leather couch is also scheduled to be delivered on Sunday (for real this time, hopefully). If I'm lucky I'll be able to put in another successful poker session tomorrow, then follow that with a Sunday filled of football, a new couch, and a new MMO.