LOL

Let me start by saying the way the Flames have been playing lately (along with how the Pats played on Wildcard Weekend) is downright depressing. With that out of the way, I finally got around to watching Tucker Max's movie "I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell" two days ago. You could tell it was an independent film, and as I expected there was a fair bit of lame "shock value" humour. However, there was a good amount of legitimate smart funny, even more than I expected. I'd recommend it.

While out shopping today I preordered three games: the Lunar 1 remake for the PSP, FF13 for the PS3 (can't wait), and Star Ocean 4 International for the PS3 (a port of the director's cut version of the XBox 360 game). Looking forward to all three titles. The PSP Persona 3 remake was also announced for a US release yesterday, which is awesome.

With regards to the blog title, sometimes hands against people I view as "decent" regulars make me laugh. Here's one such offering from today:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (6 handed)
UTG ($100)
MP ($100)
CO ($104.05)
Button ($99.45)
Hero (SB) ($103.60)
BB ($100)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 5, A
4 folds, Hero bets $3, BB calls $2

Flop: ($6) 6, J, 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $4, BB calls $4

Villain decides to float the flop with no pair no draw. Not a great idea, but could be worse.

Turn: ($14) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $9, Hero raises to $35, BB calls $26

Villain bets his no pair no draw after floating and being checked to on the turn. Completely standard - until he gets raised and... calls!?!?

River: ($84) A (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $58 (All-In), Hero calls $58

I love my turn c/r, but wasn't entirely certain what to do here on the river. I settled on bluffcatching which obviously worked out, but you could probably make an argument for shoving. I don't think c/f is an option as his calling range on the turn has a ton of draws which bricked.

Total pot: $200 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had 5, A (one pair, Aces).
BB had 10, Q (high card, Ace).
Outcome: Hero won $197