Steady As She Goes

Poker so far this month has been solid, though uneventful in terms of super interesting hands or other things that I feel the need to post. It is nice to not be running completely awful for a change however! I finished work on the third episode of my Cardrunners video series yesterday, so that should be added to the CR schedule soon.

The Flames opened their season in Edmonton, and it was painful to watch. Hopefully it doesn't set a tone for the season. You could pretty sum up the game with the fight that happened in the last five minutes where Ivanans was utterly KO'd and had to be helped off the ice after regaining a shred of consciousness. Oh, and the Patriots traded Randy Moss for a 3rd round pick. Given that the deal happened he must be a cancer in the room, but you'd think you could at least get more for him.

The two games I had been playing through lately, Valkyria Chronicles 2 and more recently Atelier Rorona both failed me in different ways. Valkyria had solid gameplay but a less than compelling presentation of the story and got so repetitive it doesn't look like I'll be making it through. Atelier on the other hand wasn't at all what I was expecting and when it ended I was sure it was one of the half way point "fake" endings so many RPGs have used in the past as a plot device. Nope, it was over. Really? Yup, over.

Here's a hand from today just 'cause:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $6.00 BB (5 handed)
BB ($231)
UTG ($600)
MP ($618)
Hero (Button) ($600)
SB ($629)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 7♣, 6♣
1 fold, MP bets $18, Hero calls $18, SB raises to $84, 1 fold, MP calls $66, Hero calls $66

Flop: ($258) 7♠, 5♦, 4♥ (3 players)
SB checks, MP bets $124, Hero raises to $266, 2 folds

Total pot: $506 | Rake: $2