Finding A Way

Those Flames just keep finding a way to keep on rolling. Despite some pretty terrible officiating tonight as well as blowing an early 3-0 lead, they managed to pull out a shootout win in a very important game against the Stars. If they can stay hot all the way down the stretch they are going to be an incredibly scary team to match up against in the playoffs, though we won't be able to rely on shootout magic in the post season.

Like much of February, my first weekend of March was downright awful poker wise. On the plus side I put together a couple decent extremely short (~75-90 minute) sessions over the past couple days however so it isn't all bad. The session this evening was profitable mostly because of the hand below. Not terribly interesting, but with so many regulars turning into 3b/squeeze monkeys these days flatting EP opens with the nuts when there are many people left to act can be a very attractive play. The original 3bettor in this case was an aggrodonk who had been extremely active, while the player who overcalls the 3b and then the backraise jam is a regular. I don't hate the call as my line can very easily be AK and there is an absurd amount of dead money in the pot.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed)
UTG ($238.25)
UTG+1 ($120)
Hero (MP1) ($200)
MP2 ($191.85)
MP3 ($96.85)
CO ($263.35)
Button ($200)
SB ($203.95)
BB ($200)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A♠, A♣
UTG bets $6, 1 fold, Hero calls $6, MP2 raises to $20, 2 folds, Button calls $20, 2 folds, UTG calls $14, Hero raises to $200 (All-In), 1 fold, Button calls $180 (All-In), 1 fold

Flop: ($443) 10♥, 8♣, 7♥ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($443) K♦ (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($443) 6♥ (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $443 | Rake: $3

Results:
Button mucked Q♠, Q♥ (one pair, Queens).
Hero had A♠, A♣ (one pair, Aces).
Outcome: Hero won $440

Anyway, I finished up the Tactics Ogre remake for the PSP. They definitely improved a lot of things over the original while keeping the important aspects intact which is not always the case with remakes. Another gem to add to the PSP library. Up next on the gaming front is Radiant Historia, which has been decent but not great so far. For no logical reason I had pretty high expectations for this game, so hopefully it gets better.