Not A Miss-Click

Poker in March has been downright soulcrushing. Up until today I had only booked one decent session. Today was a huge improvement as I picked up $2k, making my month less of a disaster thus far. A large chunk of the money came from me sucking out in two big AIPFs - both with regs showing up with AA and a whale all in as well (the first I had QQ > AA > QJ, the second KK > AA > AK).

I made a mental note a few days ago to post a hand, and I didn't get around to it until now. My flop fold is not a miss-click, though it may look like one. Frankly I think it should be reasonably standard though not many people would ever actually do it.

Of the players seeing the flop, one is a big donk while the others are all regs, including the guy donkbetting obviously. The villain who showed up with 96o I have running 13/11 over a good sample, just random spew on his part preflop I guess.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (8 handed)
UTG+1 ($273.42)
MP1 ($274.25)
MP2 ($169.38)
CO ($210.28)
Button ($477.56)
SB ($271.67)
BB ($200)
Hero (UTG) ($221.92)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 5♦, 5♥
Hero bets $6, 1 fold, MP1 calls $6, MP2 calls $6, 2 folds, SB calls $5, BB calls $4

Flop: ($30) 5♣, 8♠, 7♣ (5 players)
SB checks, BB bets $21.48, Hero folds, 2 folds, SB raises to $58, BB raises to $194 (All-In), SB calls $136

Turn: ($418) 2♠ (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($418) A♦ (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $418 | Rake: $2.80

Results:
SB had 6♥, 9♣ (straight, nine high).
BB mucked 8♣, 8♥ (three of a kind, eights).
Outcome: SB won $415.20

The Flames are teasing the fans again with a couple wins despite us icing a full line from the farm team in Abbotsford and now even a Junior call up from Portland (go Baertschi!) due to a ridiculous number of injuries to our forwards. At least things are interesting.

Devil Survivor 2 is great, mostly because it's nearly identical to the original. Tales of the Abyss, which I finished a few days ago, felt pretty average. Certainly not a bad game, just a middle of the road one that had a lot of unused potential. The same can be said of a lot of the "Tales of..." games I suppose. On that note, Tales of Graces F comes out for the PS3 on Tuesday, and the best part will be getting back on a console as the previous two games I've been enjoying have been on handhelds.