Musings

-- Status Update --
2009 VPPs:	942,279
SNE Pace:	92,879 AHEAD
Currently Playing:	Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days (PSP)

I feel like I've got an awful lot of stuff to talk about, so I'm going to try a point form format until I get to a funny HH.

• I'm running like complete ass this month so far.


• On Friday I managed to make right around ~$2k with rakeback, yet I've never been so mad about a $2k day. It could have very easily been my best day ever had I run mediocre instead of laughable. The 17k hands I ground out is one of the highest volume days I've put in this year.


• The one hand I actually had hold up where a fish wasn't already drawing dead ended up being my second largest pot ever won, stacking two fish at 400nl. They both had between 50 and 70 BBs behind.


• It is fortunate so many people are willing to stack off drawing dead or I'd be an FPP pro.


• I'm a good ways into Disgaea 2 for the PSP, which is actually very entertaining. For some reason I expected the plot/characters to be inferior to Disgaea 1 and 3, but they aren't. The only downside to Disgaea games is they all use the exact same engine, same classes, same monsters, etc. Never anything new besides plot/special characters.


• I did not finish Persona for the PSP, though I am near the end. The game just got tedious and unfun. To start off I was impressed that its combat system was a step up from the more recent entries in the series, but its plot/story/other gameplay ended up being so vastly inferior that I moved on. At least the Persona 3 remake for the PSP will be guaranteed awesome when it is released.


• The new 2D Mario platformer for the Wii is going to have wicked fun multiplayer. My roomate and I are almost through the Wii VC version of Secret of Mana, my undisputed favorite game of all time. SoM has really aged well. That Square-Enix hasn't announced plans to release Seiken Densetsu 3 (SoM sequel) for the Wii VC is criminal.


• The Flames won two overtime games in a row on the road, basically due to strong goaltending in each. Surprisingly, one of the two performances came from backup Curtis McElhinny. The Flames host the Rangers in about 17 hours.

Finally, here's a really funny HH from Friday. I obviously mislick the flop, and villain times down before he shoves. Villain is a reg, but seems to be on the casual side compared to most. He isn't very good and is somewhat on the loose/weak side (he runs 17/7). Villain most definitely is aware that my flop bet is a misclick.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed)
MP3 ($103.35)
CO ($118.30)
Hero (Button) ($100)
SB ($45.90)
BB ($104.10)
UTG ($188.50)
UTG+1 ($130.20)
MP1 ($73.05)
MP2 ($125.50)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K, Q
6 folds, Hero bets $3, 1 fold, BB calls $2

Flop: ($6.50) 7, 4, Q (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $46.50, BB raises to $101.10 (All-In), Hero calls $50.50 (All-In)

Turn: ($200.50) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($200.50) J (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $200.50 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had K, Q (one pair, Queens).
BB had Q, 10 (one pair, Queens).
Outcome: Hero won $197.50