Author: Nick Momrik

I'm searching for my first hole-in-one. I enjoy being active and making things. I work for Automattic.

Still Here

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I’m still here. Just haven’t played much recently because of some new XBox games. The big tournament that was supposed to be this weekend was canceled because they couldn’t get 10 people. Some other day I guess. Over the weekend I moved up limits and am now playing $1/2 at Party Poker. I had the bankroll to support it and was inspired by Double As’ post a few weeks back. My original plan was to play 10,000 hands at $.50/1 before moving up, but after about 5,500 hands I was over 300 BB to the black so I said why not.

I’m testing out the 1/2 6-max tables and doing pretty well. Well…doing well as far as being ahead for how many horrible beats I’ve taken. I’ve been beaten by runner-runner at least 10 times and in just over 1,000 hands. I’m playing somewhere around 20-22% of the flops at these tables and I’ve gone to the showdown 35% of the time. In a quick (and very guesstimated) calculation I’ve been to showdown about 75 times. Figure in some room where they missed and folded and I’m looking at somewhere around 100 hands. 100 out of 1,000….1 in 10. Runner-runner, according to the odds should hit in the neighborhood of lets say 1 in 45 (if it’s even that good). To make a long story short…these games are lucrative when the odds don’t bite you in the ass. And yes, I know this is a very small sample size to measure any of this, but the point was to show that there is plenty of money to be made there.

I’m curious as to how I should be changing strategy for these short-handed games. My bible, SSH assumes a full table for everything. So far I’ve been using the starting hands they give for a loose table and it seems to be working well. Is this too tight for a 6-max table though? I also try to make sure I get in my value bets and maybe play the middle pair type hands a little more aggresive. I’m very interested to hear what others, who have played these tables, have to say.

Crimson Skies: High Road To Revenge

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Crimson Skies: High Road to RevengeWhen I first fired up Crimson Skies I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I had read several favorable reviews about the game though, so I was expecting it to be fun. After the first 5 or 10 minutes I thought, “This game sucks. I’m doing the same things over and over again.”

But after playing a little bit more, I was quickly addicted. The action is fast-paced and fun. Not only do you shoot from planes, but you shoot from AA guns on the ground and from in the sky too. Crimson Skies is all based around missions to make money or get information and each one is a little bit different. Over the course of the game you aquire new planes, each having their own strengths and weaknesses. One thing I didn’t understand was that my hanger of planes never filled all of the available spaces. Maybe I skipped a part of the game somehow.

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Spit Or Swallow?

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After chewing a piece of gum, do you spit it out or swallow it?

I swallow (my gum). Several people have commented to me in the past that they think it’s gross. I don’t understand. I don’t chew up a piece of licorice and then spit it in the garbage. Or toast, or pickles, or anything for that matter. Why do some people view gum differently from other food items we eat?

We’ve all heard the myths about chewing gum. No, it doesn’t take 7 years to digest. In fact, gum digests just as fast as anything else we swallow and is not harmful.

Halo 2 Campaign Review

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Last night I beat Halo 2’s single player campaign, so I think it’s time for a review. Note that I’m only reviewing the campaign and none of the online or multiplayer for now. That’ll come after I spend some more time on XBox Live.

I’ve read in countless reviews that the campaign was too short. I read that it took 10-12 hours when played at normal difficulty. I read that normal difficulty is easier than in the original Halo. I read that heroic and legendary are tougher than the original Halo and that legendary might be one of the toughest games out there.

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I need a break

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Halo 2 Limited EditionOver the next few days (or weeks) I’ll be taking a break from the online poker tables to play one of the most anticipated games ever. I’ve had my copy of Halo 2 on pre-order for 6 months now and have been waiting for the game for almost two years. If you’re interested, read some of the online reviews. I’ll be picking up my copy tomorrow during lunch!

Wet Your Halo 2 Appetite

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With over 1.5 million copies on pre-order, Halo 2 promises to be AWESOME. Have I mentioned this enough in the past few weeks? Here’s some reading material to get you through the rest of the day. The reviews from IGN and Gamespot are both several pages long but full of information and only some of it is in both articles. You’ll want to read both.

Halo 2 screenshots and videos from Xbox.com

You will love Halo 2 multiplayer. It’s really that simple. And if you don’t, there’s almost certainly something very, very wrong with you.

IGN Halo 2 Beta Review

As previously suggested, easily the worst part about the story is the way it ends, insofar as it doesn’t. You’ll run into this game’s cliff-hanger ending like a compact car into a brick wall, and you’ll certainly be left aching for more.

Yes, the actual gameplay of Halo’s single-player campaign is a blast. But the campaign also winds up being the most disappointing part of the game–probably the only disappointing part.

GameSpot’s Halo 2 Review

Listen to one of the songs used in Halo 2.

If you don’t see any updates on the site over the next few days don’t be suprised. Less than one day left…