Fish in the Barrel...
...But me without ammo. I played at Poker Stars $3/6 FRLH last night. I have 2 bonuses stacked there, and when I saw a good table, I pounced. That table was really good - with some LAGs and Calling Stations - but I could not come up with the cards. Its the kind of table where tricky play is not required, you just need to make a hand and get paid. I just wasn't making very many hands. My vp$ip was down around 12%, and I won two pots in 87 hands. Lost 15 BB overall.
I was getting really annoyed last night as I played. That hasn't happened for a while. Sitting in my chair muttering and cursing to myself about the donks and the cards. Once I realized I was doing it I quit playing. I wanted to evaluate what had led me to that mental state. Right around the time I started single tabling I stopped getting grumpy like that. I think it's because I am better able to spot and enjoy poor play. Well, I saw lots of poor play last night, and it still made me grumpy to watch all that money slide across the table and not be able to get any of it.
I never came to any conclusions regarding my mental state. Maybe it was the burrito I had for dinner. Maybe it was my daughter's fake helpless whining about her homework. Maybe it was the fact I could only find one sports bet worth taking, and it was for trying to bust a book where the bonus was cleared, and not for more money in my account. Maybe its the color scheme at Poker Stars. Who know? I never figured it out. I just know that when I feel that way when I am playing that I play more poorly and then I don't sleep well - so its time to quit. I'll find donks when I am in a better mood.
I cleared 77 FPPs at $3/6 in 87 hands. I want to extrapolate that to determine the value of the FPP store at Stars. I am expecting to be disappointed in how little Stars gives back to their players from the enormous amount of rake they collect. I just want to calculate it out to be sure.