6.25.2006

Muskyboy beats out 3000 players in On Line tourney

I have pretty much given up on line poker because it just took up to much of my time. Plus Momma Musky said it made me crabby. So I have been spending more time playing my guitars which makes me happy (according to Momma). Anyways I decided to play a Frequent Player Points tourney since I have several thousand left to burn.

So I beat out 3000 players to take 2000th place. Woo Hoo.

6.15.2006

Stacked Review (part 1)

I recently came into possession of a copy of the new Daniel Negreanu poker game, Stacked. Being the good fellow I am, I'm passing along my initial thoughts. It has nothing to do with moving the post below down a notch...

Overall, the game is very good. By far the best poker game I've played. And I've played a few. It has it's annoyances (the interface, the speed of the game) and it's drawbacks (the Pro Player tips from Negreanu are weak), the game play, and the variety of games offered (cash, tourneys, on line, LAN) and the AI are solid.

It took me a while to figure out how to use the interface, and there is no help available that I can find. But once I did, I found it easy to use. The only real beef I have is that the game window is very small on my laptop.

I entered a tournament first thing, and immediately found that the game was much more interesting than the other PC games. Instead of playing against faceless (and avatar-less) names, you have (real) people who have real expressions and mannerisms. They even talk (although it gets redundant). For whatever reason, all the women are large breasted and wearing very revealing clothing. Just like the MPT - if we had women players.

My biggest question was: Is the AI going to be any good? I've played DD Poker Tournament edition a great deal, and frankly the AI is so annoying it almost is not worth playing. So I was pleasantly surprised when people were betting rationally, instead of acting like it's a freeplay on PokerStars. I did notice that people started reacting to my style, and I had to adjust. That's a huge improvement from the other poker games I played.

I won't be able to say definitively how good it is until I advance through the levels. Keep in mind that this is a video game about poker, not a poker game on the PC. What I mean is, this is aimed at the MTV younger crowd. It's about winning tournaments to 'unlock' new levels and pro players (like Evelyn Ng and Josh Arieh).

This is not for the hard core poker player to test his skills on (and really if they were looking to do that, they'd be playing at Full Tilt anyway right?). This is for someone who likes poker to have some fun. Honestly, I highly recommend this game.

I have high hopes for the LAN and public forum play, but have not yet been able to test that part out. I'll post more once I get a chance to test that out.

6.11.2006

Magic Man makes good on his name + Mid year stats

The Magic Man continued his streak of bottom three finishes with his second and third consecutive early exits living up to his name (for those who don't recall he is the Magic Man because he disappears early). In game one, the Man was out in the second hand in what is probably the earliest exit on MPT record. In game two he didn't fare much better by being the third player knocked out. Then it got even worse as an impromptu Omaha game broke out after regulation MPT action finished and Magic was knocked out first there by (yep you guessed it) Muskyboy. After months of whining and crying by Magic that Musky fears Omaha, Musky opened up a can of whoop ass on Magic. Of course Musky pissed away most of his chips heads up with Flipper by misreading the board...oops.

But let's get to the real action, because Magic's incompetence at the poker table is becoming very common place with two first outs in the last three tourneys (the longest current streak in the MPT). Unfortunately, I can't give much in the way of commentary as our author showed up to the event half in the bag and doesn't remember much of the action. The only two hands I remember were having pocket queens and re-raising another player all in and he folded. It might have been PP but not sure. And the final hand in game one heads up with PP, I tried to bluff all in with 6 9 and got called by his pocket 8's and lost giving PP the victory. His first of the year. Flipper finished third with ASS Wipe (asst. Regulator) on the bubble.

I am sure there was some good play in game two (well not positive it is the MPT) but I don't recall all that much except that Magic Man was out early and I was out somewhere in the middle. Game two was won by the Curious Kitty, his first win of the year, with Doc in his first money finish and his first tourney not finishing in the bottom three since February. Five tourneys in a row up until that point. Squeaky finished third and Flipper was on the button before winning the Omaha tournament that Magic finished last in.

Mid Year has the following stats noted for the MPT (Minimum of 7 tourneys played):

Points Leaders
1) Muskyboy 105.5
2) Squeaky 102.5
3) Ass Wipe (AR) 92.5
4) Regulator 88

Avg Points per Tourney
1) Regulator 9.78
2) Muskyboy 8.79
3) Squeaky 8.54
4) Ass Wipe/Sausage King 7.71

Money Finishes
1) Ass Wipe/Squeaky 5
3) Muskyboy / Regulator 4

Bubble Finishes
1) Ass Wipe/Flipper 2
3) 8 tied 1

Bottom Three Finishes
1) Doc 5
2) Ass wipe 4
3) Lucky PP / Magic Man 3

% of Bottom 3 finishes
1) Doc 50%
2) Ass wipe 33%
3) Magic Man 27%
4) Legal Beagle / Dead Money 25%

Fewest Bottom Three Finishes
1) Regulator / Muskyboy 0
3) Sausage King 1
4) 4 tied with 2

Consecutive Bottom Three Finishes
1) Doc 5
2) Magic Man 3 (streak currently active)

6.08.2006

MPT Marketing

The MPT is proud to announce that MuskyBoy is releasing his own line of clothing. Below is his first, we're sure more will follow.