This is getting Wii-tarded

Haven't posted in a while, mostly due to the fact that for the last week or so, all waking hours have been consumed by failed attempts at obtaining a Nintendo Wii.

I feel like I'm 12 years old again.

I actually waited in line, on a Sunday, at 7am, behind 50 other losers, for 2.5 hours, for an ultimately failed attempt. 50 people - 42 units = 8 people who suck as much as I do.

The rest of the week was spent reloading Ebay auctions and calling every Future Shop/Best Buy/Walmart/Toys R Us/EB Games/7-11 in southwestern Ontario. All to save maybe $50.

Tragic really.

Now, one could say that this time is better spent playing poker, making money and paying a premium just to get one off Ebay. But my friend, that would be under the assumption that I can actually still make a profit playing poker, which, these days, is a bold assumption.

In October I cried at the end of the month when I tallied up my results to find an average ROI of 8%. This month, having played almost twice as many games as I've ever played in a month, my ROI is at a paltry 4%.

I've really lost a lot of confidence playing. I even realize it while playing but I can't change. I really need some sort of poker enema. I think what it will come down to is a disciplined review of my games, followed by a ton of SNGPT scenarios and then wrap it up with a prolonged hot streak. Then I think I'll get back to my "normal" (which is probably something like 7% ROI) game.

Here are 2 hands from todays session that I thought were particularly awesome.

PokerStars Game #7144122367: Tournament #36514102, $55+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/11/23 - 15:51:39 (ET)
Table '36514102 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: RikkiDee (4995 in chips)
Seat 3: H3poker (2925 in chips)
Seat 6: Muraca (1955 in chips)
Seat 8: gizmo387 (3625 in chips)
RikkiDee: posts small blind 100
H3poker: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [4d 6s]
Muraca: folds
gizmo387: folds
RikkiDee: raises 400 to 600
H3poker: raises 600 to 1200
RikkiDee: raises 3795 to 4995 and is all-in
H3poker: folds
RikkiDee collected 2400 from pot
RikkiDee: doesn't show hand

SIT DOWN MOTHA FUCKA!!

Needless to say I "had a read".

Next:

PokerStars Game #7144529488: Tournament #36517352, $55+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/11/23 - 16:30:29 (ET)
Table '36517352 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: initial (1270 in chips)
Seat 2: cabriole (1560 in chips)
Seat 3: donniesmith (2890 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (1870 in chips)
Seat 6: jajejijoju (1520 in chips)
Seat 7: topgun09 (1400 in chips)
Seat 8: H-Man81 (1020 in chips)
Seat 9: TheLegend222 (1970 in chips)
initial: posts small blind 15
cabriole: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Qh Qd]
donniesmith: folds
RikkiDee: raises 90 to 120
jajejijoju: folds
topgun09: raises 180 to 300
H-Man81: folds
TheLegend222: raises 1670 to 1970 and is all-in
initial: calls 1255 and is all-in
cabriole: folds
RikkiDee: folds
topgun09: calls 1100 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [4d 7s 4c]
*** TURN *** [4d 7s 4c] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [4d 7s 4c 7d] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
topgun09: shows [As Ah] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
TheLegend222: shows [Js Jh] (two pair, Jacks and Sevens)
topgun09 collected 260 from side pot
initial: shows [Ks Kc] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
topgun09 collected 3960 from main pot

For what its worth I think I was going to fold to the first all in, but once "initial" called that all in I knew my QQ was basically 23o. Pretty cool that JJ-AA were all here - don't think I've ever seen that before.

Heres to tomorrow, where I have 3 hot leads on Wii deliveries.