Finished Gnuf bonus

I had a pretty horrific run to finish the Gnuf bonus. Ended up $50 down on the play (and I still can't blame Omaha), but that is still $70 net profit! It's definitely the sign of a good bonus that you come out ahead even when the cards (or your play) are running bad. I'll probably use my PSO points to finally register for PokerTracker.

Had more glitches with the Microgaming software. I made a deposit that took about 15 minutes to be able to play - I could see it "My account" but was not able to actually put it on the table despite restarting the software. There was also a problem yesterday with the hand histories - I think it was a network problem, but no histories were recorded (either in PT or in the in-game browser). The delay when you sit down at a table is also very annoying sometimes.

Apart from the above, I quite like the understated Gnuf styling (much better than Captain Cook - also on Microgaming). I also like their marketing angle - that casinos are noisy, smelly, annoying places and that it's much nicer to play from the comfort of your own home..

Edit: Oh, but the most annoying thing about Microgaming is that the "muck winning hands" and "muck losing hands" checkboxes don't work! I am so sick of timing out of a table because I folded but got timed out with the table asking me whether to show or muck! Not to mention the huge holdups to the table.

Oh, the joys of Omaha

Begin Hand Number 2146392440 at 03:49:51 on table Thrush
Table Type: Normal (Non-Tournament)
Game Name: Omaha High
Stakes: 0.50 / 1.00 Real Money
Active Players: 6
Total Pot: US $53.56
Rake: US $2.67
Win Amount: US $50.89

gijuri72 has the dealer button
Kevin_N posts small blind (US $0.25)
Hero posts big blind (US $0.50)
bulbulum sits down
Dealing pocket cards: Ad As Js 6c
Tik_Tak calls for US $0.50
swedishgirls calls for US $0.50
gijuri72 calls for US $0.50
Kevin_N calls for US $0.25
Hero bets US $1.25
Tik_Tak calls for US $1.25
swedishgirls calls for US $1.25
gijuri72 calls for US $1.25
Kevin_N folds
Dealing Flop Ac 8c Kd (sweet - top set, currently the nuts)
Hero checks (I actually meant to lead out for half pot here, but nearly got timed out due to multi-tabling)
Tik_Tak checks
swedishgirls checks
gijuri72 bets US $7.50 (sweeet)
Hero raises for US $15.00 (ok, this is probably a mistake. I think I need to go all-in to price out the flush draw)
Tik_Tak folds
swedishgirls folds
gijuri72 calls for US $7.50
Dealing Turn 9h (nice)
Hero went all-in for US $8.03
gijuri72 calls for US $8.03
Dealing River Jc (uh oh, I guess he hit his flush draw).
Hero shows cards Ad As Js 6c
gijuri72 shows cards Qd Th 5s Ah (make that his naked gutshot, jeez Omaha hurts sometimes)

gijuri72 shows Straight, winning US $50.89

Despite that horrific beat, I am still ahead of the game on Gnuf and more than a third of the way to cashing a $120 bonus. Even my Omaha is ahead, despite the fact I don't really know how to play the game - there are a lot of Omaha fishes around calling big bets with top pair and a gutshot!