Okay... First of all:

BR $497

FPPs 242 (958 to go)

Played a few hundred hands... meh, I believe is the expression, although I'm new to this. A few quirky hands:

My AQ got beat by a 63 on a 669A2 board by a 60% VPIP drooling (and proud) drunk with a big stack (he doubled up off someone to get to $100, and had been throwing his chips away ever since)... I only lost 20 bucks (instead of 50) because I backed off and played nonstandard on a hunch (okay, I admit, I thought he had AK). No lesson learned here except that you can't really put some dorks on much of a range.

Sadly, he left an orbit later before I could get my money back.

Another: I raised 3XBB from UTG and got called by one, two, three, no wait... four people. So five of us look at an all spades 4JA flop... The SB bets 1/2 pot, the BB bets his stack, and I fold my kings. I got out with my KK losing only $1.50 and didn't even go crossed eyed thinking about it.

Had bad luck in the sense that I split two big pots (flopped a boat, then BOTH villain and I got a bigger boat (he had A8, I had 88) (!^*&%)... then, I hit the second nut straight draw and the villain also randomly happened to have a 9 too).

Small comfort: at least splitting big ass hands gives you FPPs, but... it also opens one's eyes to the FREAKING HUGE rake and how much money PS is making off me and tossing me crumbs in the form of frequent player points. I was like, "Arggghhh, I just lost a buck with NUTS!!!!" (gnashing teeth, pulling hair, etc)

I swear, if I ever get sufficiently rolled, I'm going to withdraw 3/4 and start whoring around for bonus dollars on other sites. It seems like the only way to not have the rake kick your ass. How much harder is the Ultimate Bet one to clear than the Full Tilt one?