What a week

Last thursday I played three $10 sngs at Empire and placed 1st, 2nd, 1st netting a quick $80. I played another 3 $10 sngs the next day only to lose on bad calls on my part, I played really bad.

That was the end of a set of 50 tournaments where I placed ITM 48% getting 8 firsts, 8 seconds, and 8 thirds. I thought I would try my luck at the $20 sngs for at least a few, my bankroll was large enough that I could handle it. The first one I played I had AKs and made a large preflop raise only to get reraised by someone with a 9-9, we both go all in and I end up on the wrong side of the coin flip (ironic because I went all in on 9-9 and beat out an AK earlier in the week). I place 7th.

The next tournament I end up getting 4th, losing to a gut shot on the river. The one after that I lose top 2 pair to a river flush getting 6th. After another heart breaking loss in the $20 tournies i decided to go back to the $10 tournies. Lets just say that 3 more tournies for losses I get dealt this hand:

***** Hand History for Game 884232925 *****
30/60 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 5474159) - Fri Aug 27 00:52:57 EDT 2004
Table Table 11071 (Real Money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: jeo118 (555)
Seat 3: stanglea (1615)
Seat 4: Ace408 (1980)
Seat 5: ja040 (1165)
Seat 7: uciguy (410)
Seat 8: elipsesjeff (650)
Seat 9: Kelshek (1350)
Seat 10: Yayasfun (275)
stanglea posts small blind (15)
Ace408 posts big blind (30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to elipsesjeff [ Qc, Qd ]
ja040 folds.
uciguy folds.
Yayasfun: Is it me?
elipsesjeff raises (150) to 150
Kelshek folds.
Yayasfun folds.
jeo118 folds.
stanglea calls (135)
Yayasfun: Or is this seat as cold as ice?
Ace408 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9c, 3d, 9s ]
Yayasfun: burrrrrrr
stanglea checks.
Ace408: its u
elipsesjeff bets (300)
Ace408: u can with with any cards
Ace408: its how u bet
stanglea calls (300)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Jd ]
Ace408: lol
stanglea checks.
Yayasfun: where were those nines last hand
elipsesjeff bets (200)
elipsesjeff is all-In.
stanglea calls (200)
** Dealing River ** : [ Kh ]
Creating Main Pot with $1330 with CodeRedRulez
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1330 |
Board: [ 9c 3d 9s Jd Kh ]
jeo118 balance 555, didn't bet (folded)
stanglea balance 2295, bet 650, collected 1330, net +680 [ 7d Kd ] [ two pairs, kings and nines -- Kd,Kh,Jd,9c,9s ]
Ace408 balance 1950, lost 30 (folded)
ja040 balance 1165, didn't bet (folded)
uciguy balance 410, didn't bet (folded)
elipsesjeff balance 0, lost 650 [ Qc Qd ] [ two pairs, queens and nines -- Kh,Qc,Qd,9c,9s ]
Kelshek balance 1350, didn't bet (folded)
Yayasfun balance 275, didn't bet (folded)

I want to know who is this person and wtf is he doing calling me with those cards?

Lets say its been a long week after losing 10 straight I'm getting annoyed.

Ouch looks like you have hit a bad run, if you can afford it the best thing to do is ride it out. If not drop down a level and until you find your game again or your luck improves.

Sounds like you are on the wrong side of the coin flips . . .

Looks like the player in that hand was an any two suited will do player lookin for a flush, I really don't know what they were doin calling the flop but on the turn they hit their fourth flush card, called and got lucky with the K

This seems like a good place for me to vent. I feel your pain. Join the club. I was on a good streak at $20 SNG and MTT. Then yesterday came along. First the lucky hand: I'm on button w/ QQ in an cheap MTT. Bunch of limpers. I'm AI. Everyone folds but CO. He shows J7 suited. Yes, he's F'd. What was he thinking? Thanks for the donation! FLOP: J_J. Awww sh_t! Turn comes _. River comes...................Q. WOOOO HOOO! He deserved that suck out with that call.

Well that ate up all my luck for the day. Busted out on AA 3 times and JJ once. In the Muliti I have a big chip lead and get AA. I raise 4xBB and get 2 callers. Flop comes: 1044. I push to take it down. Two callers....Ooops. The first guy hit his set of 10 and the other guy showd like 84 for a set of 4's. That hurt my stack. Bad play on my part I guess... I but them on high cards or lower pair based on their past play but never put them both on the set.

Next $20 SNG got sucked out on with my AA v. AQ, f'r caught a set of Qs. Next $20 SNG we're down to 4 players. I have a healthy stack but everyone is about even. Blinds pretty big so I push w/ my JJ...don't really want any callers. Of course, BB calls with AQo. and hits a Q to send me to the rail.

Not a profitable day. End of rant.

***** Hand History for Game 885343625 *****
30/60 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 5480090) - Fri Aug 27 13:07:54 EDT 2004
Table Table 11206 (Real Money) -- Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 1: cmbe21 (820)
Seat 2: FlopDoc_com (710)
Seat 4: chgochris (1575)
Seat 5: BigMan53 (555)
Seat 6: atrain1234 (1200)
Seat 7: Stoner0723 (1755)
Seat 8: snakebitagn (715)
Seat 9: elipsesjeff(670)
BigMan53 posts small blind (15)
atrain1234 posts big blind (30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to CodeRedRulez [ Ac, Ad ]
Stoner0723 raises (100) to 100
snakebitagn folds.
elipsesjeff raises (300) to 300
cmbe21 folds.
FlopDoc_com folds.
chgochris folds.
BigMan53 raises (540) to 555
BigMan53 is all-In.
atrain1234 folds.
Stoner0723 raises (700) to 800
elipsesjeff calls (370)
elipsesjeff is all-In.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Qh, 9s, 4s ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 4h ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 6s ]
Creating Main Pot with $1695 with BigMan53
Creating Side Pot 1 with $230 with elipsesjeff
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1695 | Side Pot 1: 230 | Side Pot 2: 130
Board: [ Qh 9s 4s 4h 6s ]
cmbe21 balance 820, didn't bet (folded)
FlopDoc_com balance 710, didn't bet (folded)
chgochris balance 1575, didn't bet (folded)
BigMan53 balance 0, lost 555 [ Ah Qs ] [ two pairs, queens and fours -- Ah,Qs,Qh,4s,4h ]
atrain1234 balance 1170, lost 30 (folded)
Stoner0723 balance 3010, bet 800, collected 2055, net +1255 [ As 8s ] [ a flush, ace high -- As,9s,8s,6s,4s ]
snakebitagn balance 715, didn't bet (folded)
elipsesjeff balance 0, lost 670 [ Ac Ad ] [ two pairs, aces and fours -- Ac,Ad,Qh,4s,4h ]

My first pocket A's in a week.....

My hand cracks pocket As, Laughing

... I play A8 a lot it's one of my favorite hands that is not all that great, I like it more when it's suited, anyways, I don't see how you can raise pre flop with that hand, it's a basically a Ax suited hand, with a bet and then a reraise in front of me, I wouldn't play it, I don't know how that person called with that hand? But once he made 4 flushed on the flop, he had a 30% chance to hit it with two cards left, so maybe, I’m not sure if there was betting in the side pot but if he got to draw for free that's that guy with the Q's fault, didn't protect there hand against draws. You played it right and got your money in when you had the best of it, I don't think that your play was bad I think there however was...

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