Not playing much lately. Just haven't had the time. Played a few 180-man turbos and it's not going well. I'm trying to remain positive, because I don't want to have this OP turn into a bitch-fest about how bad I run. I think I'm playing these tourneys well. I'm just not getting the results. That's poker for you.

I've decided to play the 180s more aggressively. For instance early on I had 10-10 and raised it to 150 (3x bb). Another player pushed all-in and had me covered by a couple hundred. I decide to play for the coin-flip and it paid off when my hand held against his A-K.

Later on I double up with A-Q vs K-J. Then my "luck" finally ran out when I had this hand.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00+$0.20 Tournament, 125/250 Blinds 25 Ante (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 (t11590)
MP2 (t4045)
CO (t7885)
Button (t2540)
SB (t4420)
BB (t1555)
Hero (UTG) (t5610)
UTG+1 (t1020)

Hero's M: 9.76

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q, Q
Hero bets t750, 3 folds, CO calls t750, 3 folds

Flop: (t2075) 9, 7, Q (2 players)
Hero bets t750, CO raises to t1500, Hero raises to t4835 (All-In), CO calls t3335

Turn: (t11745) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t11745) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t11745

Results:
Hero had Q, Q (three of a kind, Queens).
CO had 8, 7 (flush, King high).
Outcome: CO won t11745

So that's Poker, you move on right? So I did. I went to try my luck at 5nl for a little while before going to bed. 9 hands of nothing, then this hand happens:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (4 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button ($10.10)
SB ($5.22)
BB ($5.11)
Hero (UTG) ($5.01)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with J, K
Hero bets $0.15, Button calls $0.15, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.37) J, 9, J (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks

Turn: ($0.37) 5 (2 players)
Hero bets $0.35, Button raises to $0.95, Hero raises to $4.86 (All-In), Button calls $3.91

River: ($10.09) A (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $10.09 | Rake: $0.50

Results:
Button had K, Q (flush, Ace high).
Hero had J, K (three of a kind, Jacks).
Outcome: Button won $9.59

This is poker telling me that it doesn't matter what I do. I can get it in good and I will still get my ass handed to me over and over again.