Running Bad

So, I took another pretty bad Sunday beating yesterday. Even after adding on all of the rakeback I had available, I'm down to less than $300 in my account. It's pretty sick how bad I've been running. I don't think I've cashed in a tournament in forever (at least not for more than my buy-in back). Yesterday I only played 3 MTT's, and busted out early in all of them. I probably overplayed some hands pre-flop, but basically lost coinflips in all to go broke. In the first one, I pushed TT into an MP raiser who called me with KQs to beat me. The next was the $2.25+1r+1a; I rebought immediately and got KK twice early on. On the first one I won a small pot on the flop. On the second one, one guy raised to 140, I re-raised to 440 and the guy behind me shoved for like 1500, of course I called and his ATo pwned my KK when an Ace came on the flop. I blinded off for a while, then a big stack raised on the button and I shoved AJ out of the SB, he called with KQ and it was gg me. Finally, I played an $8.80 180 man and shoved AK out of the BB after one guy raised and two people called. I figured I had a good chance to pick up all the dead money and if anybody called I'd likely be getting very good equity on a coinflip. Of course, the original raiser called with QQ and I didn't get lucky. So, basically I lost four all-in pots in MTT's. One of which I was way ahead on, two that I had the better end of a coinflip and one that I had the worse end of a coinflip. Simple math says that I should have one at least one of those and probably two, but that's poker I guess.

In LHE I lost a fuckton at .5/1 FR and a pretty decent number of bets at .25/.50 6-max. I've been running terrible pretty much for two weeks straight now. I've had a couple of decent days here and there, but for the most part I've just run like shit. I'm not gonna give up though. I do think I'm capable of beating these games. I just have to remain patient and play well. Of course, I really should get Pokertracker or HEM soon, but I don't want to waste the 60 day trial period of PT3 if I'm not gonna be able to play online for most of January and February (which is a distinct possibility). So, I'll wait on those for now and just play .25/.50 6-max and .5/1 FR. I'll keep a bankroll of at least 500 BB for 6-max and maybe even more when I move up to .5/1 and 1/2 down the road.

Finally, these two hands from a short session I played tonight are a pretty good example of how I've been running these past two weeks and especially on Sundays.


Full Tilt Poker Game #9399106822: Table Edward (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - Limit Hold'em - 0:18:59 ET - 2008/12/09
Seat 1: riverjhawk ($15)
Seat 2: yorobthatkid ($1.55)
Seat 3: CinciKid22 ($26.85)
Seat 4: dongpangpang ($13.10)
Seat 5: deeJ_0607 ($28.15)
Seat 6: thirsty2 ($14.40)
thirsty2 posts the small blind of $0.10
riverjhawk posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CinciKid22 [Td Tc]
yorobthatkid folds
CinciKid22 raises to $0.50
dongpangpang has 15 seconds left to act
dongpangpang folds
deeJ_0607 raises to $0.75
thirsty2 has 15 seconds left to act
thirsty2 folds
riverjhawk calls $0.50
CinciKid22 calls $0.25
*** FLOP *** [Qc Js Jh]
riverjhawk checks
CinciKid22 checks
deeJ_0607 bets $0.25
riverjhawk calls $0.25
CinciKid22 calls $0.25
*** TURN *** [Qc Js Jh] [Ts]
riverjhawk checks
CinciKid22 checks
deeJ_0607 bets $0.50
riverjhawk raises to $1
CinciKid22 raises to $1.50
deeJ_0607 has 15 seconds left to act
deeJ_0607: ok
deeJ_0607 calls $1
riverjhawk calls $0.50
*** RIVER *** [Qc Js Jh Ts] [Qd]
riverjhawk checks
CinciKid22 checks
deeJ_0607 bets $0.50
riverjhawk calls $0.50
CinciKid22 calls $0.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
deeJ_0607 shows [Jc Ad] a full house, Jacks full of Queens
riverjhawk mucks
CinciKid22 mucks
deeJ_0607 wins the pot ($8.65) with a full house, Jacks full of Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $9.10 Rake $0.45
Board: [Qc Js Jh Ts Qd]
Seat 1: riverjhawk (big blind) mucked [8c Ac] - two pair, Queens and Jacks
Seat 2: yorobthatkid didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: CinciKid22 mucked [Td Tc] - a full house, Tens full of Queens
Seat 4: dongpangpang didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: deeJ_0607 (button) showed [Jc Ad] and won ($8.65) with a full house, Jacks full of Queens
Seat 6: thirsty2 (small blind) folded before the Flop


Full Tilt Poker Game #9399365457: Table Topaz - $0.50/$1 - Limit Hold'em - 0:36:55 ET - 2008/12/09
Seat 1: marreta24 ($17.15)
Seat 2: juarino ($7.40)
Seat 3: yahteek ($21.50)
Seat 4: cbRUFIO ($13.30)
Seat 5: Zongo Jr ($25.10)
Seat 7: Mildlyretarded ($9)
Seat 8: CinciKid22 ($50.45)
Seat 9: Leonard1947 ($24.50)
cbRUFIO posts the small blind of $0.25
Zongo Jr posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CinciKid22 [Ad Qs]
Mildlyretarded folds
CinciKid22 raises to $1
Leonard1947 folds
marreta24 folds
juarino calls $1
yahteek has 15 seconds left to act
yahteek is sitting out
yahteek has timed out
yahteek folds
cbRUFIO folds
Zongo Jr folds
*** FLOP *** [Qh 5h 9d]
CinciKid22 bets $0.50
juarino calls $0.50
*** TURN *** [Qh 5h 9d] [4h]
CinciKid22 checks
yahteek has returned
juarino bets $1
CinciKid22 calls $1
*** RIVER *** [Qh 5h 9d 4h] [9h]
CinciKid22 checks
juarino bets $1
CinciKid22 calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
juarino shows [Ah Th] a flush, Ace high
CinciKid22 shows [Ad Qs] two pair, Queens and Nines
juarino wins the pot ($7.40) with a flush, Ace high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $7.75 Rake $0.35
Board: [Qh 5h 9d 4h 9h]
Seat 1: marreta24 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: juarino showed [Ah Th] and won ($7.40) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 3: yahteek (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: cbRUFIO (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Zongo Jr (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Mildlyretarded didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: CinciKid22 showed [Ad Qs] and lost with two pair, Queens and Nines
Seat 9: Leonard1947 didn't bet (folded)

Yep, my life rocks!

Current Bankroll -
$292.23