Bad Run

I played 2 $5 3-person SnGs tonight and things didn't go well. I busted out of the first match in 3rd when my AA got all in on the flop against QJ on a Jxx flop. The gross Q peeled on the river and I went home with my pockets turned out. In the next match one player busted right away so I was quickly at a big disadvantage. The first pot of HU play I got slapped down to 30k in chips vs the 150k of the other dude. I battled for another half an hour and finally got up big. I had doubled to over 60k with AA and then I was dealt KQ. The flop was a nifty JT9 and I checked it. The dude put out a small bet and I flat called it. The turn was an 8 so I checked again and he fired pot. I moved in and he beat me in with his 75 and I had the chip lead at 120k. The very next hand I had A6o and we got all in on the flop of Ac 9c xh and he showed the sick Q7cc. The river brought the sick 3rd club and I was down to 30k again with blinds at 2k/4k. I busted on the next hand with K5cc vs Ax when I never improved after my preflop all in. It's frustrating because in the last several matches that I've played I've gotten my money in with the lead and gotten just straight up booooooooooooooned, but all I can hope for is that it will turn around. I've been much more level headed about the beats than I typically am, which is encouraging. The flipside is that I'm almost expecting to lose every time I get my money in which is a horrible disease all its own. I just have to keep monitoring myself to make sure that none of these things start to become reoccurring leaks. That's all for tonight.

Quick Update

I've only played two sessions since my last post, and I'm in the middle of one right now. This won't be long since the National Championship is being decided right now between my fellow Big 12 brethren Oklahoma and Florida. It's not looking so good for Oklahoma because an interception literally just fell in some dude's hands in the beginning of the fourth quarter. In my other session I went 3/5 winning 3 person matches at Bugsy's for a decent little profit, along with a tiny little SnG profit, so I'm up a bit. I played really aggressively and was lucky in two key spots to get the juice boiling. I won a $10 but the rest were $5 matches so that helped out as well. Tonight I dumped both of the tourneys so far. In the $5 6-spot turbo in 5th. In consecutive hands I dropped K5hh to KJss AIPF in a battle of the blinds and then JJ to AA vs the same guy. It was one of those "Are you serious?" moments that happen in poker. In the $5 3-person match I had about a 10k lead over 2nd place when we got in with my KK vs JJ. The door car peeled a J but was all diamonds, giving me the flush draw, but of course I blanked. The next hand I shoved with A3o vs 89o and had the same story, flop 8 high with 3 clubs but I blanked on the flush draw and the over. Go skill! Hopefully I get in one more match tonight because I won't be able to play again until next week.

Bugsy's: $211.29
FTP: $.18
Stars: $33.06