Worst run ever

[pr0crastin8r]

After slowly building up my bankroll from $50 to $500 over a month or two, this week I have had the worst swing ever. Every time I hit trips and try to push everyone out with a one pot or two pot sized bet, a draw will call me and hit it. Every time I hit two pair, somebody hits a higher two pair. Every time I have KK, somebody has AA, etc. I think I need to go on a little poker vacation for awhile. Sorry, just needed to vent.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed)

saw flop|<font color="C00000">saw showdown</font>

SB (t1925)
<font color="C00000">BB (t810)</font>
<font color="C00000">Hero (t930)</font>
UTG+1 (t1035)
MP1 (t920)
MP2 (t885)
CO (t875)
<font color="C00000">Button (t620)</font>

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
Hero calls t50, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls t50, MP2 calls t50, CO calls t50, Button calls t50, SB completes, BB checks,

Flop: (t350) 9/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(7 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">BB bets t50</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t360</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, CO folds, Button calls t360, SB folds, BB calls t310.

Turn: (t1430) 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="CC3333">Hero bets t100</font>, <font color="CC3333">Button raises to t210 (All-In)</font>, BB calls t210, Hero calls t110.

River: (t2060) K/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(3 players, 1 all-in)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets t190 (All-In)</font>, Hero calls t190.

Final Pot: t2440
<font color="green">Main Pot: t2060 (t2060), between BB, Hero and Button.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by BB (t2060).</font>
<font color="green">Pot 2: t380 (t380), between BB and Hero.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by BB (t380).</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
BB shows Th Kh (flush, ace high).
Hero shows 9d Ad (two pair, aces and nines).
Button shows 4h Jh (flush, ace high).
Outcome: BB wins t2440. </font>

[Irieguy]

Actually, the answer to your question is much less interesting than the discussion about whether or not you should play a weak, suited ace under the gun in level 3.

Yes, anyone who plays poker regularly has had a horrific run and lost all or most of their bankroll at one time or another. But this little leak isn't helping.

If you limp with A-9 UTG, you will have to fold to a raise. If you flop an Ace, you don't know if you like your hand. Think about that for a second- do you really want to play a hand out of position with which you will have to fold every time you are raised and with which you will have a difficult time playing if you flop an ace? But the worst part about Ace-medium suited is the large number of flops that can "kinda" hit your hand: 9 high, 3 babies with a diamond, any diamond draw, etc. These are all marginal situations, which is not the kind of situations you want to be in while out of position.

PLUS, you broke the cardinal rule of bad beat stories: never post a bad beat where you don't have aces or kings. Otherwise, somebody will tell you that you shouldn't have played the hand in the first place.

Irieguy