Poorly played AND a bad beat.. can't get much worse

[Caruso329]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) converter

Button ($28.2)
Hero ($17.35)
BB ($0)
UTG ($47.45)
UTG+1 ($22.55)
MP1 ($18.75)
MP2 ($24.25)
MP3 ($24.5)
CO ($60.25)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. Hero posts a blind of $0.25. UTG posts a blind of $0.5.
UTG+1 calls $0.50, MP1 calls $0.50, MP2 calls $0.50, MP3 folds, CO calls $0.50, Button folds, Hero (poster) completes, UTG (poster) checks.

Flop: ($3) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(7 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $2</font>, UTG folds, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to $7</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, CO calls $7, Hero calls $5.

Turn: ($24) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, UTG+1 calls $15.05 (All-In), CO calls $15.05, Hero calls $9.85 (All-In).

River: ($63.95) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players, 2 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $63.95

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has 4h Ah (flush, ace high).
BB has (flush, ace high).
UTG+1 has Ac As (two pair, aces and eights).
CO has 8c 8d (four of a kind, eights).
Outcome: CO wins $63.95. </font>

Total Money lost on Party after only 238 hands: $94.10
Definitely not what I was expecting when I first got here...
DAMN YOU VARIANCE!

[PoBoy321]

Poorly played, maybe. I like leading the flop, calling the raise is about 0 EV getting 4:1 on your money with a 4:1 chance on the next card. Calling the turn all-in is about the same since you're getting layed about 5.5:1 on a 4:1 draw. Just too bad that your A outs and some of your flush outs were no good.

Poorly played, maybe. Bad beat, definitely not, just something that comes with the territory.

[Caruso329]

Yea, not really a bad beat. But after a 4 buy-in downswing in about 3-4 hours, I'm venting just a little bit. Oh well.. definitely can't win all the time. I just have yet to see all these fish that everyone is talking about at Party. :P

[TheWorstPlayer]

UTG+1 limped AA. Fish. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Caruso329]

lol thanks TheWorstPlayer.

[DBowling]

The fives also made him a straigh. 8h and 6h are no good. Youve got a 10 outer getting. 5.5:1 and youre 3.7:1 to hit!. Easy call.