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No flames here. I may have been a little overexuberant the other day when I couldn't tell if you were playing NLHE or LHE, but this forum should be a flame-free environment.

Like the other responder I couldn't tell if you meant KK or Kx [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. I'm guessing the latter, although 5 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] would be a nut hand and raise the river unless he just didn't know he had a straight flush.

It sounds like your luck is just running bad. Nothing you can do about it but ride it out. One of the advantages of experience, I'm learning (though I'm still very much a new player) is that you learn to distinguish bad luck from bad play. aaargh's words on this are worth reiterating.

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I eather suck so bad I'll never get good at it, or I'm the unluckiest guy in the world.

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We've all been there, man. As you play more you'll see there are times when your decision making is fine, but opponents hit one draw after another. AA loses to trips on the river. Top pair-top kicker loses to a one card straight. Your high pair loses to a middle pair that makes a set on the turn. Nothing you can do about it but play as well as you can.

Just remember, if there were no luck in this game, bad players wouldn't play it! (I'll bet there aren't many casinos with chess games where you live....)

Assuming you had Kx [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] I see no problem whatsoever with your play. Flop was a good semibluff bet that didn't win the pot but could have. Turn was a nut hand. River was a second-nut hand that was almost certainly best. You definitely shouldn't be check-calling the river in fear of the straight flush!