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***Warning - Rant Post**** :)

Wow - crazy, crazy weekend. I think that I jinxed myself by posting my October graph (at end of month and each week.) Maybe I should stop posting graphs when I'm doing well. It seems to trip a bad beat/cooler switch. ;)

I try to steer clear of going on and on about bad beats and coolers, but this weekend has been ridiculous. It is the kind of stuff that Fuel55 usually posts.

I just had set under set twice in less than 5 minutes on two different tables for close to three buy-ins total. (set of Queens under set of Aces and set of 10s under set of Qs).

Friday night was even more brutal with suckouts left and right - including KK losing to QQ with a Q on the river.

All in all, I lost 8 buy-ins so far this weekend.

Some Hands (followed by the PokerEV all-in Graph from Friday night)

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1661948 - QQQ vs AAA

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1661949 - 101010 vs QQQ

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1661747 - Only against a shorty, but this is how my luck was running

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1661713 - Don't usually make this call, but this guy was a little fishy. He hits his flush.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1661501 - AA vs. 66 - standard

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1658225 - KK vs QQ - all-in on the flop. Queen on the river.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1658219 - Make a loose call 0f a 3 bet with 7c8c. I hit my straight on the turn after he checks the flop. The river fills him up.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1656348 - SB vs. BB - AKs against JJ - no help.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1656345 - 666 vs. 999.

Edit: http://www.pokerhand.org/?1665405 - Adding this one from tonight.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1665684

There were many more. You get the idea.

I guess this is where I should say something like....

The sun will come out tomorrow. The sun will come out tomorrow. Tomorrow there'll be sun.

Anyway, I still have a hefty bankroll for 2/4. If this keeps up I may take some time off from cash games and try my luck at tourneys some.

EDIT: After a night of sleep and a review of the hands, it's all good. I really think that I only spewed less than 1 buy-in which isn't bad in light of all the beats and suckouts.

If I look at this weekend with October then I am still up $10k, so life is good.

I'll be back at it and will stop the rant posts. :)

Doggone it, People Like Me.

Last night made me feel like calling Stuart Smalley for a pep talk. I mean it worked for Michael Jordan.

I was feeling pretty good heading into the night. I had a great attitude and was going to play solid poker - avoid fancy play syndrome in the early levels.

I played the following:

$1k FTP WSOP Super Sat - won in through SNG sat
$225 Pokerstars sat to the $1k - using my W$ and trying to add to the W$ stack
$225 Pokerstars SNG sat to $1k sat - again using the W$

I took some beats in all three and didn't come close to the money in any of them. I was happy that I didn't let getting sucked out on (with KK to 99 all-in preflop when deep stacked) effect my play in the other tourneys. I was playing well, but things just didn't go my way - that happens sometimes in poker. I had gotten short in the FTP $1k and was crippled after I had AK lose to a short stacks A9 All-in Pre. The same player finished me off when my 55 couldn't out race his AQ.

In the $225 SNG Sat on Pokerstars, I lost with AA early against a gutshot and probably lost the minimum after he caught. I shut down my computer after I raised enough to obviously commit myself with AJ and K8o shoved - who happened to make a straight flush.

I feel great that I was able to maintain a positive attitude in the face of all those beats - Thanks STUART!! I got my money in ahead every time last night and that is all I can ask for.

(Hopefully, my next post won't have anything to do with bad beats. If it does, I'll try to just keep it to myself and not post it here.)

Down to 25 players in a WPT/WSOPC Winner Choice $216 Satellite. I was top 4 in chips - not quite sure what the guy was thinking. I'm speechless.

Full Tilt Poker Game #2570580373: Saturday Winner's Choice (19162021), Table 7 - 200/400 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:41:57 ET - 2007/06/02
Seat 1: cmitch (17,090)
Seat 2: z_sheva (18,472)
Seat 3: csimmsux (11,615)
Seat 4: p5erssuck (20,578)
Seat 5: deucheman2 (10,239)
Seat 6: AceWPT (10,465)
Seat 7: Gettin Daize (6,051)
Seat 8: ooohra1 (4,170), is sitting out
cmitch antes 50
z_sheva antes 50
csimmsux antes 50
p5erssuck antes 50
deucheman2 antes 50
AceWPT antes 50
Gettin Daize antes 50
ooohra1 antes 50
cmitch posts the small blind of 200
z_sheva posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to cmitch [Ac As]
csimmsux calls 400
p5erssuck has 15 seconds left to act
p5erssuck folds
deucheman2 raises to 10,189, and is all in
AceWPT folds
Gettin Daize folds
ooohra1 folds
cmitch raises to 17,040, and is all in
z_sheva folds
csimmsux folds
cmitch shows [Ac As]
deucheman2 shows [9s 7s]
Uncalled bet of 6,851 returned to cmitch
*** FLOP *** [9d Qs 2h]
*** TURN *** [9d Qs 2h] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [9d Qs 2h 6s] [3s]
cmitch shows a pair of Aces
deucheman2 shows a flush, Queen high
deucheman2 wins the pot (21,578) with a flush, Queen high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 21,578 | Rake 0
Board: [9d Qs 2h 6s 3s]
Seat 1: cmitch (small blind) showed [Ac As] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: z_sheva (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: csimmsux folded before the Flop
Seat 4: p5erssuck folded before the Flop
Seat 5: deucheman2 showed [9s 7s] and won (21,578) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 6: AceWPT folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Gettin Daize folded before the Flop
Seat 8: ooohra1 (button) folded before the Flop