Rounders, Inc.

I hate ace queen. Really.

I get A-Q and make it $50 to go.

Two callers.

The flop is Q-8-3 rainbow.

I am first to act and want to take it down right now with top pair, top kicker.

I over-bet the pot and make it $200 to go.

Of course, one caller.

The turn is an ace. I have top two pair and bet $500.

Call.

The river is a Jack, which puts a straight out there.

I bet $500 hoping thinking this guy may have something like Q-J.

Nope. He calls and shows K-10 for the nut straight.

Nothing on the flop needing runner-runner to make a hand.

If it were not for bad luck and donkeys, this game would be easy to play.

If I had a chip for every time a player that was in a hand that they should not have been involved with in the first place, but somehow caught the miracle one-outer, I would have alot of chips.

The player’s reasoning is they were “gambling” when they made the call.

They are gambling alright. With MY money. In the short run anyway.

My first session back after a couple weeks off was brutal. I played three hands:

• First hand: AA
• Read: Player had KJ or something like that
• Result: Cracked by a set of 9’s

• Second Hand: AQ
• Read: Player had a flush draw
• Result: Won

• Third Hand: 88
• Read: Player had AK or AQ
• Result: Lost to JJ

Stay tuned …

I decided to take the past couple weeks off from live action. I will be back at the table later this week.

Looking forward to live cards and monster pots …

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This is unbelieveable. Cold deck for hours. Card dead for weeks.

In a 10 hour span yesterday, I had three, maybe four playable hands. I won two small pots.

Blinded out 75% of my stack.

Finally hit K-K. I raise from late position to half my remaining stack.

Everyone folds except one limper. He calls.

I go all-in on the flop.

He calls.

He shows A-A.

I lose.

Again.

I have been running bad lately. Real bad.

Card dead for a week. And it is getting expensive.

I know running bad is part of the game, but it is getting ridiculous to the point of deja vu.

The problem with playing low limit games is dealing with donkeys that call anything. They cannot do the math and seem to never know how far behind they are.

These donkeys think they have a flush draw on every rainbow flop.

These donkeys think they have a straight draw when they are three cards to a straight.

Every night for the past week, I have lost all my chips on Q-Q. Yesterday was no different.

After waiting three hours for a playable hand, I get dealt Q-Q under the gun. I get four callers.

With $100 in the pot and a rainbow flop of 9-6-3, I push all in for another $180.

The two biggest donkeys at the table call. I know at this point I am both ahead and behind.

Fourth street is a 5 and fifth street is a 7.

One donkey turns over 5-7 offsuit. He went runner runner for two pair.

The other donkey turns over 8-4 offsuit for a runner runner straight.

How can anyone call $20 preflop with these garbage hands in a $1-$2 game?

The bigger question is how can I get so unlucky when I am clearly the favorite all the way to the river?

Bad is bad.