Rounders, Inc.

I am now on day three of my bad run. I have lost in four out of five sessions and for three consecutive sessions.

I played well and was not outplayed by anyone. I simply got unlucky. Again.

Very discouraging.

Here are the hands I played in a three hour span and the percentage of my stack lost on the hand:

1. K-K: Lost to a river set of queens. 15%
2. 7-7: Lost to A-K on the turn. 5%
3. 4-4: Two pair on flop counterfeited on river to A-J. 5%
4. 9-9: Flopped a set. Beaten by quad 3s on turn. 20%
5. 10-10: Flopped 10s full of Kings, beaten by Kings full of 10s. 15%
6. K-K: Beaten by A-6 off on river. 20%
7. J-J: Pushed the rest of the chips all-in pre-flop. Got slowrolled by Kings. 20%

Fortunately (or unfortunately - I am not quite sure any more) my accurate reads have saved me money.

I know I can play - hopefully this bad run will be over soon.

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.