just one of them days.

[grndizzle]

Don't you hate it when your on a bad run and you can see the river card burn you before it happens. I've been on a cold streak for a couple of days now, and this hand is how my last couple tournaments and sit n go's have been going,

Table: 9 (Real Money) Seat #5 is the dealer
Seat 6 - ABSYNTHETIC ($5120 in chips)
Seat 7 - OCTOPUSTODD ($3820 in chips)
Seat 8 - GRNDIZZLE ($3955 in chips)
Seat 9 - JANMICHELLE ($1520 in chips)
Seat 1 - WILDLOV9 ($5110 in chips)
Seat 2 - TIOPATINHAS9 ($5195 in chips)
Seat 3 - POKERNUTS007 ($2470 in chips)
Seat 4 - 58BUBBA ($6150 in chips)
Seat 5 - CROZIER ($3735 in chips)
ABSYNTHETIC - Posts small blind $40
OCTOPUSTODD - Posts big blind $80
*** POCKET CARDS ***Dealt to GRNDIZZLE [Qs Qc]
GRNDIZZLE - Raises $280 to $280
JANMICHELLE - Folds
WILDLOV9 - Calls $280
TIOPATINHAS9 - Folds
POKERNUTS007 - Folds
58BUBBA - Folds
CROZIER - Folds
ABSYNTHETIC - Folds
OCTOPUSTODD - Calls $200
*** FLOP *** [7h 8s 3c]
OCTOPUSTODD - Checks
GRNDIZZLE - Bets $480
WILDLOV9 - Folds
OCTOPUSTODD - All-In(Raise) $3540 to $3540
GRNDIZZLE - Calls $3060
*** TURN *** [7h 8s 3c] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [7h 8s 3c 9h] [5c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
OCTOPUSTODD - Shows [6d 8d] (Straight, five to nine)
GRNDIZZLE - Shows [Qs Qc] (One pair, queens)
OCTOPUSTODD Collects $7960 from main pot


Nothing better than losing to runner runner straight. Thats just how it's been the last three days. A bunch of 4th and 5th place finishes in sit n go's and taking a lot of bad beats in mtt's. Oh well, I will prevail.

[grndizzle]

So I figuredPokerStars Game #18207162970: Tournament #92090045, Freeroll Hold'em No
Limit - Level XV (2000/4000) - 2008/06/17 - 20:23:05 (ET)
Table '92090045 224' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Homerbuddy (12522 in chips)
Seat 2: TM in NJ (28417 in chips)
Seat 3: nollagier (17374 in chips)
Seat 4: horsecaller (35724 in chips)
Seat 5: theyank24 (76060 in chips)
Seat 6: jrutkis (49188 in chips)
Seat 7: dontheman63 (87430 in chips)
Seat 8: MB Heitzer (18155 in chips)
Seat 9: greenin (16470 in chips)
Homerbuddy: posts the ante 400
TM in NJ: posts the ante 400
nollagier: posts the ante 400
horsecaller: posts the ante 400
theyank24: posts the ante 400
jrutkis: posts the ante 400
dontheman63: posts the ante 400
MB Heitzer: posts the ante 400
greenin: posts the ante 400
greenin: posts small blind 2000
Homerbuddy: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to greenin [Kh Ks]
TM in NJ: calls 4000
nollagier: folds
horsecaller: folds
theyank24: folds
jrutkis: folds
dontheman63: folds
MB Heitzer: folds
greenin: raises 12070 to 16070 and is all-in
Homerbuddy: calls 8122 and is all-in
TM in NJ: folds
Uncalled bet (3948) returned to greenin
*** FLOP *** [5h 4h Jh]
*** TURN *** [5h 4h Jh] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [5h 4h Jh 7d] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
greenin: shows [Kh Ks] (a pair of Kings)
Homerbuddy: shows [7h 6h] (a flush, Jack high)
Homerbuddy collected 31844 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 31844 | Rake 0
Board [5h 4h Jh 7d Qc]
Seat 1: Homerbuddy (big blind) showed [7h 6h] and won (31844) with a
flush, Jack high
Seat 2: TM in NJ folded before Flop
Seat 3: nollagier folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: horsecaller folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: theyank24 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: jrutkis folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: dontheman63 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: MB Heitzer (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: greenin (small blind) showed [Kh Ks] and lost with a pair of
Kings

i'd try the wsop freeroll on stars to change my luck, but ended in the same result.

[Boilermaker]

QQ seems to be a very tricky hand. I used to lose with ladies alot. NOW I'm cautious with them, making sure not to overplay them. I have to ask my self alot, is top pair worth risking all my chips this early in the tourney. The more people at the table the less I value them.
Position also has alot to do with how aggressive I play them.
When blinds are low, i notice people will call an aggresive raise with alot of differant variations of cards to see a flop. I think it's because blinds are low and they know if they don't catch on that flop, blinds are not gonna eat away at them.
An aggressive raise when blinds are big seems to be more affective because by this time most players have an idea of about how many blinds they have left.


On the second game, I'd have made the same move as you with KK. It was time to make a move being shortstacked with a priemium hand.
If this was not a freeroll, everyone would have more than likely folded.


Anyway, hope your bad streak turns into a Cash streak!!!

GL at the Tables