The frustration is really getting to me..

[jaeh00d]

This has been going on for the past two weeks or so..

all of these hands were in the same tournament... I just cannot win when I am ahead, I just saw REEL DEAL steaming off over this... its getting really bad..

#1


PokerStars Game #6090318002: Tournament #30858728, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/08/28 - 23:32:57 (ET)
Table '30858728 4' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Boomer773 (3775 in chips)
Seat 2: Mitch877 (150 in chips)
Seat 3: jaeh00d (2090 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: HAYDEN97 (465 in chips)
Seat 5: HONESTDOUG (2150 in chips)
Seat 7: LeeLeeFRESH (4358 in chips)
Seat 8: rubenn (4250 in chips)
Seat 9: stinkyfish75 (5585 in chips)
Mitch877: posts small blind 75
jaeh00d: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jaeh00d [Ad Qh]
HAYDEN97: raises 300 to 450
HONESTDOUG: folds
LeeLeeFRESH: folds
jaeh00d has returned
rubenn: folds
stinkyfish75: folds
Boomer773: folds
Mitch877: folds
jaeh00d: raises 300 to 750
HAYDEN97: calls 15 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Ks 5s 6d]
*** TURN *** [Ks 5s 6d] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [Ks 5s 6d 9h] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jaeh00d: shows [Ad Qh] (a pair of Queens)
HAYDEN97: shows [Jd Th] (a straight, Nine to King)
HAYDEN97 collected 1005 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1005 | Rake 0
Board [Ks 5s 6d 9h Qd]
Seat 1: Boomer773 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Mitch877 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: jaeh00d (big blind) showed [Ad Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 4: HAYDEN97 showed [Jd Th] and won (1005) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 5: HONESTDOUG folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: LeeLeeFRESH folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: rubenn folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: stinkyfish75 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

#2

PokerStars Game #6090353681: Tournament #30858728, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/08/28 - 23:35:30 (ET)
Table '30858728 4' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Boomer773 (3775 in chips)
Seat 2: Mitch877 (75 in chips)
Seat 3: jaeh00d (1775 in chips)
Seat 4: HAYDEN97 (630 in chips)
Seat 5: HONESTDOUG (2000 in chips)
Seat 7: LeeLeeFRESH (4358 in chips)
Seat 8: rubenn (4625 in chips)
Seat 9: stinkyfish75 (5585 in chips)
HONESTDOUG: posts small blind 75
LeeLeeFRESH: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jaeh00d [Kh Kd]
rubenn: calls 150
stinkyfish75: calls 150
Boomer773: folds
Mitch877: calls 75 and is all-in
jaeh00d: raises 725 to 875
HAYDEN97: folds
HONESTDOUG: folds
LeeLeeFRESH: folds
rubenn: folds
stinkyfish75: folds
*** FLOP *** [6c Tc 7h]
*** TURN *** [6c Tc 7h] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [6c Tc 7h 7d] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jaeh00d: shows [Kh Kd] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
jaeh00d collected 300 from side pot
Mitch877: shows [Js 8s] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
Mitch877 collected 450 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 750 Main pot 450. Side pot 300. | Rake 0
Board [6c Tc 7h 7d 9h]
Seat 1: Boomer773 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Mitch877 showed [Js 8s] and won (450) with a straight, Seven to Jack
Seat 3: jaeh00d showed [Kh Kd] and won (300) with two pair, Kings and Sevens
Seat 4: HAYDEN97 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: HONESTDOUG (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: LeeLeeFRESH (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: rubenn folded before Flop
Seat 9: stinkyfish75 folded before Flop

#3, this is the big one, this one really got to me

PokerStars Game #6090580986: Tournament #30858728, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2006/08/28 - 23:52:16 (ET)
Table '30858728 4' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Boomer773 (11330 in chips)
Seat 2: Aces_High_31 (3275 in chips)
Seat 3: jaeh00d (1865 in chips)
Seat 4: HAYDEN97 (2418 in chips)
Seat 5: HONESTDOUG (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: ERyan12 (3577 in chips)
Seat 7: CboyAndy (6890 in chips)
Seat 8: bee76 (1275 in chips)
Seat 9: stinkyfish75 (5810 in chips)
Boomer773: posts the ante 25
Aces_High_31: posts the ante 25
jaeh00d: posts the ante 25
HAYDEN97: posts the ante 25
HONESTDOUG: posts the ante 25
ERyan12: posts the ante 25
CboyAndy: posts the ante 25
bee76: posts the ante 25
stinkyfish75: posts the ante 25
HAYDEN97: posts small blind 100
HONESTDOUG: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jaeh00d [Kd Kh]
ERyan12: folds
CboyAndy: folds
bee76: raises 1050 to 1250 and is all-in
stinkyfish75: folds
Boomer773: folds
Aces_High_31: folds
jaeh00d: raises 590 to 1840 and is all-in
HAYDEN97: folds
HONESTDOUG: folds
*** FLOP *** [4h Ac Ah]
*** TURN *** [4h Ac Ah] [8c]
HAYDEN97 said, "GKJDSF;KJds'kf"
*** RIVER *** [4h Ac Ah 8c] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bee76: shows [Qc Kc] (a flush, Ace high)
jaeh00d: shows [Kd Kh] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
bee76 collected 3025 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3025 | Rake 0
Board [4h Ac Ah 8c Tc]
Seat 1: Boomer773 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Aces_High_31 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: jaeh00d (button) showed [Kd Kh] and lost with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 4: HAYDEN97 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: HONESTDOUG (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: ERyan12 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: CboyAndy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: bee76 showed [Qc Kc] and won (3025) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 9: stinkyfish75 folded before Flop (didn't bet)


#4, and to end it all

PokerStars Game #6090596939: Tournament #30858728, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2006/08/28 - 23:53:30 (ET)
Table '30858728 4' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Boomer773 (11280 in chips)
Seat 2: Aces_High_31 (3750 in chips)
Seat 3: jaeh00d (565 in chips)
Seat 4: HAYDEN97 (2268 in chips)
Seat 5: HONESTDOUG (1150 in chips)
Seat 6: ERyan12 (3327 in chips)
Seat 7: CboyAndy (6840 in chips)
Seat 8: bee76 (3000 in chips)
Seat 9: stinkyfish75 (5760 in chips)
Boomer773: posts the ante 25
Aces_High_31: posts the ante 25
jaeh00d: posts the ante 25
HAYDEN97: posts the ante 25
HONESTDOUG: posts the ante 25
ERyan12: posts the ante 25
CboyAndy: posts the ante 25
bee76: posts the ante 25
stinkyfish75: posts the ante 25
ERyan12: posts small blind 100
CboyAndy: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jaeh00d [8c 8s]
bee76: folds
stinkyfish75: calls 200
Boomer773: folds
Aces_High_31: folds
jaeh00d: raises 340 to 540 and is all-in
HAYDEN97: folds
HONESTDOUG: folds
ERyan12: folds
CboyAndy: calls 340
stinkyfish75: folds
*** FLOP *** [9s As Kh]
*** TURN *** [9s As Kh] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [9s As Kh 3d] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
CboyAndy: shows [Kd Jc] (a pair of Kings)
jaeh00d: shows [8c 8s] (a pair of Eights)
CboyAndy collected 1605 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1605 | Rake 0
Board [9s As Kh 3d Qh]
Seat 1: Boomer773 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Aces_High_31 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: jaeh00d showed [8c 8s] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 4: HAYDEN97 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: HONESTDOUG (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ERyan12 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: CboyAndy (big blind) showed [Kd Jc] and won (1605) with a pair of Kings
Seat 8: bee76 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: stinkyfish75 folded before Flop


cant win when i am way ahead, cant win a coinflip... i'm really strung out and bothered. whatever, i cant keep losing with the best hand everytime, but come on thats a lot. that third one killed me. It bothers me because i played some good poker, made some pretty good laydowns throughout, made some nice bluffs when i sensed my opponents weakness for it to all come down to this, wow

[juiCe[3x]]

Man that really sucks. The only thing i noticed is that you were all-in preflop every hand. I seem to lose every time i do that no matter what hand i got. Pretty much nothing you can do there, hopefully things turn around for you.

[jaeh00d]

No i wasnt all in every hand of the tournament there... The first one was a re raise to a shorter stack... and the last one was an all in after i was crippled with the runner runner clubs... Those hands were over the duration of the tournament itself

But i just dont know what to do when i have nights like this...

[juiCe[3x]]

Usually a good thing to do is not play for the rest of the night and try to get them tomorrow.

[jaeh00d]

yea honestly i think i have to take a week off or so. Its beent this way for the past 12 days... lol yea i have it marked on the calender. I literally have went through 33% of my bankroll in these past 12 days. I even move down limits to trim the losses and heal my wounds and it still happens. Cash games, Sng's, Mtt's you name it they are killing me. But, i am not the only one, this happens to every somewhat serious poker player at least once in there playing careers. You just gotta wait it out and continue to play great poker. The bad beats cant continue to defy the odds this much longer.

best of luck to everyone

[juiCe[3x]]

Good luck to you too.

I guess Lee Jones is after you. Just let him forget about you and then you'll own it up again

[jaeh00d]

lol.. i have heard that saying and never picked it up...

what is the meaning of lee jones

[juiCe[3x]]

Lee Jones is the directer of Pokerstars - Hes after you.

[JDMcNugent7]

really hit the nail on the head here.
just never go all in pre flop and you'll be fine.

[juiCe[3x]]

Well there is times when you have to go all-in preflop but what im trying to say is every hand here he was all-in preflop. I just seem to have terrible luck all in preflop in tourenys so i try to keep the pots small.

[Zybomb]

Uh.... I don't really get it.

Hand 1 you lost a 2 live card card, that happens more than 1 out of every 3 times

Hand 2 you actually made money on and your opponent had no choice

Hand 3 sucks obviously

Hand 4 is just a coinflip to a committed opponent

[Zybomb]

Uh... you can't honestly be serious right? You seem to lose every hand if you go all in preflop so you try and keep the pots smaller? Hopefully you already know this is senseless...

[jaeh00d]

if you look closely only two of the four hands were all in preflop... The KK in very very rare instances do i lay this down pre-flop. I have no problem pushing all of my chips with this hand 90% of the time. these are those instances..

1. you have this unbelievable read on your opponent and you know he would not reraise you or anyone else there unless he had AA. remember although any hand can win in holdem there are very few hands that will actually call your all in to your KK. and all but one of them your at least a 2:1 favorite, a lot of times better than that. ( we are talking heads up hands here ) And that only one is aces, but you only run in to aces when you have kings about 3 - 4 % of the time anyways so i dont fold it much and have no problem pushing in with it. If i push with KK and run into AA, its just my time to go.

2. There is so much action ahead of you, i'm talking two and three players ahead of you all in pre-flop, although you might very well have the best combination hand preflop one of those random hands is bound to beat you.

3. you are very close to the money, or very close to the next money bracket and it is a big jump in the money and you dont mind waiting a few more hands. I have only done that twice with KK in over 18 months of play.

The 88 all in was after i was crippled by the KK vs KQ runner runner flush hand. If i'm correct i think i was down to 590 in chips and blinds were 100/200... i had less than 3XBB i'm pushing with 88 there 80% of the time, you cant wait much longer for anymore hands.

understand what i mean?

[jaeh00d]

yup, hence my reply

[jaeh00d]

this sort of stuff has been going on for the past couple of weeks. I know the odds of poker and i know it is bound to happen. But, all of this within a few minutes can be a little frustrating to handle. On hands one, two, and four i do not fault the opponents play but just hate to be on the losing end of it all three times. I know shit will eventually turn around for the better.