Let the bad beats roll...

I don't like to blog about beats I am given, but I have to get some of this off my chest. This week has been nothing short of catastrophic for me on the felt. I've been getting beaten down in every way, shape, and form. I've tried MTTs, cash tables, dropping limits, switching games... I'm just getting killed.

Seat 1: Mclrn11 ($19.15)
Seat 2: Eagle1959 ($15.65)
Seat 3: 007_Lalli ($22.05)
Seat 4: mckdaddy23 ($38.90)
Seat 5: JoeSnak ($19.85)
Seat 6: Athos000 ($9.50)
Seat 7: smellytuna ($16.15)
Seat 8: donpeters ($20.75)
Athos000 posts the small blind of $0.05
smellytuna posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Ts As]
donpeters raises to $0.40
Mclrn11 folds
Eagle1959 folds
007_Lalli folds
mckdaddy23 calls $0.40
JoeSnak folds
Athos000 calls $0.35
smellytuna checks
*** FLOP *** [Ad Qs 3c]
Athos000 checks
smellytuna checks
donpeters bets $1.00
mckdaddy23 calls $1.00
Athos000 folds
Smellytuna folds
*** TURN *** [Ad Qs 3c] [3s]
donpeters bets $2.40
mckdaddy23 calls $2.40
*** RIVER *** [Ad Qs 3c 3s] [3d]
donpeters bets $3.20
mckdaddy23 has 15 seconds left to act
mckdaddy23 raises to $37.50, and is all in
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters has requested TIME
donpeters calls $19.05, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $18.15 returned to mckdaddy23
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mckdaddy23 shows [3h 5h] four of a kind, Threes
donpeters mucks

Maybe I should have or could have folded on the end, but I'm not putting this guy on a 3 in this spot. Another A was what I thought, but I guess I was fooled.

Early on in the Early Double B on FTP, I found myself raising UTG with QQ. The button shoved with a short stack of about 1000 chips and I called. He showed K9 and spiked a K and I was down from 2300 to just over 1200. A few hands later, a player in middle position raised. The blinds were up to 80/160 and I felt I had decent fold equity on the raiser with my remaining 1200 chips. He held only 2000 and I decided my 88 was good enough to make a play here. When the action got back to him, he made an instant call and showed 94s and the flop came 4Q9, turn 9 and I was out. Good, sweet, thanks.

I was still in the Early Double A when I limped from late position with 89c in a multiway pot. The flop came 567 and I was smiling. First to act bet out and second to act shoved, I called and so did the originally bettor. J5 was shown along with KK (weird limping after UTG limps). Turn came a 9, river an 8 and we chopped 3 ways


Full Tilt Poker Game #5134880112: Early Double - A (38301607), Table 102 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:34:15 ET - 2008/02/05
Seat 1: roly_3208 (9,740)
Seat 2: SHUGNDELLY (5,093)
Seat 3: Longthrow (1,225)
Seat 4: CraftyCal (1,345)
Seat 5: donpeters (2,365)
Seat 6: thekofi (1,672)
Seat 7: spidersigmar (3,555)
Seat 8: ElGrando81 (4,350)
Seat 9: Santoca (3,640)
donpeters posts the small blind of 80
thekofi posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Qc Qd]
spidersigmar folds
ElGrando81 folds
Santoca calls 160
roly_3208 raises to 640 {Big chips, plays a good amount of hands, I'm positive he'll call me here with a wide range.}
SHUGNDELLY folds
Longthrow has 15 seconds left to act
Longthrow calls 640 {Been playing almost anything PF, leaves himself with 585?}
CraftyCal folds
donpeters raises to 2,365, and is all in {Please help this to hold!}
thekofi has 15 seconds left to act
thekofi calls 1,512, and is all in
Santoca has 15 seconds left to act
Santoca folds
roly_3208 calls 1,725
Longthrow calls 585, and is all in
donpeters shows [Qc Qd]
thekofi shows [Jd Kd] {Gotta gamble to win, right? ... right?!!?!}
roly_3208 shows [Qs Qh] {Awesome!}
Longthrow shows [7d 8d] {First thought, WTF? Second thought, he'll win.}
*** FLOP *** [6h Kc 9s]
*** TURN *** [6h Kc 9s] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [6h Kc 9s Ad] [4h]
donpeters shows a pair of Queens
roly_3208 shows a pair of Queens
donpeters ties for side pot #2 (693) with a pair of Queens
roly_3208 ties for side pot #2 (693) with a pair of Queens
thekofi shows a pair of Kings
thekofi wins side pot #1 (1,341) with a pair of Kings
Longthrow shows Ace King high
thekofi wins the main pot (5,060) with a pair of Kings
Longthrow stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,787 Main pot 5,060. Side pot 1 1,341. Side pot 2 1,386. Rake 0
Board: [6h Kc 9s Ad 4h]
Seat 1: roly_3208 showed [Qs Qh] and won (693) with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: SHUGNDELLY didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Longthrow showed [7d 8d] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 4: CraftyCal (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: donpeters (small blind) showed [Qc Qd] and won (693) with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: thekofi (big blind) showed [Jd Kd] and won (6,401) with a pair of Kings
Seat 7: spidersigmar didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: ElGrando81 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Santoca folded before the Flop

Still my great luck right now while I run bad. Just needed to do some venting. I'm still going to keep playing and do my best to play my A-game. I have an FTOPS satellite tonight for $50+5 that I won into a week or so back for $3, so wish me luck.