Very quick update

Hey guys,

I've been slacking on updating, mainly because I've only played three sessions since the last one and the results have not been great. I took another big hit on the first of the three sessions: -$1680.95, new biggest single session loss. Hurrah. Again nothing went right. I lost at least $200 on each of several hands:

• KK vs. TT, T on river for a $450 pot.

• KK v. AA and AsJs when an idiot in the BB shoved for $150 after I raised the button and the SB reraised. I called with KK and the SB shoved and turned over the aces. Goodbye $240.

• AA v. KK in a 4 bet pot when the guy with KK flops top set. If I had gone with my gut here, I would have just check folded the turn and saved the last $300, but I didn't...

• AcQc in the SB against a late position raiser and a complete idiot on the button who had been catching great cards. I 3-bet, both players call. Flop comes Kc-Jd-4c. I bet the flop, cutoff calls, idiot on button raises. I am never folding but I want the money to go in 3 ways so I just call. Cutoff moves in, idiot calls, I call. I'm up against KJo from the cutoff and 9c6c for the button (he's drawing almost stone cold dead). I miss my 40% shot. Goodbye $400...

• I have JhTh against the same idiot with the 96s from the previous hand. I call his raise on the button behind two other players. Flop comes down AhKx4h. He leads, I raise, he calls. Turn is a blank, he checks, I bet most of the pot, he calls. River checks through when I brick and his AQo is good. I actually don't mind my turn bet, since with my big draw I would have had odds to call the bet I made if he had bet instead. I can play my hand perfectly on the river with one pot sized bet left back while he cannot.

• I flop the bottom end of a straight against a guy who is playing almost 50% of his hands in the small blind. I have 4h5h. Flop is 678 rainbow with one heart I think. He leads, I raise, he 3bets the minimum. At this point I probably should have just called and tried to show down my hand (although he could have easily gotten all-in given that there were still two rounds of betting left). Instead I raise and get it in and he turns over the 9s5s. I don't know if I could have gotten away from this hand, but given his aggression level (very low) I think it's possible.

The next session was a down one as well: -$560.40. No huge hands, just nothing going my way again.

My most recent sessions I played well and was up $521.30. I hope that this downswing is over and I can claw my way back up towards my $20k goal.