To give an idea how awful my variance has been lately... all these hands are from my last ten $27 SNGs. I only won with AA 33% of the time today.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (3 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Hero (t4850)
Button (t3060)
SB (t5590)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , .
1 fold, SB raises to t1200, Hero raises to t4825, SB calls t3625.

Flop: (t9675) , , (2 players)

Turn: (t9675) (2 players)

River: (t9675) (2 players)

Final Pot: t9675

Villain had KJs.


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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (6 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

SB (t1715)
BB (t1815)
UTG (t1455)
Hero (t1655)
CO (t2195)
Button (t4665)

Preflop: Hero is MP with , .
1 fold, Hero raises to t450, 2 folds, SB calls t375, 1 fold.

Flop: (t1050) , , (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t450, SB raises to t900, Hero raises to t1205, SB calls t305.

Turn: (t3460) (2 players)

River: (t3460) (2 players)

Final Pot: t3460

Villain had JTs.


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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (6 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Button (t1710)
SB (t1500)
BB (t2410)
UTG (t2605)
Hero (t1820)
CO (t3455)

Preflop: Hero is MP with , .
1 fold, Hero raises to t450, 3 folds, BB calls t300.

Flop: (t975) , , (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t600, BB raises to t1500, Hero calls t770 (All-In).

Turn: (t3845) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t3845) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t3845

Villain had KTs (clubs)

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (5 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

SB (t6655)
BB (t1175)
UTG (t2770)
MP (t1695)
Hero (t1205)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
1 fold, MP raises to t600, Hero raises to t1205, 2 folds, MP calls t605.

Flop: (t2635) , , (2 players)

Turn: (t2635) (2 players)

River: (t2635) (2 players)

Final Pot: t2635

Villain had KQs.


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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (8 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

Hero (t1025)
MP1 (t2885)
MP2 (t1045)
CO (t730)
Button (t1230)
SB (t1350)
BB (t2415)
UTG (t2820)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with , .
1 fold, Hero raises to t300, 2 folds, CO raises to t730, 2 folds, BB calls t630, Hero raises to t1025, BB calls t295.

Flop: (t2830) , , (3 players)

Turn: (t2830) (3 players)

River: (t2830) (3 players)

Final Pot: t2830

Villains had 99 (set) and 77 (losing set)

Yeah... and I should welcome all these loose calls where I'm a big favorite. I just wish I'd win as the big favorite more often at these important spots. You cannot afford to get unlucky like this in tournaments.

Also, I wasn't serious about AA being a bad hand. Just today I've been getting f*cked with it since I'm obviously going to play it for all my chips pre-flop and many flops as well. Eventually I'll be winning these 90/10s, 80/20s, 70/30s, and such again, since in the long run the math works out.