I was coming off a sick month of up $200 one night, down $300 the next, up, down, up , down.

After over 4000 hands, 3 of a kind's were actually losing money according to PT. Lost count of Set over Sets.

Today I was minus 200 for the month and really starting to doubt myself. Felt like I was playing right but was getting really frustrated with the way things were going. Had 200 more points to go to release my pokerroom reload and about an hour in this hand came up:

Poker Room skin
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
4 players


Stack sizes:
UTG: $159.40
Hero: $143.90
SB: $124.40
BB: $124.00

Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is Button with
UTG calls, Hero calls, SB calls, BB checks.

Flop: ($4, 4 players)
SB checks, BB bets $2, UTG calls, Hero calls, SB calls.

Turn: ($12, 4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG bets $11, Hero raises to $35, SB folds, BB calls, UTG raises all-in $145.4, Hero calls all-in $105.9, BB calls all-in $86.
Uncalled bets: $4.5 returned to UTG.

River: ($394.9, 0 player + 3 all-in - Main pot: $375, Sidepot 1: $39.8)


Results:
Final pot: $394.9
UTG shows 7H 6S
Hero shows 10D JS
BB shows 7S 6D

2 hours later I am up $837 including my $200 bonus.

Not meant to be a brag post, just a reminder that your not always going to get outdrawn. Keep your cool, focus a little more and your hands will start to hold up again.

Probably LC, but nice that no one had a redraw. Actually, this kind of post is what a journal is for...so it doesn't get lost in the shuffle.