Well, I was dealt AA 3 times tonight. Took down the blinds once, and made it to two show-downs. Guess what happened?!
The first time I was just dumb. Up against two opponents; should have known I was toast. Of course, they both drew out to beat me... but still, I should know better.
Second hand, villain bluffed all-in. I honestly considered folding my "pocket blanks" pre-flop. In hindsight, that was the right move.
On the one hand, I'm glad my opponents can't do basic arithmetic and play like complete idiots... but I don't understand why they get rewarded so often! Or why I have such a huge net loss with AA. It's literally the biggest hole in my game! No exaggeration.
#Game No : 6800072811
***** Hand History for Game 6800072811 *****
$25 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, February 20, 01:08:55 ET 2008
Table Table 134167 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1:
kayseri3 ( $23.95 USD )
Seat 2: luslaki ( $13.61 USD )
Seat 3: xdefiantx81 ( $27.18 USD )
Seat 4: QUEBEKING ( $25 USD )
Seat 5:
EyesRed ( $55.38 USD )
Seat 6:
iNano78 ( $18.25 USD )
luslaki posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
xdefiantx81 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to
iNano78 [
]
QUEBEKING folds
EyesRed calls [$0.25 USD]
iNano78 raises [$1.50 USD]
(6 x BB from UTG+1 should be enough to isolate, right?) kayseri3 calls [$1.50 USD]
luslaki folds
xdefiantx81 folds
EyesRed calls [$1.25 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [
,
,
]
EyesRed checks
iNano78 bets [$3 USD]
kayseri3 calls [$3 USD]
EyesRed is all-In [$53.88 USD]
iNano78 is all-In [$13.75 USD]
kayseri3 is all-In [$19.45 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [
]
(of course... I mean, it's not enough that the flush hits, but how about the straight, just in case...)
** Dealing River ** [
]
(*sigh*) iNano78 shows [
,
]a pair of Aces.
kayseri3 shows [
,
]a flush, Ace high.
(figures) EyesRed shows [
,
]a flush, Nine high.
(to a 6xBB pre-flop raise? and pushes on the flop with TPNK + back-door flush draw?) EyesRed wins $31.43 USD from side pot #2 with a flush, Nine high.
kayseri3 wins $11.15 USD from side pot #1 with a flush, Ace high.
kayseri3 wins $52.35 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.
Don't worry. It gets worse.
#Game No : 6800089621
***** Hand History for Game 6800089621 *****
$25 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, February 20, 01:29:39 ET 2008
Table Table 134167 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: luslaki ( $13.22 USD )
Seat 3:
xdefiantx81 ( $148.78 USD )
Seat 4: QUEBEKING ( $32.46 USD )
Seat 6:
iNano78 ( $28.35 USD )
Seat 1:
kayseri3 ( $14.06 USD )
Seat 5: t4hfafu ( $24.65 USD )
iNano78 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
kayseri3 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to
iNano78 [
]
(honestly considered folding pre-flop) xdefiantx81 raises [$0.80 USD]
QUEBEKING folds
t4hfafu folds
iNano78 raises [$1.40 USD]
(to $1.50 again... obviously that's not enough to isolate, though) kayseri3 calls [$1.25 USD]
xdefiantx81 calls [$0.70 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [
,
,
]
(OK, who's got A3? How about 36?) iNano78 bets [$3.50 USD]
kayseri3 is all-In [$12.56 USD]
(hmmm... got set? I knew I should've folded pre-flop... ) xdefiantx81 folds
(And if I am ahead, this donk just cost me my implied odds by pushing the big stack out) iNano78 calls [$9.06 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [
]
** Dealing River ** [
]
iNano78 shows [
,
]two pairs, Aces and Fives.
kayseri3 shows [
,
]a full house, Fives full of Fours.
(nh, sir) kayseri3 wins $28.14 USD from the main pot with a full house, Fives full of Fours.
Those were the least of my bad beats tonight. Lost with flopped top-two-pair (AK/KQ/AQ) several times, a few straights, and a few flushes, three set-over-sets... Was down $300 at one point. Battled back to -$150. First losing session in several weeks. Won < 15% of hands, and < 50% of showdowns. Usually I'm around 90% of showdowns... Here's another one that turned my stomach (not AA though; only got "pocket blanks" 3 times):
#Game No : 6800111765
***** Hand History for Game 6800111765 *****
$25 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, February 20, 01:56:47 ET 2008
Table Table 134167 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: luslaki ( $12.26 USD )
Seat 4: QUEBEKING ( $33.42 USD )
Seat 6:
iNano78 ( $51.26 USD )
Seat 1:
kayseri3 ( $24.21 USD )
Seat 5: t4hfafu ( $28.52 USD )
Seat 3: xxDaddyCoolxx ( $15.20 USD )
QUEBEKING posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
t4hfafu posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to
iNano78 [
]
iNano78 raises [$1.25 USD]
(let's just try 5 x BB this time) kayseri3 calls [$1.25 USD]
(why do I bother?)
QUEBEKING folds
t4hfafu folds
** Dealing Flop ** [
,
,
]
(I'd like to think he wouldn't have 54o, but...) iNano78 bets [$2 USD]
kayseri3 calls [$2 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [
]
(oh... now I'm beating 54o! Rock-on!) iNano78 bets [$4 USD]
kayseri3 calls [$4 USD]
** Dealing River ** [
]
iNano78 bets [$8 USD]
kayseri3 is all-In [$16.96 USD]
iNano78 calls [$8.96 USD]
iNano78 shows [
,
]two pairs, Queens and Jacks.
kayseri3 shows [
,
]a straight Four to Eight.
kayseri3 wins $46.77 USD from the main pot with a straight, Four to Eight.
iNano: WTF was that?
kayseri3: what do you mean? i had straight. Good hand.
iNano: A little costly if you miss your gut-shot draw, no?
kayseri3: what do you mean?
And the worst of the worst (imo)?
#Game No : 6800120369
***** Hand History for Game 6800120369 *****
$25 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, February 20, 02:07:03 ET 2008
Table Table 131136 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 6:
iNano78 ( $47.27 USD )
Seat 3:
t4hfafu ( $24.35 USD )
Seat 1: Sergey1984 ( $19.02 USD )
Seat 2: cheezer0186 ( $30.35 USD )
Seat 4:
MasterFleex ( $26.64 USD )
Seat 5:
xmorphiix ( $25.10 USD )
xmorphiix posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
iNano78 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to iNano78 [
]
Sergey1984 folds
cheezer0186 folds
t4hfafu raises [$1 USD]
MasterFleex calls [$1 USD]
xmorphiix calls [$0.90 USD]
iNano78 folds (getting 4.33:1 odds from BB)
** Dealing Flop ** [
,
,
]
xmorphiix checks
t4hfafu checks
MasterFleex bets [$2.50 USD]
xmorphiix calls [$2.50 USD]
t4hfafu folds
** Dealing Turn ** [
]
xmorphiix bets [$4.75 USD]
MasterFleex folds
xmorphiix does not show cards.
xmorphiix wins $12.59 USD
iNano78:
for F's sake... fold 59s from BB with those pot-odds and look at the F'n flop! Yes, I'm my own worst enemy. Well, next to that donk kayseri3. 
