Coolers or just spewing?

Another day, another crap session.  Here are my hands where I got stacked.  You decide.  Coolers or am I just spewing money?

Hand #1
Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players - View hand 841085
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UTG: $51.35
CO: $59.45
BTN: $91.80
Hero (SB): $51.75
BB: $124.15

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is SB with J J
1 fold, CO raises to $1.75, 1 fold, Hero raises to $5.50, 1 fold, CO calls $3.75

Flop: ($11.50) 2 T 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $6.50, CO calls $6.50

Turn: ($24.50) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets $16.50, CO raises to $47.45 all in, Hero calls $23.25 all in

River: ($104.00) 4 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: $104.00
CO shows T T (a full house, Tens full of Fours)
Hero shows J J (two pair, Jacks and Fours)
CO wins $101.00
(Rake: $3.00)

Hand #2
Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 841086
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UTG: $53.15
MP: $59.35
CO: $95.30
Hero (BTN): $50.00
SB: $71.65
BB: $95.40

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with Q K
UTG raises to $1.50, 2 folds, Hero calls $1.50, SB raises to $5, 1 fold, UTG calls $3.50, Hero calls $3.50

Flop: ($15.50) 6 6 J (3 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $8, SB calls $8, UTG folds

Turn: ($31.50) K (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

River: ($31.50) T (2 players)
SB bets $58.65 all in, Hero calls $37 all in

Final Pot: $105.50
Hero mucks Q K
SB shows T T (a full house, Tens full of Sixes)
SB wins $102.50
(Rake: $3.00)

Hand #3
Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 841091
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BTN: $49.75
Hero (SB): $50.00
BB: $49.55
UTG: $50.00
MP: $57.00
CO: $16.60

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is SB with A A
1 fold, MP raises to $1.50, CO calls $1.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $6, 1 fold, MP calls $4.50, CO calls $4.50

Flop: ($18.50) 5 9 6 (3 players)
Hero bets $16, MP calls $16, CO folds

Turn: ($50.50) T (2 players)
Hero bets $28 all in, MP calls $28

River: ($106.50) 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $106.50
Hero shows A A (a pair of Aces)
MP shows T T (three of a kind, Tens)
MP wins $103.50
(Rake: $3.00)

Personally, I think an argument can be made either way. 

Hand #1 was against a TAG who was seemingly going out of his way to outplay me in every pot.  Looking back, it seems like a spew to me.

Hand #2 might seem like a fold pre-flop type of hand, but I had a specific read on the SB and he was 3 betting like a monkey.  I had position and a hand that plays well in multi-way pots.  I guess I could have folded that river though.  Again, the villain was very aggressive.  Probably a spew though.

Hand #3 was obvious that the villain had an overpair when he called the flop.  He just happened to have the overpair that nailed the turn.  I had his range as 88-QQ, AQs+.  99 would/should have raised a drawy flop like that.  So really the only thing in his range that beat me was TT.  I chalk that up to a cool deck.  Your thoughts?

Demoralizing

I’m not sure what it takes to win at poker anymore.  It’s not that I’m taking bad beat after bad beat, although I have taken my share over the past 3 weeks.  Coolers? Plenty of them.  But it just seems like the past few days I can’t win a hand.  It feels like everyone is playing back at me:

I’m missing every flop. When I C-Bet, I get floated or raised.  Every 3 bet gets flatted or 4 bet.  I get QQ, they have KK.  I have KK, they have AA.  It’s getting a bit demoralizing.

I got a stake for $50NL from a 2+2’er and it started off so well.  In just a few days I was up several buyins and all was looking hunky dory!  Then Monday came along.  I was feeling good and BAM, Doomswitch.  I keep my cool in such situations.  It’s not like I’m tilting it away.  I make sure I’m in a good state of mind and have a positive outlook on the game before I ever start a session.  When I feel myself starting to get stressed, I quit and come back later.  It’s getting hard to put in my normal amount of hands these days though.  I’ve lost 11 buyins since Monday.

Typical Hands:

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UTG: $42.80
MP: $65.75
Hero (CO): $74.00
BTN: $50.00
SB: $58.80
BB: $50.00

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is CO with 8 Q
UTG calls $0.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $2.50, 3 folds, UTG calls $2

Flop: ($5.75) 4 9 T (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $4, UTG calls $4

Turn: ($13.75) K (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $9, UTG calls $9

River: ($31.75) 9 (2 players)
UTG bets $9.50, Hero raises to $58.50 all in, UTG calls $17.80 all in

Final Pot: $86.35
UTG shows 9 K (a full house, Nines full of Kings)
Hero shows 8 Q (a flush, King high)
UTG wins $83.35
(Rake: $3.00)

Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 840099
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CO: $50.00
Hero (BTN): $50.70
SB: $60.35
BB: $71.90
UTG: $50.25
MP: $50.55

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with 3 A
3 folds, Hero raises to $1.50, 1 fold, BB calls $1

Flop: ($3.25) 9 9 A (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $2.50, BB calls $2.50

Turn: ($8.25) 2 (2 players)
BB bets $3.50, Hero calls $3.50

River: ($15.25) 9 (2 players)
BB bets $6.50, Hero raises to $20, BB raises to $33.50, Hero calls $13.50

Final Pot: $82.25
Hero mucks 3 A
BB shows Q 9 (four of a kind, Nines)
BB wins $79.25
(Rake: $3.00)

Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 840215
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Hero (BTN): $50.00
SB: $62.35
BB: $143.60
UTG: $188.70
MP: $50.75
CO: $55.40

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with 6 7
3 folds, Hero raises to $1.50, SB calls $1.25, BB calls $1

Flop: ($4.50) 9 4 3 (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($4.50) T (3 players)
SB bets $3, BB folds, Hero calls $3

River: ($10.50) 8 (2 players)
SB bets $7, Hero requests TIME, Hero calls $7

Final Pot: $24.50
Hero mucks 6 7
SB shows J Q (a straight, Queen high)
SB wins $23.30
(Rake: $1.20)

Bah.  I’m going to watch some Cardrunners videos and try to plug some leaks.  I’ve been posting some hands on 2+2 trying to help.  I know I can beat the games.  I’ve done it before.  I’m still doing it in the long run.  But for the love of Christ, even the worst of fish run hot sometimes.  Where is my rungood?!

I was going through my photobucket and found a graph that I had from $50NL last year.  I’m printing this one out to remind myself that I ran good one time.

[X] Fish on a heater: