BRUTALITY

Today was my worst day of poker ever. I dropped only $200 in the two tournaments I entered, but I was drained of $2100 at the cash tables. Nothing was going right, as you can imagine. It was cooler after cooler, bad beat after bad beat. Here's a sampling of the brutality:

As-4c-Qc is the flop. I have Ac-Tc and the other guys have A-4 and Q-4. All the money gets in on the flop and I finish third.

8d-2d-3c is the flop. Somehow I manage to lose a $645 pot with K-K versus Ac-Tc who hits the running flush. The turn was the Kc, ensuring a big payoff to my foe with the nuts.

6d-6s-3s is the flop. I hit a monster after calling a raise with 6c-4c. Sadly, the other guy had 5s-4s and beat me twice, first with the deuce on the turn, then with the spade on the river for a $778 pot.

7d-2c-5s is the flop. It is a short-handed table and I defended against a button raise with A-5. He bet then re-raised me all-in and I just didn't buy that he had a big pair so I called off with second pair and I was right. He had Q-9 making me a 3:1 favorite, but he took the $512 pot with a queen on the turn.

Ah-9d-2h is the flop. I've got A-2 but fall to A-7 when the short stack catches for a $197 pot.

My final hand was partial bad play as I pushed and prayed but found myself up against a hand that could call. On the turn, I had top pair (aces) with the nut flush draw but he had trip sevens and I didn't catch my diamond. The end of a sad sad day.