A couple examples of how my big hands keep killing me

This one isn't too too bad.


PokerStars Game #14465068519: Tournament #73372169, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/01/10 - 18:52:45 (ET)
Table '73372169 6' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: crushmastac (1910 in chips)
Seat 2: Damagers (1490 in chips)
Seat 3: Rabo Karabek (1440 in chips)
Seat 4: azflush (1470 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: pagnottebert (2580 in chips)
Seat 6: golfking0916 (1460 in chips)
Seat 7: roland3s (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: The_JinxQ10 (2940 in chips)
Seat 9: Slick Tip (1650 in chips)
golfking0916: posts small blind 10
roland3s: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Js Jc]
The_JinxQ10: folds
Slick Tip: folds
crushmastac: raises 60 to 80
Damagers: folds
Rabo Karabek: calls 80
azflush: folds
pagnottebert: calls 80
golfking0916: calls 70
roland3s: folds
*** FLOP *** [7s 5h 8d]
golfking0916: checks
crushmastac: bets 280
Rabo Karabek: raises 280 to 560
pagnottebert: raises 1940 to 2500 and is all-in
golfking0916: folds
crushmastac: calls 1550 and is all-in
I figured these things are donkey-ish enough that I might be good here sometimes, because who flat calls a 4x open with stacks these deep with QQ+?
Rabo Karabek: calls 800 and is all-in
Rabo Karabek said, "lol"
*** TURN *** [7s 5h 8d] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [7s 5h 8d 2c] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
crushmastac: shows [Js Jc] (two pair, Jacks and Deuces)
pagnottebert: shows [5s 8h] (two pair, Eights and Fives)
azflush has returned
crushmastac collected 940 from side pot
Rabo Karabek: shows [Kc Kd] (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
Apparently he does.
Rabo Karabek collected 4420 from main pot
I got a teeny side pot and didn't get anywhere, busting soon after.


This one made life a bit more frustrating


PokerStars Game #14466016716: Tournament #73376254, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/01/10 - 19:37:28 (ET)
Table '73376254 18' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: pjk0224 (1540 in chips)
Seat 2: B5050 (1410 in chips)
Seat 3: tiny8145 (1410 in chips)
Seat 4: jimmymac55+1 (1260 in chips)
Seat 5: Frostydad (1750 in chips)
Seat 6: crushmastac (1920 in chips)
Seat 7: LightningLee (1460 in chips)
Seat 8: blumdiggity (2840 in chips)
Seat 9: Buster727 (1390 in chips)
Frostydad: posts small blind 10
crushmastac: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Qc Qh]
LightningLee: calls 20
blumdiggity: calls 20
Buster727: folds
pjk0224: calls 20
B5050: raises 200 to 220
This guy is running tight enough that I know he has a decent hand here, but I'm pretty sure I'm good vs his range.
tiny8145: folds
jimmymac55+1: folds
Frostydad: folds
crushmastac: raises 1700 to 1920 and is all-in
LightningLee: folds
blumdiggity: folds
pjk0224: calls 1520 and is all-in
B5050: calls 1190 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Kc 2d 7s]
*** TURN *** [Kc 2d 7s] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 2d 7s Ah] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
crushmastac: shows [Qc Qh] (a pair of Queens)
pjk0224: shows [9h 9s] (a pair of Nines)
crushmastac collected 260 from side pot
B5050: shows [Ks Ac] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
B5050 collected 4280 from main pot
And I win a nice lil 260 side pot. Losing races is -EV...and something I'm doing a lot of lately.


And then this was a little tilty. The thing that kills me is sportsfan has been running a rediculous 70/40/4 over 20 hands, so the one time I pick up a hand...


PokerStars Game #14466205791: Tournament #73373854, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/01/10 - 19:46:09 (ET)
Table '73373854 2' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: #1sportsfa (1650 in chips)
Seat 2: BATDAN3 (3425 in chips)
Seat 3: bigdaddy183 (955 in chips)
Seat 4: krazybaldguy (4075 in chips)
Seat 5: poKermAniAKK (980 in chips)
Seat 6: rickybPNE (940 in chips)
Seat 8: Xaq_Nautilus (4540 in chips)
Seat 9: crushmastac (3050 in chips)
#1sportsfa: posts small blind 25
BATDAN3: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Qh Qc]
bigdaddy183: folds
~Foxy1Lady~ is connected
krazybaldguy: calls 50
poKermAniAKK: calls 50
rickybPNE: folds
Xaq_Nautilus: calls 50
crushmastac: raises 225 to 275
#1sportsfa: raises 425 to 700
Shocking, from a 70/40...
BATDAN3: folds
krazybaldguy: calls 650
poKermAniAKK: folds
Xaq_Nautilus: folds
crushmastac: raises 2350 to 3050 and is all-in
Cold call behind doesn't worry me.
#1sportsfa: calls 950 and is all-in
krazybaldguy: calls 2350
*** FLOP *** [Qs Ah 4h]
*** TURN *** [Qs Ah 4h] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Qs Ah 4h 3d] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
krazybaldguy: shows [Jd Jc] (a pair of Jacks)
That's fine.
crushmastac: shows [Qh Qc] (three of a kind, Queens)
crushmastac collected 2800 from side pot
#1sportsfa: shows [As Ad] (three of a kind, Aces)
Aww common, are you fscking kidding me??
#1sportsfa collected 5100 from main pot
I got a 2200 side pot this time, but it didn't last long. A couple key hands later and I'm done.


The consolation side pots are lovely... :/


I'm playing while I write this and I've just gone out of two more with 99 to a guy who called my 3-bet pre with A7 out of position and flopped an A... I just can't get anything going right now. I've got one left, I'm running totally dead, but that's okay, cuz if I pick up a big hand, it'll probably screw me.

Guess I'm waiting for a BB special or two.

Grr.