Maybe my internal barometer that has been so right for so long has finally gone screwy. I don't know how else to put it as I'm just not seeing things. But on top of it, I can’t win a 80/20 or greater to save my life.

This f*cked on fifth street by fulltiltpoker.com needs to stop. Seriously what the hell... I had just had a flush riverd on me with A4h while I sat with KK and 2:1 chip lead. Bet 4x the BB and got called. Trips on the flop with K hit and went all-in as it was heads up. The guy called. Rivered the flush… grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Fifth street again on the following hand... WTF. I was LB. Posting the BB leaves me with 540 which at this point is pretty much one BB. It was heads up with everyone else folding. Figured I'd take my shot and hope for a coinflip. 60/40 on the flop. 90/10 on the flop... LOSER on the river… I give up...

Full Tilt Poker Game #2761464081: $110 + $9 Sit & Go (Turbo) (21053827), Table 1 - 200/400 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:10:55 ET - 2007/06/24
Seat 1: TwistedDonkey (3,000)
Seat 4: ahdo1121 (2,570)
Seat 5: Lynx__11 (2,375)
Seat 6: backin200 (1,525)
Seat 8: DeeRock (3,290)
Seat 9: Krugar (740)
Krugar posts the small blind of 200
TwistedDonkey posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Krugar [Jh 7d]
ahdo1121 folds
Lynx__11 folds
backin200 folds
DeeRock folds
Krugar raises to 740, and is all in
TwistedDonkey calls 340
Krugar shows [Jh 7d]
TwistedDonkey shows [4s 3s]
*** FLOP *** [Jc 4d 7h]
*** TURN *** [Jc 4d 7h] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 4d 7h 6c] [4h]
Krugar shows two pair, Jacks and Sevens
TwistedDonkey shows three of a kind, Fours
TwistedDonkey wins the pot (1,480) with three of a kind, Fours
Krugar stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,480 | Rake 0
Board: [Jc 4d 7h 6c 4h]
Seat 1: TwistedDonkey (big blind) showed [4s 3s] and won (1,480) with three of a kind, Fours
Seat 4: ahdo1121 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Lynx__11 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: backin200 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: DeeRock (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Krugar (small blind) showed [Jh 7d] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Sevens



80/20 pre-flop... then the dagger

Full Tilt Poker Game #2757047710: $22 + $2 Sit & Go (Turbo) (21021158), Table 1 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:07:20 ET - 2007/06/24
Seat 2: Anon-US (5,140)
Seat 5: Krugar (1,760)
Seat 6: PSUKID AA (795)
Seat 7: ViciousChick (1,365)
Seat 8: Michel_BL (4,440)
Michel_BL posts the small blind of 100
Anon-US posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Krugar [Qc Qh]
Krugar has 15 seconds left to act
Krugar raises to 700
PSUKID AA folds
ViciousChick folds
Michel_BL folds
Anon-US raises to 1,200
Krugar raises to 1,760, and is all in
Anon-US calls 560
Krugar shows [Qc Qh]
Anon-US shows [Td Ts]
*** FLOP *** [7c Kh Th]
*** TURN *** [7c Kh Th] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [7c Kh Th 8d] [Kd]
Krugar shows two pair, Kings and Queens
Anon-US shows a full house, Tens full of Kings
Anon-US wins the pot (3,620) with a full house, Tens full of Kings
Krugar stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,620 | Rake 0
Board: [7c Kh Th 8d Kd]
Seat 2: Anon-US (big blind) showed [Td Ts] and won (3,620) with a full house, Tens full of Kings
Seat 5: Krugar showed [Qc Qh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Queens
Seat 6: PSUKID AA didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: ViciousChick (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: Michel_BL (small blind) folded before the Flop

My chip stack was... well it doesn't get lower. Still hurts when your opponent only has a 15% chance to win and hits it.

Full Tilt Poker Game #2755771265: $55 + $5 Sit & Go (Turbo) (21011470), Table 1 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 10:43:53 ET - 2007/06/24
Seat 1: ufalumni (6,310)
Seat 3: Drayle (2,290)
Seat 4: rc hoop (1,630)
Seat 6: daswings (1,220)
Seat 7: Krugar (165)
Seat 9: trashtalkerab (1,885)
rc hoop posts the small blind of 60
daswings posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Krugar [Ks Kc]
Krugar raises to 165, and is all in
trashtalkerab folds
ufalumni calls 165
Drayle calls 165
rc hoop folds
daswings folds
*** FLOP *** [Qc Qs 7s]
ufalumni checks
Drayle checks
*** TURN *** [Qc Qs 7s] [3d]
ufalumni checks
Drayle checks
*** RIVER *** [Qc Qs 7s 3d] [2s]
ufalumni checks
Drayle checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Krugar shows [Ks Kc] two pair, Kings and Queens
ufalumni shows [Qd Th] three of a kind, Queens
Drayle mucks
ufalumni wins the pot (675) with three of a kind, Queens
Krugar stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 675 | Rake 0
Board: [Qc Qs 7s 3d 2s]
Seat 1: ufalumni showed [Qd Th] and won (675) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 3: Drayle (button) mucked [9h Ah] - a pair of Queens
Seat 4: rc hoop (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: daswings (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Krugar showed [Ks Kc] and lost with two pair, Kings and Queens
Seat 9: trashtalkerab didn't bet (folded)


While not a bad beat per se. Still hurts to lose YET ANOTHER 80/20

Full Tilt Poker Game #2753645203: $55 + $5 Sit & Go (Turbo) (20992912), Table 1 - 250/500 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:58:44 ET - 2007/06/24
Seat 1: Gpokerman666 (1,838)
Seat 4: Krugar (1,916)
Seat 5: Lexus80 (2,652)
Seat 7: I AM A CHEATER (4,042)
Seat 8: trashtalkerab (1,918)
Seat 9: copden1 (1,134)
I AM A CHEATER posts the small blind of 250
trashtalkerab posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Krugar [Ad Ks]
copden1 has 15 seconds left to act
copden1 folds
Gpokerman666 raises to 1,838, and is all in
Krugar raises to 1,916, and is all in
Lexus80 folds
I AM A CHEATER folds
trashtalkerab folds
Krugar shows [Ad Ks]
Gpokerman666 shows [5c 6s]
Uncalled bet of 78 returned to Krugar
*** FLOP *** [3c 8c 3d]
*** TURN *** [3c 8c 3d] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [3c 8c 3d 2h] [5s]
Krugar shows a pair of Threes
Gpokerman666 shows two pair, Fives and Threes
Gpokerman666 wins the pot (4,426) with two pair, Fives and Threes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,426 | Rake 0
Board: [3c 8c 3d 2h 5s]
Seat 1: Gpokerman666 showed [5c 6s] and won (4,426) with two pair, Fives and Threes
Seat 4: Krugar showed [Ad Ks] and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 5: Lexus80 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: I AM A CHEATER (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: trashtalkerab (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: copden1 didn't bet (folded)

So I basically turned $50 in to over $500. Then turned $500 in to $78. That is an enormous swing for me personally. So I’m gonna take some time off. Regroup and see if I can turn that $78 into $700 and win a f*cking 80/20 for once.

Hey dude, you are playing way out of your league for turbo SnGs. Those things have enormous variance, and you should have at least 30 buy-ins for whatever level you are playing at. Granted you are running bad but you shouldn't be playing 55s unless you've got at least a few grand in your account.

I play for fun not to scratch out something extra. I fail to see how having more money in my account will let me win an 80/20 and not lose it on the river. Usually I play at the $33+3 level with an occasional $55+5 or $110+9 thrown in and do quite well... Er did quite well.



Of course I want to win but the money isn't the issue. If earning a living or supplementing my income were an issue, yeah, I would be inclined to agree with you. But it isn't and I know I have the skill to play at this level and higher so I do and do it for fun once in a while. 14 hours over 7 days isn't a whole lot committed.



The issue is this run of bad luck I've got. Trust me I dropped down to $5 + .5 only to have AA cracked by pocket ducks. It still happens at the lower tables, lol. What's killing me is going from finishing in the money 46% of the time over 28 SnGs playing $33 and $55. Then finishing in the money I think once over the same amount of tourney's played.



The entire time looking back on my play not really finding any mistakes or places where I would change my play. I'm just finding myself on the losing end of 80/20's all the damn time.

Yeah and what I'm trying to tell you is that turbo SnGs have a low ROI and high variance. You could be a pro at them and go on a 30 - 40 buy-in downswing. If you're lookin for more fun then just play regular SnGs.

shit happens

insightful

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