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My bad luck streak continues, as not only have the cards been mostly bad and people are making dumb calls, I'm now running into monsters everytime I make a move.

I played a $1 MTT earlier and was up and down but never really up by much, basically never getting a hand and when I finally got AA I was UTG, raised 3xBB and all fold. Sat around waiting and eventually my stack was around 1600, average was 3700 and blinds were 75/150 I think. Few people call to me in SB, I raise 4xBB with 55 and get 1 caller. Flop comes T22 and I push, he calls and shows me KK.

Following that MTT I played a little cash for fun to cool off. Sat for about 30m and nothing really happened good or bad but a really weird hand did come up. I'm up about $0.60 and basically card dead when I get AA in the CO. Had three original callers so I raised about 6xBB and button goes All-in for his $1 stack, rest fold and of course I insta-call. Flop comes Ks5s8s, turn is a Jd and river is a Ts. Yup, he held the As and wins with a flush. Thought it was pretty interesting.

After the cash game I was still a little upset at my luck with the MTTs and decided to play a $5 SnG. I know I don't have the BR for these but I can't stand playing MTTs and MTT SnGs all the time. I feel more confident about these STT and I did pretty well. Early on I was able to stack someone with my higher flush and was CL for quite some time. We eventually got down to 3 and I could tell they were both solid players. We both stole blinds here and there and our stacks stayed about the same. Hand I went out on, CL calls SB and I raise 3xBB in my BB with 88. Flop comes T97, I decide to push as the pot is already worth stealing, I am likely ahead and I have an OESD - sigh, again villian turns over KK and I don't improve.

Either way, was pleased I got to the money of the STT and it gave me a $4 profit to help with the MTT losses lately. Like I said, I'll be so glad when I can focus on the STTs as I honestly feel capable of making a profit at those; the 45 person SnGs are just too random for the small payout.

Just wanted to do a quick update, I'm gone for now.