Let The Bad Beats Continue!

I played four sit 'n go's this evening. I was hoping for a new month and a new lease on poker. I have been running bad for about 6 weeks now, getting hit with endless bad beats. I hoped tonight would be different. That wasn't to be the case. My bad beat trend continues.

First game I am down to about 10 bb's and open-push with QQ from the SB. Get called by AK. I don't have a problem with the call--he had twice the chips I did and I would have made the same call in this situation. He flops an A and gets a K on the turn just to top it off. OK, coin toss. I can live with it. Good push, good call, bad result for me.

Second game, again I have QQ, this time in the CO. I raise 3x and get called by the button. Flop comes K42. For some reason I thought my QQ was still good. I bet out 2/3rds the pot and he pushes on me. I had seen him push with air twice so far in this tourney. So I called. He turns over A6. Gotcha! Of course he catches an ace on the turn. OK, great read, great call, but definately a bad beat.

Third game I am in the SB with A8 of diamonds. Two limp in before me so I complete the SB. The button checks. Four players. Flop comes T97, two diamonds. So I have an open-ended straight draw and a nut flush draw. I bet half the pot and the button raises 3x. To call I would be pot committed. I probably should have folded. I would have had enough chips to continue playing, but I had 15 outs to give me the best hand and another 3 if my ace was good. 18 outs, I'm not going anywhere. I shoved and he called with top pair. Blank on the turn and the river. I'm out again.

Following my bankroll rules, I decided to quit for the night. However, about an hour later I decided to play one more before calling it a night (it was after midnight, so technically it was the next day!).

Second hand of the tourney I am dealt T9o in the big blind. Three players limp and the SB completes. I check my option. Flop comes 2QJ giving me the idiot-end of an open-ended straight draw. The SB checks, as do I. The UTG limper min-bets, we all call. The turn brings a 8, giving me the nut straight. Finally, I caught a hand. The board is a rainbow, so no concerns about flush draws. But still, I make a pot sized bet. Decided to take down the pot here and now. However, the UTG limper shoves. Everyone else folds. Do I call? Why wouldn't I. I have the best hand--I have the nut straight. I should call this all day long, right? Wrong. The river is another 2. Oh no, paired board. Did he make a boat? No, that would be too easy. He turns over pocket 2's to make quads on the river. Yes, a 1 outer (well, actually, 7 outs if you count the Q and J), but that is how I am running these days... actually for about 6 weeks now.

I am most definitely quitting for the night. Tomorrow I will go through my hand histories to see what I could have done differently in these situations to improve my results. I do not expect I will come up with anything, other than quitting! And that ain't gonna happen any time soon!

If any of you have connections with the poker gods, could you put in a good word for me... please?