This week has just gone from bad to worse, to even worse. I sat down tonight and bought in for $16, leaving my bankroll at a decimated $40 (started the week with $115).
After about an hour of just going through the motions, I find myself in middle position with 10c-Jc, a reasonably good drawing hand, so I limp in hoping to see a cheap flop.
Following the flop, of 5h-2c-6c, I've picked up the flush draw and am feeling reasonably confident. One player bets out 1/2 the pot, and I make the call. It's a call that says "I'm on a draw", and after the Jd comes down I've now got top pair, and the flush draw. My opponent bets the size of the pot and I just call. The idea was to make him think I'd still missed and was chasing the draw. The river comes down 2h, so no straight or other flush draws out there.
My opponent has got $5 left and, pushes it all in. It's a strong move from a player who spiked a pair on the flop and was convinced I'd missed the draw. I make the call, only to find I'm up against 2d-7c, and have been out-drawn AGAIN on the river. This is starting to become ridiculous; after staying with an equal stack for about an hour, I've done over $10 in one hand.
Has my luck eventually changed?
After grinding away for another hour or so, and buying in for another $10 to make sure I have enough to make a profit if I hit the nuts, I catch the bullets; Ac-Ad, on the button.
There's one pot-sized raise (from a short-stack player), and, incredibly, 3 callers. Amazingly, I almost contemplated folding these, as I didn't think I could take another bad-beat. But, I decided to man-up and push all-in, hoping the short-stack playing A-K, or something similar.
He calls instantly, for his last $3.50, and the other two players think for an eternity, then both fold. I got what I wanted, I'm heads-up.
My opponent turns over Kd-Qd, and he's in better shape than I thought, but still a massive dog. What I don't want to see is any Diamonds on the board. What a nightmare, flop comes down 2d-4d-7d; yet another all suited board, and it hits my opponent big time. I feel like crying, just how many bad beats can a man take!!!
My only out is to hit another Diamond. The 8c on the turn means nothing, but my luck eventually took a massive upturn when the 6d hits the river and my Ad makes me a better flush.
That hand has been anout my only highlight of the week. After hitting this I'm still nearly $7.50 down on the day and a massive $64 down on the week. I started with a $50 bankroll at Ultimatebet about 8 weeks ago, and had been grinding and grinding over 6 weeks to get this up to $115, only for that to disappear in the last two weeks, with a small $6.50 loss last week and the massive loss this week. I'm starting next week with $48.85 and am going to have to drop down to the smallest level and try to grind this back up again.
Here's hoping my bullets holding up will be the turning point.
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