I tread water for about an hour, and am only down about $0.60, when I am dealt Kh-9c. I'm in early position, so I limp in and there are no pot raisers.
Flop comes down 9d-Ks-Jh (nice rainbow flop, so I am not too worried about the flush). I've flopped 2-pair, so I lead out with a pot-sized bet and it is called in two places.
6h on the turn puts the flush out there, so I bet the pot again, and one player folds, the other calls. Another 6 (s) on the river means no flush. As my opponent has only been calling, I put him on A-K or A-J, or possibly A-Q, drawing to the straight. He only has $2.10 left, so I put him all in.
Inevitably, he calls with the Qs-10d, for a flopped straight. It's the kind of hand I have lost with a couple of times recently when players have caught me up, this time it holds up for my opponent. I've done just over $5, a quarter of my stack.
It's the first real hand I've been involved in, and again no matter how strong my hand is, there's at least one caller with a better one. It's enough to drive you insane.
I'd had enough of my bad luck and decided to move down a level, to the $0.01/$0.02, to try and get a bit of confidence back. There's a couple of loose players at the table giving each other a bit of banter and raising every pot.
I pick up Ah-Qh and make a 4xBB raise, which one of them calls. The flop comes down 2c-Qc-9h and the other player pushes all-in for $1.53. I have no option but to call. What does he turn over,
2s-9d, for two-pair. Looks like I brought my bad luck with me. This run better end soon.
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