What are the odds of losing both of these hands, back to back?
It's the sixth hand of the evening, and the first where I have invested any money in the pot. I limp behind, from middle position and along with the BB, three of us see a flop of 9d-Kh-Th. I'm holding Jh-Qs and have flopped the nuts.
The BB kicks off with a small bet and this is min-raised by the player to my right. I decide not to slow play (as it seems these guys have a bit of something) and bet the pot. The BB flat calls and the guy to my right pushes his stack in. I go over the top, and the BB makes the call, turning up Ks-3c. To my right I see pocket 9's for a flopped set and I am slightly gloating at his misfortune, running into a flopped straight.
The turn is the Qc and now bad memories come flooding back - of a couple of hands I had to chop a few weeks back where the board ran out a straight. I was fully expecting to see a Jack on the river, but it was much worse than that - Td, pairing the board and completing a full house.

After no more than 2 minutes I've blown all but $0.45c of my original $5.00 stack. I take a deep breath, sit out and reload. By the time I have topped up and come back to the table we are on hand 14.
UTG I pick up pocket Queens. I make a standard 3xBB raise and it is folded round to the BB. After a few seconds he shoves his whole $4.00 into the middle. What the heck is going on, this is only the second hand of the evening that I have actually invested any chips in and I could be all-in again.
I am convinced I've run into Bullets or Cowboys, but I can't be folding Queens to every re-raise, so I make the call. It's a classic race, as he turns up Ad-Kc.
The flop is pretty safe, 7d-Th-2h, so no back-door flush draws. I just have to fade an Ace or a King (or so I think). The turn is the Qc, giving me a set, but now he has a gutshot. The 3 Aces and 3 Kings are no good any more, buy he still has 4 Jacks working for him - and regular as clockwork the Js lands on the river.

It's the ultimate 'kicking a man while he's down hand - after doing my entire stack on the previous hand to a river full house, this board goes runner-runner straight.
Played 2, lost 2. Both times for complete stacks. I've just shipped over $8 in two consecutive hands. It's enough to get the conspiracy theorists choking on their coffee.
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