Let me preface tonight's poker game with a recap from this past Tuesday. One hand pretty much summarized Tuesday:

I raise 3xBB from MP with AKo. Ryan calls from the SB. Flop comes J3x. I make the 3xBB bet into the pot. Ryan calls. Turn comes a K. I bet, Ryan calls. River comes a 4. Ryan checks ... I figure I have the best hand (hoping Ryan is getting stubborn with JT or JQ) and bet again. He reraises minimum. I call. He flips over 34o.

So of course, I get AKo in the cutoff for the first hand. I see a flop with Bobbles and Moonie the Gentleman. Flop comes K24 (two hearts). Moonie checks, I check, looking to checkraise one player ... except Bobby makes a pretty sizable bet. Moonie calls. I figure Moonie is doing something funky with low pair or he has a flush draw. I figure Bobbles has a weak king so I call. Turn comes a blank. Moonie checks, I check behind him ... and Bobbles make a quite sizable bet into the pot. Moonie calls... and at this point I realize the hole I've put myself. There's no way I can raise this pot to move anybody off without commiting more than half my stack. And if someone calls... I may be drawing dead to the river... I reluctantly call. I figure Moonie will check a missed draw, and Bobbles will check any mediocre hand ... any type of bet on the river by Bobbles will be some two pair or trips. River blanks out, and Bobbles makes a huge bet into the pot. I reluctantly throw away my first good hand. (It was a wise fold; he had a set of deuces). But it is not to end.

Next hand I pick up AQ. Guess what? Flop misses queen and I have to fold. Then I pick up AJ ... flop comes QQ8 and again I have to fold. Then I pick up 99 and flop comes ten-high, except Yush has the ten. I fold again.

Not only am i just missing the flops, I cannot hit my draws worth a crap. I picked up T9 suited in LP so I raised it ... except Pete calls from the BB. Flop comes J76. I've caught a gutshot, but I stupidly check. Turn comes a queen ... Pete bets into the pot. Here was a mistake ... I should of raised all-in (I really didn't have much left) and forced him to fold ... except I pulled weak-tight shit and just called. River blanked out, and I had only ten high .. Pete won with K6o. Mistake on my part.

The two hands I won were both incredibly small pots ... I later picked up two red 9s (again) and won the blinds. Then I picked up 44 and had to move all-in when Moonie and Bobbles limped. Bobbles called immediately, and I thought he had mid-pair ... he had ATo against my 44. Flop comes Q49. My set! Bobbles needs runner runner to win .. turn J, river 8.

I wasn't even pissed about tonight. My cards were just soooo mediocrely good but they just all missed the flops. Sigh.