Update #4: I Suck

I am down to $9. I suck. I blow. I suck and blow.

I won't bore you with a long history of bad beats and suckouts, but you add that to me steaming off a shitload of chips and here I am.

I don't think I have won a significant pot in 30 hours.

Here's a small list of bad beats:

• Ace high flush beaten by a straight flush. I saw it on the board before pushing all in, but didn't really think it could happen. Bammo, out of a tournament.
• AK all in preflop to AA. This happened twice.
• AA (mine) vs. 10-2. 10 on the flop, 10 on the river.

And I have lost count of how many AK, AQ, AJs turned into nothing and how many JJ, QQ saw A or K on the flop- or worse- on the river. How many jerkoffs called down with overcards just to suck me out on the river.

Now, I know these bad plays by other guys in the long-run add up to money for me- but damn it- I need that money now or my quest will be over. If this were my regular home game, I'd just play one of my regular "Mitch Needs to Win Back Some Money" dealer's choice games and move on. Now if I could just get PokerRoom to offer Thermonuclear Pineapple...

I have decided to play 0.25-0.25 NLHE with my last $9 and try to grind it. We'll see...