Any Two Cards

That pretty much sums up what I've been losing to these last few days. Raise 4/5/6 x BB with premium hands and no matter what 2 cards my opponent call with, I'm beat.
OK, I'm a little pissed off an have obviously not lost every hand, but I'm angry and want to rant.
What posseses someone to call a raise and reriase (up to 11$) with A4, then 89? Someone raises to 5.50 with QQ on a 50c BB table, and then someone else (me) reraises with KK to 11$ - it's pretty wise to fold almost every combination of hands other than AA and maybe KK.
But no, they call, and are rewarded for their stupidity with an A 4 x flop or 8 9 x. KK has been dealt to me 17 times since I last posted. 16 raises were called, 1 saw all folded. Every single flop bar one contained an Ace. Hence my rather agitated mood right now.
Look up the odds of that happening. It's a very large number.

I'm currently sat in a hotel room in Bolton (hence my even greater agitated mood!) awaiting the start of our Xmas do, watching Man U on the TV. My company arranges it Xmas do in March, in the belief that more people attend, and that we have enough to do in December as it is.
So it's raining outside, I'm in a strange place but fortunately I remembered to bring my laptop so will just settle down for an hour before the 'festivities' start.

The evening has a 70's theme, and I'm being a miserable git by not dressing up. My response is that I can already dance like John Travolta and dress like I live in the 70's - so why buy a costume? I had suggested a theme of 'Grease', selfishly hoping that all the girls would wear that outfit that Olivia Newton John wears in the final scenes. Apparantly, it was so tight fitting for ONJ, she had to be rubbed down with talcum powder to help get it on (that is true,btw).
Looking at some of the girs in the office, I'd bought a car full of the stuff and was hoping to offer my services, but alas, they chose Saturday Night Fever.

So I'm off down to the bar for an over-priced pint of Guiness - well, several actually - and watch United finish off 'Borough (already 1-0 up thanks to Rooney) and then, especially to please The Cloud, draw and beat Chelsea in the next round.
Then I'll wow them on the dance floor and hope no-one brought a camera!

Hope your luck is better than mine at the tables.

Back, Calmer....

Funny how things can look and seem so different after a few days break.
Just re-reading my post below, and boy was I frustrated. Maybe I'd been playing too much. I probably had been playing too much, and we all know the more you play, the more chance you have of these things happening. Still, I don't think I can go on a run like that again, and it did hit my bankroll a bit.
Played again last night for the first time in 2 weeks, as I actually wanted to play, rather than felt like I had to. It did test my strength of will when, first hand, I was dealt JJ, only to lose to 33 who hit another on the turn. Fortunately, I hit a couple of big hands that held up and managed to clear 25$ profit for the evening, so not a bad start to my return. (I say fortunately, but I was the favourite pre-flop, so nothing really lucky about it!)

So, anyway, a break was needed if only to dampen my frustration and get me re-focised on the game. I have a lot going on away from the tables at the moment, my job is getting more demanding and I've spent 8 nights away in the last 3 and a half weeks, which does not please the missus too much. She's seen far too many US slasher movies and thinks the worse when I'm away, but fortunately (for the slasher - I've seen my missus angry!!) all was OK. New business is coming in thick and fast and my £21m target for the year is looking like being increased as we look £31m is achievable. Great for me, but keeps me moving around the country a lot.

Mia is rapidly approaching her 3rd birthday, and we have spent the last 2 weeks redecorating (or, in Cathy's case, re-designing) the 2nd bedroom ready for her move.
I'll probably post some piccy's in the near future, as it does look very impressive considering we bought and did everything ourselves, to our own thoughts, rather than any design or pictures we had seen. I'd love to take the credit, but I was justdoing as I was told, rather than the thinker behind it, and Cathy did most of the painting as she didn't trust my 'straight lines'.
Was really enjoyable doing it, all, the more so when I remember that poker winings paid for the bulk of it!

Nice thought to remember as I head to the tables for a session :-)