Selective amnesia

My memory of last night's session is that my stack descended to the felt on a fairly smooth trajectory. Looking at the bar chart of my stack size over the course of the night, though, I can clearly see that my memory is faulty. My stack took a huge hit about a quarter of the way through the session, and I can't remember why. It's likely a case of selective amnesia; my pride was hurt, so by not remembering the details, I'm protecting my ego. However, that won't do; I need to study the details so that I can avoid making the same type of mistake in the future. So let me delve into the hand history ...

Ah yes, I remember now. I was dealt a king queen offsuit, and the flop came Kc 4h 5c. I believed I had the best hand, called a big all in reraise before the turn, and lost a pot worth $76,500 ($31,300 of it my money) to a set of fours. I should have had the discipline to fold when the big reraise was made.

I realize that I'm playing too loose these days, and really need to tighten up. Thinking back over past vicissitudes, I can see a pattern - when I'm running really hot, I start thinking I'm Superman, loosen up too much, and get my head handed to me on a platter.

It turns out that the last two sessions are the second worst back to back losses in my poker career. Strangely enough, that cheers me up; I like setting (or nearly setting) records, even negative ones!

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 68 hands and saw flop:
- 9 out of 13 times while in big blind (69%)
- 10 out of 13 times while in small blind (76%)
- 23 out of 42 times in other positions (54%)
- a total of 42 out of 68 (61%)
Pots won at showdown - 5 of 9 (55%)
Pots won without showdown - 8

delta: $-40,000
balance: $1,689,167