Four falls

Last night, my stack took four big falls on its way to the felt. For a combination of reasons, I don't remember what happened on those hands. The great thing about the PokerStars software is that it's trivial to have it save all your hands for later study. Before I realized this, I went through the pain of manually saving each hand. Let's take a look:

big fall #1: on hand 21, I was dealt 3h 5h, called a bet of $5,000 after a flop of 8h 7s 4h, then called a bet of $10,800 after a turn of Jc. I missed my heart flush when the river came up Qd, and lost to an 8 high straight. I was right to call the bet on the flop, but very wrong to call the bet on the turn. I lost $16,800 on this hand.

big fall #2: on hand 27, I was dealt Kc Qd, raised to $3,600 after a flop of 3h 5h Qs, bet $6,000 after a turn of 9d, and checked the river, which was 6d. My pair of queens lost to pocket rockets. I think I played this hand pretty well, and was just a bit unlucky. I lost $10,600 on this hand.

big fall #3: on hand 33, I was dealt 9c 8s, called a bet of $800 after a flop of Td 8d 2s, then called an all-in bet of $6,150 after a turn of Jh.I missed my open-ended straight draw when the river came up 9h, and lost to a queen high straight. I was right to call the bet on the flop, but wrong to call the bet on the turn. I lost $7,150 on this hand.

big fall #4: on hand 41, I was dealt 9h Qd, bet $200 on a flop of 9d 8s 2c, bet $600 on a turn of 2h, bet $1,100 on a river of 4h, called a raise to $4,200, and saw my pair of nines lose to 3 of a kind, deuces. My bets were fine, but my call of the river raise was pretty bad. I lost $5,200 on this hand.

Eventually, I got into Lazarus territory, and that was all she wrote.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 66 hands and saw flop:
 - 10 out of 11 times while in big blind (90%)
 - 5 out of 10 times while in small blind (50%)
 - 37 out of 45 times in other positions (82%)
 - a total of 52 out of 66 (78%)
 Pots won at showdown - 7 of 17 (41%)
 Pots won without showdown - 2

delta: $-40,000
balance: $4,306,747