Six queens

Last night, I lost twice with six queens. You may be wondering how I could lose even once with six queens, given that a poker hand only has five cards. Of course, I didn't have all six queens in one hand; I had three queens in two separate hands. I got much too frisky in each case, and deservedly hit the felt both times.

first three queens (hand 3): I was dealt Tc Qc, and the flop came Qs 4d 8d. An opponent bet $5,200, I raised to $10,400, he reraised to go all in, and I called. He turned over Ah Ad, and I knew I was a big underdog. I thought I'd pulled off an upset when the turn card was a queen, but the river did me in; another ace gave my opponent a full house and the $83,000 pot.

second three queens (hand 11): I was dealt 8c Qs, the flop came Qh Jh Qc, and the turn card was the ten of hearts. The same opponent who'd beaten me on hand 3 went all in at this point, and amazingly enough everyone still in the hand, including me, called. There's no way I should have called with a flush draw on the board like that. The player who'd gone all in had made a king high flush on the turn, and ended up winning a pot worth $168,500.

In a mere 11 hands, I'd lost $80,000. However, I realized there were worse hands than three queens to go bust on, and was encouraged that the table had a lot of action. I didn't tighten up; I kept gambling, and had some luck go my way. When I was able to get my stack back into the black, I called it a night.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 36 hands and saw flop:
- 2 out of 5 times while in big blind (40%)
- 4 out of 5 times while in small blind (80%)
- 20 out of 26 times in other positions (76%)
- a total of 26 out of 36 (72%)
Pots won at showdown - 5 of 8 (62%)
Pots won without showdown - 2

delta: $4,850
balance: $3,206,907