Reality Check

Well, it was bound to happen.  After running so good I ran into the proverbial brick wall yesterday.  Nothing really went right from the start.  I had reserved seats 9, my "lucky" seat from the awesome previous session.  I was a little late getting to the table and found someone's chips there.  I told the dealer who checked with the floor who verified that I had locked that seat.  The player was not happy but we joked a little, he moved to #5 and lost $250 there.  I was not doing much better.  I also had a very nice older man to my right who had two bad habits.  The first was taking forever to make a decision on his hand, though since he played virtually every hand, and to the river I cannot imagine why he takes so long.  The second is wanting to tell me how he had the nuts on any folded hand.  Other than that he is a great guy.   A regular, who is also a casino employee, and who buys in small and virtually always cashes out big was stuck a hundred or more.  Several high hands hit our table, 9 high straight flush and a royal flush.. the player hitting the royal had earlier claimed to never hitting a straight flush.  They gave him a special hat.  I never got one last month, they claim they were
out.

When things are going bad for you, nothing works.  I had super premium hands several times and did not win with them.  I hit the best possible full house with 7/7 on a board of 7/4/4/3 and lost to quad 4's.  This is not a whine, just saying that when you are running good, you can't miss, when bad you can lose with any and all hands.  I ended the session down $254.  Really honestly, I played well, laid down losing hands on the river, was the third tightest player at the table, just did not connect well.  It will go better next time.