Three in a Row

Put in a short 300 hand session today and posted my 3rd consecutive losing online session. I started off playing very well, took a bad beat, and played marginal poker for the rest of the session. I did not do anything egregious, but I was looking to gamble and not playing as sharp as I would be when winning. I am happy that once again I kept the session short when I did not feel I was playing my best. I was down 1 buy-in at 10/20 on the session.

Running poorly: this was the 3rd hand of the session. You know you're running poorly when you shudder to see that you are only 75% to win when the money goes in. This hand played itself out very straight forward. Despite how it feels at the moment, these will even themselves out in the end.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2219600

AQ: This was a tough spot with AQ. In retrospect, I probably should have checked the turn to control the size of the pot. I felt that a fold on the turn was too weak heads up, but perhaps that was the best option after leading on the flop and turn. I was hoping my opponent would weakly call my turn reraise and then check the river allowing me to show the hand down.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2219608

AK: a fairly straight forward hand with AK. I check the flop because there are very few bad cards for me and I wanted my opponent to bluff at the pot on the turn. Turns out, my opponent flopped top pair as well, and the money was going in regardless.

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