Why Me? Why Me All The Time?

Do you ever feel like the poker gods are just having a ball at your expense? They are just hanging around laughing their asses off at your misfortune.

Even though I split first place last Saturday & took second in a tournament yesterday, for the most part the poker gods have been super unkind to me lately. I hate to whine . . . but . . . here are a couple of examples.

On Tuesday evening at Jokers I was at the final table (like I usually am) when TWO rather loose players went all-in and I had them both covered and I had A-K and called. Naturally I had the best hand. Loose Player #1 had 5-6 offsuit and Loose Player #2 had Q-J or some such thing. They both hit pairs on me and I lost quite a few chips. LP1 really didn't have any chips, so it was mostly LP2 that did the damage. One time, can't I win these damned races?

The second example is really in 2 parts. Two Saturdays ago, also at Jokers, there were SIX limpers. I had 6-6 on the button and quite a few chips (feeling frisky) and shoved all-in. Everyone folded except the guy on my right who called with 5-5. There was naturally a 5 right in the door & his 2 outer left me severely short stacked. Punished for making a good play.

One Saturday later at the Moose, I was head's up with Marco. I called his all-in holding 7-7 and he showed 6-6 and yes, you guessed it, another 6 right in the door. I told him before we even saw the flop that I had a bad feeling about it. Do I jinx myself? WHY ME ALL THE TIME? ( will admit that this is the tournament that I split 1st place in.)

I believe when I go all-in that I have the best hand 90-95% of the time and I still almost always get creamed. What's up with that?

OK, I'll stop now. I will try super hard to get my positive attitude back & quit being so grumpy.