Unbelievable!

Another losing 40/80 session.  Lately seems like I have been having a ton of these and it's really starting to suck.  Last night was no exception, with me never getting more than 800 winner and really for most of the night hovering around even, until I lose two pots, one in the most absurd ludicrous fashion.

I open AQo in early position, Ramzi cold-calls, and then Helen 3-bets with Q8dd the rest clear out, and both Ramzi and I call.  Flop comes AQx 2 diamonds.  Checked to Helen, I c/r, Ramzi calls two cold, Helen 3-bets, I cap, Ramzi calls again.  Turn is a rag diamond.  I bet, Ramzi calls, Helen raises, I 3-bet.  Ramzi calls again, Helen caps, we both call.  River is an off suit king, and I pay off in the massive pot to see Helen's flush.  I actually think I misplayed this hand.  I am not second guessing the turn 3-bet, but the river payoff.  As I thought Helen's range prior to her capping was heavy in large pocket pairs with a diamond, KdKx, AxKd, AxQd, AxJd, etc.  So with me not filling up on the river, and the river being a king, I am now behind a huge portion of her range and can really only beat a bluff which should never be present at this point, so I really need to just be disciplined and check/fold.  I mean really, if she can cap the turn and bet the king river into two players really what can I beat?

Then later in the evening the biggest most passive mega fish ever sits in the game.  I have played with this guy before, and everyone was salivating when he sat in the game and it quickly became obvious that no one was leaving as long as this guy was in the game.  He came over from a short handed no limit game and bought in short into the game for like 600.  Don't worry he proceeds to win like the first 5 pots with powerhouse hands like Q5o, T7s, A2o, 33, and some other cheese.

Then the following atrocity happens.  I post in the cutoff.  Helen opens the pot, mega fish does as mega fish is supposed to do and cold-calls.  Folded to me and I call with pocket 3's.  Button and small blind fold and Ramzi calls in the big blind.  So 4-way to the flop for 9 small bets.  Flop comes 973 all hearts.  Ramzi donks, Helen calls, mega fish calls, I raise, Ramzi calls, Helen now 3-bets, mega fish eats two, I cap, Ramzi eats two, Helen calls, mega fish calls again.  25 small bets going into the turn.

Turn 9.  Ramzi donks again!  Helen smooth calls again!  Mega fish does as mega fish is supposed to do and calls.  I raise, Ramzi calls, Helen now 3-bets again.  Mega fish as he is cutting out chips asks how much do I owe?  How much to cap?  And finally just calls.  I of course cap, and everyone calls again.  28.5 big bets going into the river.

And the dealer burns and turns and brings what?  The ace of spades.  Normally the most beautiful card in the deck, although in this case it is the ugliest card for me.  Checked to the mega fish, who fires right in.  I throw up, wet my pants, cry call and I am prepared to see my destiny.  Ramzi calls and Helen calls for a final pot size of 32.5 big bets minus the $4 drop for a total pot size of  $2596.  Mega fish rolls the A9o for the win of course.  Ramzi had 98 and Helen had the ace high flush of course.  I am told later by the gentleman in the 1 seat that he folded an ace pre flop, so I need to dodge 3 sevens, 3 eights, and 1 ace to scoop the ginormous pot in which I had over 82% equity going into the river.  Our friend the mega fish literally had one out for the scoop and 3 outs for a chop with Ramzi, which ironically also will allow me to save $80 on the river as with a double paired board, my hand will now be trash.  Ramzi has the clean 3 outer with an 8.  But just imagine what happens if the river is 3!  It will be capped again and I will collect an extra 8 big bets on the river.  I am certain Helen will fold the river if the board pairs again with either a 7 or a 3.  I can easily fold to a river 7 as well.

Thanks to this giant pot the mega fish has now run his $600 buy in into well over 3 racks of chips.  He sticks around continues to play the worst possible poker ever, wins in the most absurd fashion, and finally decides to quit, with most of his win intact.  I am disappointed in both myself and my table mates in that we allowed him to leave the table with any chips at all.  Fortunately for him, he realized that he was the chum in the water and that the longer that he stuck around that he eventually was going to lose it all back.  It was inevitable.  I mean he open-limps the button with 52o!  He literally played 90% of his hands preflop, and never raised preflop and rarely post flop unless he had the actual nuts or the stone cold virtual nuts.  Like he didn't even raise pre flop with pocket kings, AK, or AQ which were at least 3 of his actual good hands that I saw him win with.

It was a sight to behold and unfortunately Ramzi and I got destroyed by the mega fish.  I probably should have just quit after he quit around 3 am, but I didn't and it didn't get any better for me.  I think I need a break from playing the 40/80 or something.  It's really starting to bug me and that's not a good recipe for success.