Q) What do these cards have in common:

• AK Suited
• QQQ
• A8
• AK
• J8 suited flush
• Full house

A) These are the last 6 hands (in 6 games) that I have had in poker and have been knocked out (No limit of course) by

• AK Suited   -> Beaten by 6 8 off suite that linked up a straight
• QQQ  -> Other guy had 3 Q too with higher kicker
• A8  -> beaten by KK
• AK  -> beaten by 66
• J8 suited flush   -> beaten by Ace nut flush
• Full house -> beaten by quad Qs

If I believed in luck I would say I was having a run of bad luck - I seem to get given very good cards which get pipped by not so good starting cards. I think I'd rather get rubbish cards and lose than keep hitting good cards and being pipped by extraordinary hands..... Whinge whinge whinge.

Ok, good, I got that off my chest. One advantage of having your own poker blog is that you can whinge about your bad beats ;)

These results mean that I go to the bottom of the Australian Poker League (well Sydney Poker League to be precise) - from winning it for 11th months of last year to the very bottom of the poker league scoreboard - oh the shame ;)

So, without further whinging, here are the results from the last 2 sessions. It must be said that everyone is playing very well - Sandy and Lee and consistienlty placing and Dave and Morgs are also rising fast. Jeff is still Jeff....

and the latest poker league scoreboard...