Turning around a bad day

impr0v

Had played about 5 s'n'gs earlier on pokerstars and while i was getting poor cards, i played pretty sh*t in all of them, best result being finishing on the bubble in the first one. Was about to finally quit after making a deposit and blowing half of it, but decided to play a few hands on a 10c/25c table and try playing looser. In about a half an hour had i tripled up with the first hand below (having initally doubled my chips from the same guy a few hands before it), and then quit after the last one, as i reckoned i'd be pushing my new-found luck to stay any longer.

first:

PokerStars Game #1404300402: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2005/03/23 - 18:14:37 (ET)
Table 'Vaino' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Aulsbrook ($10.90 in chips)
Seat 2: BooMmee ($19.75 in chips)
Seat 3: OOSmith ($29.95 in chips)
Seat 4: DrunkIrish05 ($4.35 in chips)
Seat 5: impr0v ($18.55 in chips)
Seat 6: igotpoctets ($10 in chips)
Seat 7: rareipe ($44.80 in chips)
Seat 8: Terr0r ($8.25 in chips)
impr0v: posts small blind $0.10
igotpoctets: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to impr0v [Qs 7s]
rareipe: folds
Terr0r: folds
Aulsbrook: folds
BooMmee: folds
rareipe leaves the table
OOSmith: calls $0.25
DrunkIrish05: folds
impr0v: calls $0.15
igotpoctets: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ac Qd Qc]
koba777 joins the table at seat #7
impr0v: checks
igotpoctets: checks
OOSmith: bets $1
impr0v: calls $1
igotpoctets: folds
*** TURN *** [Ac Qd Qc] [Js]
impr0v: bets $1
OOSmith: calls $1
*** RIVER *** [Ac Qd Qc Js] [Qh]
impr0v: checks
OOSmith: bets $5
impr0v: raises $11.30 to $16.30 and is all-in
OOSmith: calls $11.30
*** SHOW DOWN ***
impr0v: shows [Qs 7s] (four of a kind, Queens)
OOSmith: mucks hand
impr0v collected $35.50 from pot
OOSmith said, "nh lol"
impr0v said, "ty"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $37.35 | Rake $1.85
Board [Ac Qd Qc Js Qh]
Seat 1: Aulsbrook folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: BooMmee folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: OOSmith mucked [Tc Ah]
Seat 4: DrunkIrish05 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: impr0v (small blind) showed [Qs 7s] and won ($35.50) with four of a kind, Queens
Seat 6: igotpoctets (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 7: rareipe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Terr0r folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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second:

PokerStars Game #1404643447: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2005/03/23 - 19:15:34 (ET)
Table 'Vaino' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: nickathome ($19.30 in chips)
Seat 2: theduck49 ($31.40 in chips)
Seat 3: aleph_won ($5 in chips)
Seat 4: DrunkIrish05 ($25.15 in chips)
Seat 5: impr0v ($39.05 in chips)
Seat 6: renee_l_b ($7.30 in chips)
Seat 7: MattSinHeavn ($7.30 in chips)
Seat 8: mohuncher ($8.25 in chips)
Seat 9: Pellerun ($62.35 in chips)
impr0v: posts small blind $0.10
renee_l_b: posts big blind $0.25
aleph_won: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to impr0v [5s Qh]
MattSinHeavn: folds
mohuncher: folds
Pellerun: calls $0.25
nickathome: folds
theduck49: folds
aleph_won: checks
DrunkIrish05: folds
impr0v: calls $0.15
renee_l_b: checks
*** FLOP *** [4s 3s 2s]
impr0v: checks
renee_l_b: checks
Pellerun: checks
aleph_won: checks
*** TURN *** [4s 3s 2s] [8s]
impr0v: checks
renee_l_b: checks
Pellerun: checks
aleph_won: bets $0.75
impr0v: calls $0.75
renee_l_b: folds
Pellerun: calls $0.75
*** RIVER *** [4s 3s 2s 8s] [As]
impr0v: checks
Pellerun: bets $4
aleph_won: folds
impr0v: raises $34.05 to $38.05 and is all-in
Pellerun: calls $34.05
*** SHOW DOWN ***
impr0v: shows [5s Qh] (a straight flush, Ace to Five)
Pellerun: mucks hand
impr0v collected $76.35 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $79.35 | Rake $3
Board [4s 3s 2s 8s As]
Seat 1: nickathome folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: theduck49 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: aleph_won folded on the River
Seat 4: DrunkIrish05 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: impr0v (small blind) showed [5s Qh] and won ($76.35) with a straight flush, Ace to Five
Seat 6: renee_l_b (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 7: MattSinHeavn folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: mohuncher folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Pellerun mucked [Ks 4c]

NickyOD

Seat 5: impr0v ($18.55 in chips)
impr0v: raises $11.30 to $16.30 and is all-in
impr0v collected $35.50 from pot

You lost $6.50 by not sitting at the table with the max buy in. You should always keep topping up to the max in a NL ring game even if its just a couple of bucks.

impr0v

Yer, good point. I was playing another table at the same time with the rest of my measly bankroll though.