Upswinging Again

I'm back up to $5k from cash games on the month after a nice session last night. I played 400nl, 600nl, and 1000nl. I ran really hot in 400nl and 600nl but was down some at 1000nl. Their seems to be a definite jump in talent at the 1000nl level and I've been running bad (getting unlucky) a lot at that level it seems.

Tournaments last night where a complete joke though. I got a huge stack early in the $55, 1 rebuy, 1 addon tournament but took a sick beat where I got it all in on a 974 flop with KK against an opponents Q7. He was just horrible but he spiked a Q on the river for a pot that would have given me the chip lead in the tournament. At almost the same time as that beat I got my aces cracked in the $109. I raised preflop from early position and got cold called by the small blind. The flop came jack high with two other rag cards with one of them being a diamond. The big blind checked and I bet about 3/4s the pot and he called. The turn brought another small diamond and he checked again and this time I bet a little over half the pot which was also just under half of his remaining chips. He then instantly check raised all in and while I was worried he might have a set I figured there was a really good chances my aces were still way ahead so I called pretty quickly. He flipped up AQ suited in diamonds and obviously the river was a third diamond giving him his backdoor flush. I found it rather funny that he called out of position on the flop with no pair and no draw, about the worst play in poker.

I'm hoping my luck in tournaments turns around as I'm going to need a few good finishes to win my bet with John (TwistedEcho) in March.