Poker gods turning their backs...

I'm sure there are tons of poker players who will relate to this post but I'm so blown away by how bad I'm running, I'm sort of speechless and experience some creative numbness and brain freeze but not the fun kind of way so I will get back to this a little later...

I'm back and still trying to put the words together, maybe some hands will speak better:

This hand happened in a $.55 tourney that had ~!260 entrants and we were down to the last 19..

BTN: t58680 M = 6.67
Hero (SB): t77813 M = 8.84
BB: t156420 M = 17.77
UTG: t39540 M = 4.49
UTG+1: t40547 M = 4.61
MP: t57324 M = 6.51
CO: t107938 M = 12.27

Pre Flop: (t8800) Hero is SB with A 8
2 folds, MP calls t4000, 2 folds, Hero raises to t14000, 1 fold, MP calls t10000

Flop: (t34800) 3 4 6 (2 players)
Hero bets t14250, MP raises to t42924 all in, Hero calls t28674

Turn: (t120648) K (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t120648) 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t120648
Hero shows A 8 (high card Ace)
MP shows K 9 (a pair of Kings)
MP wins t120648

This one, in a $2.2 satty to an $11 tourney and had 7 seats, out of the original 47 entrants, 17 were left and I held the 2nd stack:

Hero (BB): t6600 M = 11
UTG: t1610 M = 2.68
UTG+1: t4026 M = 6.71
UTG+2: t2315 M = 3.86
MP1: t4670 M = 7.78
MP2: t3351 M = 5.58
CO: t3800 M = 6.33
BTN: t5300 M = 8.83
SB: t1120 M = 1.87

Pre Flop: (t600) Hero is BB with K K
4 folds, MP2 raises to t500, 3 folds, Hero raises to t1000, MP2 calls t500

Flop: (t2350) 9 Q 3 (2 players)
Hero bets t1099, MP2 raises to t2326 all in, Hero calls t1227

Turn: (t7002) 9 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t7002) 8 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t7002
Hero shows K K (two pair, Kings and Nines)
MP2 shows A 9 (three of a kind, Nines)
MP2 wins t7002

And this one, in another $.55 in the mid late stages, against a loose maniac fish:

MP2: t23475 117.38 BBs
Hero (CO): t7525 37.62 BBs
BTN: t3245 16.23 BBs
SB: t12938 64.69 BBs
BB: t22945 114.72 BBs
UTG: t2604 13.02 BBs
UTG+1: t14605 73.03 BBs
UTG+2: t19950 99.75 BBs
MP1: t16511 82.56 BBs

Pre Flop: (t300) Hero is CO with J J
UTG calls t200, UTG+1 calls t200, 2 folds, MP2 raises to t575, Hero raises to t2125, 5 folds, MP2 calls t1550

Flop: (t4950) 4 5 K (2 players)
MP2 bets t21350 all in, Hero calls t5400 all in

Turn: (t15750) 4 (2 players - 2 are all in)

River: (t15750) 5 (2 players - 2 are all in)

Final Pot: t15750
MP2 shows A 5 (a full house, Fives full of Fours)
Hero shows J J (two pair, Jacks and Fives)
MP2 wins t15750

I know bad swings comes and goes and as a poker player, we need to get used to it but it just gets so frustrating at times...

Today, managed to final table the $2.5 180 man and a $1.5 45 man, the first I was chip leader and the latter 2nd in chips, finished 7th in the 180man and 5th in the 45, both with cooler hands..mehhh...On an up note, I had a quick but nice chat with Pokerstars Talonchick, Adrienne who also got cooled 3 spots away from an $8.8 Turbo Mtt by another fellow of team Pokerstars, that's it for now folks, I'll report back soon with, hopefully, some good news.