Well the biggie turned into a big joke in the end. I had 2 pots early as shown below.

1) utg calls 20 i go to 60 on button with Qh9h , bb and utg call. flop is 533 with 2 hearts. i bet 140 and get called by utg, turn is a blank 8 i check and river is a blank ace. I bet 250 into a 480 pot and get called by KQ. Ok found out the hard way there is a calling station at the table.

2) against the same calling station i limp 10,6std for 20, 4 players in the pot. flop 10,6,3 (2clubs not my suit) , i bet 60 and only called by calling station , turn is a king and he starts betting big into me , i decide to slow up and just call as early and dont wanna throw away chips against a higher 2 pair or trips. he bet 200 into the 200 btw. river = 8 no flush or realistic flush possibilites he bets 600 into 600 , i call and the fool shows K8off for 2 pair. Unreal he had no draw or part of the flop but he stays in and catches runner runner , sickest pot of the day by a mile.

Anyway after those 2 pots i refocused and played all sorts of rags managing to hit some flops and get back to my starting stack. Now it isnt very often i complain about the cards im being dealt but this tournament was my worst for cards ive been in since playing poker full time. Bearing in mind its a sixpac so many many hands are dealt as action is reasonably fast. Anyway i had no unpaired cards above A10 and only had A10 twice. I never had anything above a K10 (when holding a king) and again only had K10 2 or 3 times. As for suited connectors they were very rare as well , mayb 2 in the game and only a few close ones like 97std as well. Pocket Pairs were almost extinct , i had 55 and 88 and no others !!!

Despite the cards i sustained a stack which dipped as low as 2500 , finally the blinds were 150,300 and i was only playing a 3500 stack (5k starting stack) , i raised with A6std and a jack high flop with 2 of my suit meant i was never laying down and the other guys KJ held up. Bit gutted but was so tired i wasnt angry at all.

2 bad beats sealed my fate in 2 other games i played and in the bloggers freeroll i committed to a 53 on a 543 flop only to find 54 against me, turn was a 3 but river was a 4 so i went out on a huge pot early which is always a good way to go in a freeroll.

Only 12 days left of June and i have a lot of things on other than poker so unless i get a nice win my monthly profit will be low as expected which isnt a problem when i havent put the time in. My semi-break from poker has probably done me good and it will be interesting to see if the enjoyment factor is a bit higher when i do play the rest of the month.