Bad Weekend for Cash

After starting out so strong on Friday night I absolutely bombed on the cash tables on Saturday and Sunday. I was down $36.36 for the worst stretch since I began this little adventure. The most troubling aspect is that I went on tilt a couple of times and threw money away on draws trying to "catch up".

I lost $10 on one hand and it was frought with mistakes:

I am dealt 56h in early position and decide to limp (MISTAKE 1). There is a raise by a loose Brit on my left ... $0.40 to go ... there are two callers after him and I call (probably MISTAKE 2). This may not have been a bad call as suited connectors could hit and I might make a good bit of money. Alternatively, it could get me in a lot of trouble.

Flop comes 2h Ah 4s. I hit a flush draw and a gutshot straight draw. I check and the Brit bets out $1.75. I have been playing with him for quite a few hands and I guess he has a mediocre to good Ace so my flush and straight draws should be good for a win. There is another caller from a tight aggressive player and it puts him all in. I don't imagine he is going to go all in on a flush draw and figure that he is on a big Ace. Now there is $5.25 in the pot and it costs me $1.75 to call. I have 13 outs which puts me at about 48% to hit. I call - probably not a mistake but it feels like it now. The turn comes and it is a 6c giving me a pair. Assuming that he is still on a pair of aces I just gained 5 more outs. There is the remaining two 6's to give me a set and there is any of the 3 remaining 5's to give me two pair. I don't think two pair will beat the other guy but I am not sure. I check and the Brit bets $7. I now have 18 outs and with one card to come I am about 39% to hit and it will cost me 50% to see the river ... guess what I do ... yup, I raise all-in. This is an absolutely stupid bet because he is pot committed and of course he is going to call. So now I just made things worse.

Of course, the River is a blank and I just donked off an entire buy-in. I was right on the villain ... he ended up with a pair of aces 9-high. The other guy had KQh and I was behind him the entire time. I have GOT to start getting away from hands that a) are speculative and can get me into trouble, and b) are -EV after the flop, turn or river. Also, I can't count full outs when I have the low end of a flush or straight - I was behind on my flush draw.

This is just one extreme example of some very pooly played hands this weekend. I have GOT to smarten up if I am ever going to hit my goals.