So much for wishful thinking

After taking a week off I came back with every intention to have a good winning session.  Expecting that with a good nights sleep, a nap in the afternoon, and a new baby I would have some kind of luck.  I had every intention on titling this post, "Home in time for Starbucks!"  Well so much for wishful thinking...I played for just over 6 hours with a break in the middle.  I was what many poker players call "card dead,"  In the time that I was at the poker table I caught only two good hands.  The other hands I was getting were small pocket pairs...I would see the flop only to notice I did not flop a set (three of a kind).  So I called $20-$30 pre-flop to find out my cards don't come.  Did that a few times and next thing you know I am rebuying to add more chips to my small stack.  I played one hand and made a huge mistake.  I caught KQ under the gun.  I decided not to raise...HUGE MISTAKE.  There were 7 players to the flop.  The flop came:

K88

I flopped top pair...which was good, but with so many callers it is also likely someone has an 8 too.  I bet $25 into a $35 pot.  I got one caller.  I immediately thought he had an 8 in his hand but wasn't sure.  The turn was:

A

I decided to check to see if he would bet.  He just checked behind.  The river came a blank, and I decided to bet $30, he raised it up $50 more and I decided to call.  Before the flop I made a big mistake not thinning the field.  On the river I made another big mistake calling the raise.  The only hands that raise on this board are hands that have my top pair good kicker CRUSHED.  It was a standard bet then fold to a raise.  To my demise he turned over A8.  I lost $145 in that one pot, and the other hands...well just history.  Overall I lost $297 on the night...Needless to say I was excited about getting back into the action, but it did not go as I would have liked it to...So much for wishful thinking.  Later!