Bad Luck

I suppose we all get bad luck. In one game today, I got a big chip very early on. I had 5,000 chips after about 8 hands. I hung onto those chips for quite some time. But, then got 2 bad beats and went out in third.

Game #1701500253: Hold'em PL (300/600) - 2006/02/27 - 22:51:45 (BST)
Table "STT 2026626 - 1" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 5: fluke (4224 in chips)
Seat 8: RumTiddle (3828 in chips)
Seat 9: 1lunch (1948 in chips)
RumTiddle: posts small blind 300
1lunch: posts big blind 600
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to RumTiddle [9d 8h]
fluke: folds
RumTiddle: calls 300
1lunch: checks
----- FLOP ----- [Td 2s 8s]
RumTiddle: checks
1lunch: bets 1200
RumTiddle: raises to 2400
1lunch: is all-in 148
Returned uncalled bets 1,052 to RumTiddle
----- TURN ----- [Td 2s 8s][9c]
----- RIVER ----- [Td 2s 8s 9c][Th]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
RumTiddle: shows [9d 8h] (Two Pairs, Tens and Nines, Eight high)
1lunch: shows [6d 7d] (A Straight, Ten high)
1lunch collects 3896 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 3896 Main pot 3896 Rake 0
Board [Td 2s 8s 9c Th]
Seat 5: fluke (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: RumTiddle (small blind) showed [9d 8h] and lost
Seat 9: 1lunch (big blind) showed [6d 7d] and won (3896) with A Straight, Ten high


Game #1701500283: Hold'em PL (300/600) - 2006/02/27 - 22:53:24 (BST)
Table "STT 2026626 - 1" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 5: fluke (3024 in chips)
Seat 8: RumTiddle (3380 in chips)
Seat 9: 1lunch (3596 in chips)
RumTiddle: posts small blind 300
1lunch: posts big blind 600
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to RumTiddle [As Qs]
fluke: calls 600
RumTiddle: raises to 2400
1lunch: folds
fluke: calls 1800
----- FLOP ----- [8c Qh Td]
RumTiddle: bets 980 and is all-in
fluke: is all-in 624
Returned uncalled bets 356 to RumTiddle
----- TURN ----- [8c Qh Td][Ac]
----- RIVER ----- [8c Qh Td Ac][Jd]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
RumTiddle: shows [As Qs] (Two Pairs, Aces and Queens, Jack high)
fluke: shows [Kd 8s] (A Straight, Ace high)
fluke collects 6648 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 6648 Main pot 6648 Rake 0
Board [8c Qh Td Ac Jd]
Seat 5: fluke (button) showed [Kd 8s] and won (6648) with A Straight, Ace high
Seat 8: RumTiddle (small blind) showed [As Qs] and lost
Seat 9: 1lunch (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)