That Didn't Last Long

My excellent adventure at $1/$2 was short-lived. I dropped 4 big pots in quick succession and will drop back down to $0.5/$1.

One big pot was set over set. Can't really do anything about that.

The second big pot was a button vs. blind situation. I raised from the button with AJ and got reraised from the big blind. The big blind was a multitabler, so I figured this was likely a standard resteal. I didn't connect with the king high flop, but I floated the c-bet and then bet the turn 1/2 pot when checked to. Unfortunately villain called the turn bet and then stuck the rest of her stack in on the river. I still had no pair and had to fold. Not sure whether this was bad play or not, although undoubtedly high variance. I had seen villain play more straightforward/tight in an earlier button vs. blind situation, so maybe I should have given her more credit.

The third pot was against a maniac playing close to 100% VPIP. I reraised preflop to $15 with QQ out of the small blind and got three callers. I check called a tiny bet from the maniac on the king high flop. I check called a pot-sized all-in turn bet from the maniac. He had K6 or something like that. Hate my play here; my hand is pretty much face up. Although with maniacs you never know what they have. I guess I should just fold to the turn bet.

The fourth pot I had 99, raised preflop, and got two callers. Flop was 4d 5s 6s, I bet when checked to and got checkraised by the villain out of the blind. I thought he could have a draw and called the checkraise, his bet on the T turn, and his all-in for not much more on the J river. So stupid. He had JJ which makes sense, although I might have slowed down a bit on the turn if I were him. This seems to be another instance of a recurring problem for me which I have talked about before. I get attached to the theory that a villain could be semibluffing because the board is drawy, and I justify calling down the whole way because of it.

In general, not giving people credit for hands is the common theme in the last three of these four hands.