yeah... i think my starting hands were actually good. i reviewed all of my starting hands, and i only think four non-blind hands were really loose (i.e., i really should have folded). all of them were janky suited aces. the reason i played these was because two very loose players in the game were somtimes willing to pay off the nut flush with their stack.

i was probably a little bit loose out of the small blind. i was completing anything that had nut high potential because there were villains who would pay off (e.g., sets on flush boards, 2pr on str8 boards, etc.).

when i reviewed the session, it was really just a case of being mostly flop dead and getting no action when i hit.

this was at a $50 table, and after the two quarterings, i lost about $5 on four pots. everything else was $2 or less. the biggest pot i won was $4.50. i showed down janky hands twice for $3 or so, and then the rest were not shown down and netted $3 or less each.

the amazing thing is that the pot average was over $20 for pretty much the whole time, and sometimes it was over $30. chips were flying, just not when i was involved.

oh well, i've been running hot the past week other than that table, so i can't complain.

thanks for the comments... the 25% number is a good fundamental rule.