Tourniquet, Please
The hemorrhage continues in my poker results. Down another $70 last night after playing about an hour of (mostly) $2/4 and also some $1/2. "Bone-of-the-day hand" award goes to.
Bull is the BB, with Ah 2c.
There are 2 limpers and the SB completes. Th flop is Ac 2d 4d
which looks pretty good to me. I bet out, and the EP player raises. The other two fold. I decide to call it and donk-bet the turn if its not a diamond - no free cards. Turn is Jh
I bet, EP raises - hmmmmmm...... did he flop a set? AJ? Slow-played aces? A 53o officianado? Time to see, I guess. I call. River is Ts.
I check-call. EP shows Ks Qc 
The same guy later called my PFR (me holding slick) with A7o, and hit his 7 on the river, calling me all the way down, and raising the river with bottom pair. I know I should relish play that bad, but I have been paying it off for several months now and it just makes me nuts to the point where I have to terminate my session and calm down. It's too maddening.
If I don't put together a couple of winning sessions soon, it is doubtful I will make my $1,000 in April goal. I can't play pissed off, and I can't force it just to complete some bonus chasing quest. I have long preached that the poker comes before the chasing, and I have always meant it. When I know I won't be playing well, I have to sit out. The accumulation of beats on this miserable run is making me play poorly when I get down at the start of a session. I have to deal with that as rationally and constructively as possible until this slump passes. Forcing it will do nothing but prolong the slump until my cards run hot. I need to be winning as soon as the cards start running 'normal'.