Unbelievable luck

[Jk]

Now I havn't been playing poker for long, but I must be one of the unluckiest beginners ever. Today for example, I've played in two MTT's and a couple of sit 'n go's. First MTT, All in with AA against 99. Hit's a 9 on the flop and takes the pot and I'm out. Second MTT, KQ, come to the flop, 5c Qh 10c. BB raises 800, and I've got 1600 left so I push all in. He shows Q9. K on the turn and J on the river. Tbh I wasnt even that suprised as its been happening to me for ages. Now as a fairly new player its pretty hard for me to take, it's been happening in Sit n go's and its been happening in previous MTT's. Can anyone give me some advice on what I can do? Cheers.

[GaF]

Re: Unbelievable luck I'm afraid you'll have to get used to it Sloppy - "that's poker" - it happens to everyone. Do you want to post the hand histories so we can see if you were just "unlucky" or if you did make an error .... a lot of beginners will say "All In with AA" when they slow played it and gave free cards for their opponent to hit, or they may have been playing too tight and so had no fold equity, or something else - so it's always worth posting a hand history. AA is not unbeatable. It doesn't have a divine right to win every hand... The reality though? You'll face bad beats every night - it happens to everyone - you need to play for positive expectation and you will win over time - the results of individual hands are effectively almost random. AA v 99 is only an 80% to 20% favourite - the Aces will get cracked 1 time in 5. Risk your tourney 5 times with AAv99, JJvAT, 88 v 77, KKvQQ and KK v A2 - you're a pretty big favourite in all 5 hands individually, but collectively you have a pretty small chance of wining them all....