AQs against AKs

The hand that ruined me tonight. My AQs against Ed's AKs.

As the short stack and after 4 straight all-in's that earned nothing but a few SB+BB's--KK, junk, TT, AA consecutively--I find myself sitting on AQ of hearts.

Flop QXX, no straight, 2 diamonds. All in called by Ed, with AK of diamonds. A 7d hit on the river and I was done.

Actually, the hand that led to the short stack kamikaze was against Mark, who flopped a straight, and I thought I had flopped a straight with an inside straight-flush draw. As it turned out, much to my chagrin, I didn't even have a straight, but somehow backdoored a low 2-pair. Very stupid indeed, it was pretty embarassing to lose with 7's up when you thought you had 7-J straight all along.

And then, upon returning home, I followed the -$2 night (lost $5 at no-limit, won $3 at the limit game prior) with another -$10 game at PTY. Damn.

I attempted a PTracker analysis after that, comparing the stats of my winning sessions (6/1-6/11) and my losing sessions (6/12-present). Although I did appear to play more tentatively and more meekly during my losing sessions (on average much lower aggression factor), most of the statistics are comparable to my winning session stats (mostly within 5%). Across the board, the statistic that showed the most disparity between sessions are the winning percentages at showdown, around 50 versus mid-20. Perhaps my current losing streak is just that--catching a prolonged cold deck? During the losing session, I saw slightly more flops, although I played them less aggressively and folded more often, went to showdown at about the same percentage. Certainly I shouldn't be blamed for losing more showdowns right? I should look more into this.