Going down...

The first day of playing after my holiday proved to be a brutal one, being down $136 over 500 hands. I think I played the majority of the top-n losing hands correct but I'm still not happy about it:

Highlights including
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (6 handed)

CO ($96.00)
Button ($70.15)
Hero ($206.35)
BB ($97.50)
UTG ($100.00)
MP ($200.90)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 4, 4.
MP calls $1, 1 fold, Button calls $1, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($4) T, 4, 8 (5 players)
Hero bets $4, BB folds, MP calls $4, Button raises to $12, Hero raises to $44, MP folds, Button raises to $69.15, Hero calls $25.15.

Turn: ($146.30) 8 (3 players)

River: ($146.30) 5 (3 players)

Final Pot: $146.30

Results in below:
Hero has 4h 4d (full house, fours full of eights).
UTG doesn't show.
Button has Ts 8c (full house, eights full of tens).
Outcome: Button wins $146.30.

He had 20% on the flop which puzzeled me for a while, until I noticed he had a backdoor flush draw which accounted for 5%. Great.



******* Hand 1 ********

Cryptologic
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $1/$2
4 players
Converter


Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is UTG with A♣ A♦
Hero raises, Button 3-bets, 2 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: J♣ 2♥ 2♠ (7.5SB, 2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero re-raises, Button re-raises, Hero re-raises, Button calls.

Turn: Q♥ (8.75BB, 2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero calls.

River: Q♦ (12.75BB, 2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: 14.75BB
Button shows Qs Ks
Hero mucks Ac Ad

He had 5% on the flop and again 5% on the turn.


******* Hand 2 ********

Cryptologic
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $1/$2
5 players
Converter


Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with Q♦ Q♠
UTG folds, Hero raises, 2 folds, BB calls.

Flop: 6♦ T♣ 7♦ (4.5SB, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB raises, Hero re-raises, BB re-raises, Hero calls.

Turn: 3♣ (6.25BB, 2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB calls.

River: 9♦ (10.25BB, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB calls.

Results:
Final pot: 12.25BB
Hero shows Qd Qs
BB shows Ts 3s

I think I gave a bit too much action here and just should have called down from the turn but he was quite aggro.


The only option now is to win a $10 MTT to finish the month +EV :)