Sometimes you just need that one hand

Played 2 tables, was up $6 on one, and was down 6.50 on the other. In retrospect I should have closed the losing table way before I got to this point: I just didn't have the rhythm of that table.

The table I was up on was then joined by two players who, if it weren't .05/.10, I'd have thought were in collusion. They were also in the habit of making $3 preflop raises. I sat a few orbits but never picked up anything I could take advantage with, so I went to find another table. After about 30 minutes, I was hovering a buck or two up. Was going to go to bed, when I got this had: KQo in mid-late position. I joined a couple limpers, and 4 saw the flop: QJ8, 2 hearts. I was in position, and facing a check, a min-bet, and a call. I pop it to .60. One fold, original min-bettor min-raises (what's with the min's?) to $1.10. The original caller called.

What's going on here? AQ or AK would have been raising hands for either of them; obviously the caller is on a flush draw (nut probably), but what about the min-bettor? Unless he has 910, I'm thinking I'm in the lead. I decide to call.

Turn comes Kc. No heart, which is good (I'm not holding a heart). And I have top 2 - am I good here? If he does have AQ or AK I'm way ahead; 9 10 I'm so far behind. With the action the way it went, I think I should have put the guy on 9 10, but I didn't. When I hit my second pair, both players checked to me. I bet the pot. First called, 2nd guy (probable flush-draw), called all-in (for less than my bet).

River came 4c. While there are now 3 clubs on the board, I can't fathom either of these guys chasing runner-runner flushes; if they luckboxed and caught a backdoor straight then so be it. I was trying to decide on what a good value bet would be on the river, when first to act shoves all-in. While I'm again worried about the 9 10, that doesn't stop me from calling.

So I end up taking down a pot worth $24, which pushed me to +$13.50 for the night. I don't think I played the hand well, though -- when I'm check-raised on the flop, I couldn't put the guy on a hand. When he check/called the turn, I was more surprised. The one dude I figured for a flush draw from his action on the flop, and the turn. The other guy had me perplexed. I had no idea just how behind I was on the flop. I really didn't like calling the all-in at the end. At that point I honestly was running on instinct: I thought for a second, I closed my eyes and just felt "call," so I did.

I'm wondering when I'm going to have a losing session; if you look at dollar amounts over the past 2 weeks it's not a lot, if you go by percentage or # big blinds, it's pretty good (20 - 50 big blinds per 30-90 minute session). I'm feeling quite comfortable with my play, yet am still just a touch nervous to move to the next micro-level (which, btw, is absolutely hysterical given that I'd have no problem walking into a casino tomorrow and playing $1/2, $1/3, $2/5, $3/5 NL. Yet online, $0.10 / $0.25 makes me nervous.

I'm in Arizona now, so it's doubtful I'll get to the RPT game on Thanksgiving. If everyone crashes early, maybe I will. But that's doubtful - that'd be 7pm out here.