The Difference Between 2/4 and 3/6

You know, I was playing last night (because insomnia is such a bitch), clearing my Stars reload at 3/6. I had my first downswing in a while, losing a couple tough hands, but finishing my session up a paltry $13. I wouldn't even be mentioning it, but at one point, I was up by $100, continuing my streak of doubling buy-ins at the 3/6 game. I went from that peak down through a monster streak of getting decent hands cracked by better ones, and by a bad read or two along the way.

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9d, 9s.
UTG calls, 2 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 raises, 1 fold, Hero calls, 1 fold, BB calls, UTG calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (10.33 SB) 5s, Ks, 7h (5 players)

BB checks, UTG checks, MP2 checks, MP3 bets, Hero raises, BB folds, UTG folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls.

Turn: (7.16 BB) 8h (2 players)

MP3 checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls.

River: (9.16 BB) 7s (2 players)

MP3 checks, Hero bets, MP3 calls.

Final Pot: 11.16 BB

MP3 has Qd Qh (two pair, queens and sevens).

Hero has 9d 9s (two pair, nines and sevens).

Outcome: MP3 wins 11.16 BB.

A bad read--the guy had been LAGging it up, trying to run over the table. Doesn't he know that's my job? He mustn't have gotten the memo.

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Qd, Qs.
3 folds, Hero raises, CO 3-bets, 3 folds, Hero caps, CO calls.

Flop: (9.33 SB) 9d, Ad, 4s (2 players)

Hero bets, CO raises, Hero calls.

Turn: (6.66 BB) Js (2 players)

Hero checks, CO bets, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 7.66 BB

No showdown. CO wins 7.66 BB.

Another poor read--he showed me TT. I almost threw my monitor out the window.

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So, I get ready to shut off the computer, check my bonus status, and see that I only need 3 FPPs to complete the bonus. So I decide to finish it off at 2/4. I buy in woth $60 and check out a table where the "% see flop" is about 32%. I have no idea how I ever won money there. AA cracked after an EP raise, called COLD by a LP player with K5s. He caught a king on the flop, called another bet, and bookended his 5 on the river. I ended up down $40 on a 2/4 table. It could just be because it's bonus-clearing time, but for a guy who runs over 3/6 tables like Andy Reid on his way to the all-you-can-eat buffet, it was discouraging to be taken down so crappily. The session dropped my winrate at 2/4 down to just 1.98 BB/100--nothing to sneeze at, but FAR lower than at any other limit. Enough to depress me, so I sulked off to bed.

Good news: I cleared the bonus.
Bad news: I donked away $40 of it to the fish at 2/4.

They'll pay for it today.