I tried using counterplay but found I was not getting enough from my good hands.

I've tried raising big and overbetting the pot as suggested, but again I find I am not winning enough cash for the hands.

The most frustrating aspect at present is this - I CANNOT MAKE PEOPLE LAY DOWN HANDS whereas previously I could do so.

For example, I make a raise on the button, the BB reraise, and I call with AK. Flop comes down A x x. BB bets the pot - I've put him on a pair of Js or Qs, so I go all-in over the top. He calls and manages to hit a flush.

The most frustrating thing is that I know my play is correct. With JJ you ideally want to collect the pot preflop. YOU CERTAINLY DO NOT CALL A RAISE ON THE FLOP WHEN THERE IS AN A SHOWING. In other words, the BB had to fold. He didn't and hit something.

It's all very well saying that in the long run I will take the money, but I don't want to lose the $3700 I worked so hard to accumulate. It is almost all gone. And yet I have been careful not to make any rash plays. But I keep losing to people who hit things - it is very rare that I am all-in and am not favourite.

Earlier I had 87h and the flop came JT9h. Three of us in the pot. One player bets, I call, the third player goes all-in, the first player folds, I call.

The other player turns over A4h - the turn and the river are the K and Q of hearts. I nearly smashed my laptop up!

I once naively suggested that Internet poker was rigged. I withdrew that suggestion later, but I'm now beginning to think that this site, and I only use the one, is skinning me!