Should I be discouraged?

[jbeckern6]

as many have already commented, without more info about the table, position and specific hands, it is hard to critique how you played. However, I did notice that you seem to automatically assume certain starting hands are premium hands. This might show a lack of understanding on your part of what constitutes a good starting hand since it is so dependent on the kind of game (loose v tight, passive v aggressive) and your position. For example, the hand that worked for you, 55, is not a good starting hand in early position in an aggressive game. You enter the pot, someone raises, you are HU OOP and it is tough to play. Likewise, in a loose game, ATo is not a very good hand to play. You might land up with 5 or 6 players, and this hand doesn't is extremely hard to play (hit your A, very easily reverse dominated). The bottom line, as others have said, there is a lot more to the game than thinking that 15 or so starting hands are premium and must be played and should usually win.