A great tourney run is dashed

Well, this week has been an up and down adventure. On Monday and Tuesday I played in a lot of tournaments but did not have much to show for it. I played really well and was just disappointed at the results. I just missed earning a seat into one of the big Party Poker Tournaments when I finished 6th when I ran into AA with my 44 and missed the seat by one.
I did win two SNGs one on Party and one on Poker Stars so that did help restore my faith in myself.

It can be very frustrating when you are playing great poker and don't have much to show for it. I am trying to just take it in stride knowing that the more good poker a person plays the more likely it is that they will have success. The cards will always do what they do, and we can't be too worried about that. I would say %80 or more of the time I get my money into the middle with the best hand. I have suffered some really bad beats in the last week, but that is all part of poker, and though they be frustrating, I do not get too bent out of shape over them like I use to.

I played in the $3 Rebuy tournament on Poker Stars today with the $10,000 guaranteed prize pool. It ended up being a lot more than the 10k. I was really playing well and on a nice run. My stack was up to 258k at one point and I was 4th in chips for a long time. I was just taking down the blinds here and there and my stack kept growing and growing. Then I had AQ suited in the BB when there was an UTG limper so I raised it to 4BBs and he went all in, which I called. He had AT with the A of clubs. I was sitting really well until the board lined up a flush and straight on the turn and he hit the flush on the river to suckout on me. This took about %40 percent of my stack.

About 25 hands later I picked up QQ when there was an early to middle position all in for 154k. I figured that he had something like AK or AQ because of the all-in nature of his bet. I called for 101k and was knocked out when he hit the A on the flop. It was very disappointing to have it all come undone on two suckouts like it did. It just reemphasizes that the cards will do what they will and we can't worry about them. I made great plays and decisions all day. This was probably my best tournament ever, and I finished 42nd for my troubles. Onward and upward.