Tournament #79

Bad effort and bad finish last time out. More focused and ready to play deep tonight, so let's go!

Dead early on, but pick up 5/5 and play it for $60 with 3 other guys. Flop is 5/7/3 - and they're betting into me. Bet, raise, me to $150, 3 callers. Turn is a 3 - FULL HOUSE, BABY! Another $150, another 3 callers. River is an ace. An all-in, and I raise all-in as well. 3 callers! The other guys have 9/9, 7/3, and A/6. I busted at least 2 players and picked up nearly $5000. Nice pot! Not much happening since, I've dropped to $4600, but still 4th of 28. Dropped $800 calling an all-in with A/8. Other guy turns over J/8. Flop naturally has J/8/4. Grrr. K/3 needs me a nice $2200 pot when I flop a pair and river a set. Up to $5100, chip leader! Just won a huge pot with A/8. Flop was A/A/6, checks all around. Turn is a K. Me betting $300, called. River is an 8 giving me a full house. I check, other guys bets $1500, I raise all-in, he calls and is busted. Me up to $10000, chip leader with double the #2 stack. 2 hands later, I'm #2 after somebody more than doubled to nearly $11000. Still, I like my spot :) K/Q nets me $4400 when I flop a pair of Ks, bet $450 into a $600 pot and get 1 guy who raises all-in. I quickly call and he turns over 7/7. He gets no help and I'm up to $12500, 1st of 16. J/J with a J on the turn nets me $1700 and I'm up over $13000. ARGH! A couple of big pre-flop bets forced me to fold A/4 and 10/9, both of which would have won me big pots. Down to $13000, 2nd of 11. 2 more guys gone and we're at the final table, me still 2nd with $13700. 1 player gone and a couple of blinds and I'm down to $13000. Another guy gone and we're into the money! Blinded down to $11000, but still 3rd, very comfortable. #2 chip guy just tilted away all his money for no reason - all-in multiple times with questionable hands. Another guy gone and we're down to 5. Bad fold and missed bluff and I'm down to $7000, 4th of 5. Could have busted a guy but wasn't willing risk 3/4 of my stack with a weak ace - turned out he had 2nd best. Another half my stack gone when I raise the short stack all-in and get called. My A/8 dominates his A/7 but he flops a 7 and I'm down to $4000. And now I'm busted. Raise all-in with A/4 and get called. Guy turns over 9/5 and says he called by mistake! Four face cards on the flop and turn and I'm doing ok but he rivers a 9 and busts me! WTF. I misplay one hand and I'm busted?!?! Good grief. 5th place. NOT HAPPY with this result at all. Huge favorite on my last two hands and I go broke.

FINISH: 5th place
PAYOUT: $1.01
PROFIT: $0.76
BANKROLL: $61.48