Emotions

Life is full of them and so is poker. After that footie performance and exit and far too many lagers i was sick and suffered a big due hangover today. Also lost about $400 playing 2,5$ NL cash when very drunk, bluffs didnt work but i dont remember anything about the hands just the bluffing.

So up step the 50k and the 50$k added. Also a joke of a connection , whether it was due to the lightning the heat or something else i dont know but i lost many hands after countless disconnections. The 50k i ran well (with outside help when disconnected) until 300,600 a big blind of K10std when i called the 3k allin from the small blind who had 87off and outflopped me the git. Was playing a 6k stack at the time but guessed he would push with crap so made the right call. 2 hands later KJstd on button 3k doesnt improve against acerag and im out 62nd out of 395 players (pays to 40).

OK on to the big story , in the 50$k added i got a good steady stack going and once i made it to the top 30 never looked back despite the 12 minute blinds which turned the bloody thing into a big crapshoot unfortunately. Stole loads around the bubble as the table was incredibly tight with people avoiding the $200 bubble. Couldnt have played better the whole tournament and when my QQ ran into AK i actually held and won a huge pot to go 1st on 50k or so. Next hand i won another 15k or so with KK and hand after stole with AJstd. Suddenly i was on 65-70k with nearest in 2nd with 38k. God i wished the blind structure was longer at this point as i knew i would have a massive advantage. Anyway with lots of allins and pot odds i was running ok but basically went card dead from 20 players down and from 12 players down i think i lost every allin preflop which must have been 5 or 6 times. Lost count of number of 10-20k pots i lost and with 1 or 2 bigger than that there was nothing else i could do. Anyway at the final table the short stacks who had been blinding out ridiculously low kept doubling through and suddenly i found myself with 45k with a 8k big blind approaching (to put it into context i was still probably 4th or 5th at this stage but i want 1st or 2nd and will not blind out in a crapshoot such as this). I moved allin 9 handed with 44 only to be called by both short stacks 12k and 5ksih . 4 overcards i think it was ace rag and king rag and both hit so im down to 30k with 8k big blind approaching. 8 handed (as 1 went out that hand) i get K10std either utg or in 2nd position and push 30k allin just hoping to steal the huge blinds and double. 2 callers big chip with aa , nice timing and smaller chippie that loses so i go out 7th out of 336 entrants as i dont improve.

I get $2400 for my trouble but there was 15000$, 10000$ , 6000$ for 1st, 2nd , 3rd so im absolutely gutted. Played really well, did hold up on the huge QQ pot so set me on my way and almost guarantee the final table but in the end the crapshoot luck element caught up and i lost too many flips in a row to lose out on the huge payout.

Its a good start to the month and will fund many more multis, ill probably avoid the stts sixpacs and cash (unless i do 500mpps for next 25$k added tournament) now that i have a bankroll profit.