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Hi friends… well today i won a satellite tournament for the nighly hundred grand at Pokerstars.. and i could not unregister from it (as i would like to do), so i played the tournament..
703 entrants, I ended 19th.. earning 580US$.. i believe i played some solid poker.. but i don't know how to feel right now.. being so close to the glory.. and lose is a hard hit.. even though i won money and increased my bankroll.. I just feel down for my last hand that made me quit the MTT.., that @#@¢! river killed my dreamsssssss and broke my hearttttt :(. Winning that hand would have mean plenty of chips and i would have secured my arrival to the final table.
this will be a new boost but i just feel akward at the moment. I feel i could have won that tournament or end in the first three places, i mean i believe i have the skills to achieve it, but it will be really hard to play it again and do such a good tournament.. because it is out of my limits for now.
Any advice or opinion is welcome
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SUGAR J 777 (SB): BB = 28.2, t84498
elbradone84 (BB): BB = 27.9, t83745
2_Basic (UTG): BB = 5.1, t15240
pixie1273 (MP): BB = 37.4, t112108
Lucke 7even (CO): BB = 26.5, t79381
Hero (BTN): BB = 14.1, t42393
Pre Flop: (t6300) Hero is BTN with J
J
2_Basic raises to t14940 all in, pixie1273 calls t14940, 1 fold, Hero raises to t42093 all in, 2 folds, pixie1273 calls t27153
Flop: (t105426) 2
2 K (3 players – 2 are all in)
Turn: (t105426) 7
(3 players – 2 are all in)
River: (t105426) A (3 players – 2 are all in)
Final Pot: t105426
2_Basic shows 9 9 (two pair, Nines and Deuces)
pixie1273 shows A Q (two pair, Aces and Deuces)
Hero shows J J (two pair, Jacks and Deuces)
pixie1273 wins t54306
pixie1273 wins t51120
Well, i read after posting that maybe this is not the forum for this kind of post… please move it then and sorry for the inconvinience.
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March 17, 2010
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This is quite heartbreaking. That river is so painful to see. 
That said, I don't think i would have done anything differently. JJ is too strong a hand to pass up when you only have 14bbs. You need to accumulate chips right now.
June 22, 2010
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Don't think you made a bad play. Even though it is heartbreaking river, you not only won your seat, but played well in the tourney. 
"Your either in Sheen's Korner or your with the trolls."
The guy who had won that hand to me, won the tournament.. could anything make me feel worse??! 
haha!.
I won't sleep tonight, he got 19,600 US$.
Ugh what a brutal river. You made the right play and just got unlucky…..nothing you can do about that. All you can control is how you play and that is all you can worry about or this game will drive you crazy.
Your gonna see 1,000 more brutal rivers like that when getting close to a huge payday so the lesson to be learned here is to learn to deal with it better. A brutal river like that could have easily have happened when u were bubble or maybe after barely min cashing…..it is just the nature of NL Holdem. Be glad you got as far as you did and played the hand correctly. If you keep playing correctly, one tournament will surely go your way when your hands will hold up beautifully. No reason to lose sleep over it man….give yourself a good game and sleep well!
hawkeyeK9 said:
Your gonna see 1,000 more brutal rivers like that when getting close to a huge payday so the lesson to be learned here is to learn to deal with it better. A brutal river like that could have easily have happened when u were bubble or maybe after barely min cashing…..it is just the nature of NL Holdem. Be glad you got as far as you did and played the hand correctly. If you keep playing correctly, one tournament will surely go your way when your hands will hold up beautifully. No reason to lose sleep over it man….give yourself a good game and sleep well!
this, gg sir
it's easier to see it only as “variance” or equity when is somebody else the one that lost! 
. That's why tilt is so powerful. Still haven't slept since that river… just kidding, but indeed it's still hard to swallow.. I have never felt a “tilt” like this before. haha, now i really know the meaning of the word. Thanks for the advices and answers anyway 
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Its not someone else though….Happens to each and everyone of us more than we would like.
Cougars4444 said:
Ugh what a brutal river. You made the right play and just got unlucky…..nothing you can do about that. All you can control is how you play and that is all you can worry about or this game will drive you crazy.
It definitely sucks – but you gotta keep your head up and move in. As someone in this thread has said, there will be 100 more of these.
Well.. almost done with it.. sorry for the crying scenario.. hope I post some winning tournament hand next time.
Ultra Kiwi said:
Well.. almost done with it.. sorry for the crying scenario.. hope I post some winning tournament hand next time.
not trying to be mean. Just think that mental preparation is sooooooooo important in poker and you have to take these things in stride.
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