Early in the tourney I had tried to pull off a bluff with T-J suited, after I completely missed the flop, and got called. I had lost half my stack, but next hand I picked up the Pocket Rockets, and min raised. I got two callers and the flop came down Kc-Qh-9d - no flush draws, but plenty of scary straight draws, so I overbet the pot, not really wanting any action, but the player behind me moved all-in; the 3rd player folded. Praying he had hit top pair, and wasn't holding T-J, I made the call (as he had me covered). He flipped up A-Q, so I was in good shape, but had recently lost to a player holding K-Q who made two-pair on the turn, so I still had to dodge another Q.
The turn was paint, but luckily the Kd. There was no possible flush, so he had a two-outer on the river and fortunately it was a brick, 7c. So I had more than doubled up and was again above my starting stack.
To cut a long story short, I made the cash (just) then, with only 6 BB's left I pushed with Kc-Jc and got no callers, but picking up the blinds and ante's was enough to bolster me for another orbit. However, I called a min raise with a small pocket pair and had to let it go on the flop, so I'd lost what I just picked up and was back to 6 BB's.
Next hand I picked up K-J again, and pushed again. This time two callers. The flop came J high, so I had to sweat it. It was checked down by the other two, and the best they could manage between them was pocket 7's, so I had tripled up to over $15k.
After the tourney break I picked up Ac-Kc and my first thought was "Here's my chance to bust out". I pushed and everyone folded; at least my $15k had some fold equity, even with the chip leader ($78k) at the table.
I wasn't so lucky a few hands later when I picked up the A-k (off) again. I bet 3xBB and got through everyone, except the BB. He waited forever before making the call. The flop came 8s-2h-9s. The pot was now more than my stack, and first to act I hd to push.
I got insta-called, and he flipped up Tc-Jc, for an open-ender. This was a serious deja-vu moment, as I had busted out of a tourney quite recently when holding pocket K's against a player with Q-T who had flopped a draw. He hit his on the turn that time, and wouldn't you just know it, out pops the 7s on the turn here, to make his straight.
I had a lifeline, in that there was now 3 spades on board, so any spade on the river makes my flush - but, hey, miracles like that just don't happen (at least when you're all in with a shorter stack than your opponent).
The Kd on the river was no consolation and, again, I've busted out after going deep in a tourney getting it all in with the best hand and getting badly out-drawn.
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