After almost 3 hours of play we were down to 3 players, and I was the short stack at the table.
In the BB I picked up Th-3d, and the SB just limped.
The flop was 9s-4h-7d, and we both checked it. The turn brought the 8c, so now I have an up and down draw. Again, we both check.
The river turned out to be the killer - 6s. I've made my straight, and the top end of it too.
My opponent bets out $8k (from a stack of $51k), and I have $21k behind - so, of course, I move all-in. At worst I was expecting a chop, but the poker Gods were not that kind, and my opponent flips up Td-Js, for a better straight.
A double up there puts me on $47k, and makes me chip leader - instead I exit in 3rd, after my deepest MTT run for a very long time.
I really thought tonight was my night to make a breakthrough - I'd gotten my fair share of luck in earlier hands, most notably when I was all-in with the dreaded A-K, and got called by pocket 6's. I spiked my Ace on the turn and that put me in a good position to cash.
I'd also got all-in with Aces, very early on, against Jacks, and they held up. I also limped in with pocket 4's and spiked a set and doubled up against a player who'd hit 2-pair.
These are the kinds of hands I would normally be losing with, and things seemed to be going my way. On that last hand, when I completed the straight on the river I really thought that tonight was going to be my lucky night - instead, as usual, I ran into a sick hand. I can't really call it a bad beat, as I was never ahead in the hand, but this game can be so cruel sometimes.
He played it well, as he actually made his straight on the turn, and only checked it, and put a small enough bet out on the river that I had to push - so fair play. Any other card on the river and I can get away with most of my stack intact.
Oh, well - it's an improvement on recent results, so I should be thankful of a decent cash.
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