There were 149 entrants, and I called a couple of hands early on to see some flops, but never over commited. I managed to find a spot where I flopped a flush and got two other players all-in, so nearly trebled up. A dozen, or so, hands later I made a boat against a short-stack who'd pushed with pocket AA.
About 5 hands later I pick up 3d-Qh-Th-Qc and limp from the button.
The flop comes down Qd-6c-Kh. The SB puts in a pot-sized bet and it's folded round to me. I decide to triple the bet to $720 (the blinds are only $30-$60 at this stage and I'm sitting with over $4,800).
The SB immediately doubles this, and I have to think for a second does she have KK in the hole. I decide no, it's probably 2-pair or a set of 3's, or top pair with a straight-draw, so I push all-in. It's insane, 'cos she's the only player at the table with more chips than me, by about $400.
She calls, and turns over Kd-Qs-Xx-Xx (I didn't notice the other cards initially), for two pair (exactly as I thought). I'm delighted as I've got her dead to a K (or so I thought).
Turn comes 7c - I now look and see that her other two cards are Jc-4c, so now she's picked up a flush draw. My heart sank, as I just knew what was coming - Ac on the river (isn't it always the same, Ace on the river!). It wasn't the Ace, per-se, that really did the damage, it was the fact that it was a club, and she'd back-doored a flush with her freakin' side-cards.
Am I too much of a rock? Am I too solid a player? Do I experience more bad-beats because I always get my money in good and it's the donks that catch up?
Why can't I, just for once, get in with the best of it, when my tourney is on the line, and it hold up!
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