You Have Got to Be Kidding

Sometimes I wonder who I murdered in a past life. I really thought this was gonna be my huge score. I felt like I played really, especially down the stretch, but yet again it wasn't meant to be.

Here is the huge hand that I basically went out on...

PokerStars Game #44533782473: Tournament #312020010, $200+$15 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXXIV (125000/250000) - 2010/05/24 2:04:45 ET

Table '312020010 125' 9-max Seat #5 is the button

Seat 2: suckout9 (8679208 in chips)

Seat 4: Browntown19 (3749434 in chips)

Seat 5: badbeatninja (5269107 in chips)

Seat 6: Timur Valeev (2697465 in chips)

Seat 7: loungeactOo (8913450 in chips)

Seat 8: fishbones11 (4469659 in chips)

suckout9: posts the ante 25000

Browntown19: posts the ante 25000

badbeatninja: posts the ante 25000

Timur Valeev: posts the ante 25000

loungeactOo: posts the ante 25000

fishbones11: posts the ante 25000

Timur Valeev: posts small blind 125000

loungeactOo: posts big blind 250000

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to fishbones11 [Kd Kh]

fishbones11: raises 305555 to 555555

suckout9: folds

Browntown19: folds

badbeatninja: folds

Timur Valeev: calls 430555

loungeactOo: folds

*** FLOP *** [7s 6h 5h]

Timur Valeev: bets 2116910 and is all-in

fishbones11: calls 2116910

*** TURN *** [7s 6h 5h] [8d]

*** RIVER *** [7s 6h 5h 8d] [8h]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

Timur Valeev: shows [9c Kc] (a straight, Five to Nine)

fishbones11: shows [Kd Kh] (two pair, Kings and Eights)

badbeatninja said, "8!"

Timur Valeev collected 5744930 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 5744930 | Rake 0

Board [7s 6h 5h 8d 8h]

Seat 2: suckout9 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 4: Browntown19 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 5: badbeatninja (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: Timur Valeev (small blind) showed [9c Kc] and won (5744930) with a straight, Five to Nine

Seat 7: loungeactOo (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 8: fishbones11 showed [Kd Kh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Eights

If I win this hand I believe I'm in 3rd with 10 left. Instead this complete moron takes me out 2 hands later when I shove A7 and he calls with 66 and holds.

Hard to explain how crushed I feel right now, but I guess I chose this game to play for a living.

On a positive note I feel like I'm playing my best poker in a long time and this years wsop should be a big success.

I'll be back....

Adam