Reasons to Shoot One’s Self in One’s Face

So I have been out in Vegas the last few days playing in the Bellagio 5 Diamond Poker Classic which is a collection of poker tournaments over a week or so. Tonight I entered the $1,000 buyin no limit tourney with 104 other players. Sat down and started wrecking shop, pretty soon I was second or third in chips. After 5 hours or so we were down to 30 players and my stack had dwindled to about average. I was in the big blind with Q-10 unsuited. 4 players limped in and I checked. Flop came Q-10-A with 2 diamonds. I bet out twice the pot and 2 players went all in in front of me. I of course called. One had A-J (what the f— was he doing???) and the other had the nut flush draw. Turn gave him a flush and the river came Q giving me a full house. Tripled up and eliminated 2 players!!! The tourney paid the top 9 spots with $43k going to the winner.

We got down to 13 players, and I hadn’t won a hand since the big one above. I kept trying to steal with mediocre hands and getting raised and having to fold, and I was down to about 50k in chips. I was on the button and got A-Q suited. The cutoff spot raised it twice the normal raise, and I doubled his raise (why????). He calls and the flop comes Q-5-3. He checks and I go all in. He calls with pocked fives (flopped a set) and I get crushed. Out in 13th place, 4 short of the money. :-(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

On the upside I did go to the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM earlier in the day and that totally rocked. I am going to cry now.

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