Everyone starts out with 4k in chips, I showed up a bit late so my table was 5 handed and I was hit with the deck and quickly had 7k in chips. I was shortly moved to a new table where I was able to maintain my stack between 4-6k in chips and then I was moved again. The tournament started with 236 people and I was able to be patient and maintain half below average to average in chips all the way down to about 60 people. On break I was talking to John Murphy and I told him I just raised to 700 preflop and the old man out of the big blind makes it 2500 and I just folded jacks (JJ), my gut knew I was beat and I had about 9k in chips, figured I was better off with 9k than having 6500 and making a decision on the flop with that hand. I told John the only way I am going out of this tourney is if I get my chips in good and I take a beat. I get back to the table and build my stack up to 13k with 50 people left, and I have a very tight image, when this next hand develops. Blinds are 200-400 with a 25 ante, utg raises to 1200, middle position loose preflop player calls, im in the sb with Ako and I make it 4700 to go hoping to take the pot down right there but somewhat giving pot odds to entice a call by a weaker hand or a push. UTG just calls the 3500 more and middle guy folds. With about 8500 behind or so I wasnt quite sure what I was gonna do, I was thinking about pushing the flop no matter what, but the flop came A33 rainbow making it easy, how much should I bet? The other guy had almost the same exact stack as me. I decided to bet 3k on the flop into a pot of about 13k. I was hoping he would maybe put me on a hand like KK, QQ, JJ, or pair below the Ace with that bet and maybe entice a move with an all in to push me off my hand, or he was gonna have to push regardless if he flopped an Ace too. As soon as I put the 3k out I got the all in I wanted to hear and he flipped over A9 of clubs. Sweet! He called 3500 more preflop with A9 clubs. Turn was a 10 clubs, and river was the 4 clubs. Runner runner flush. Was about to have 33k in chips but instead I had him covered by 50. So I doubled up with the 82, then ran into j9 with my j2 and it was dd for me. Tournament poker: nothing tilts me more than taking a bad beat in tournies. Cash game bad beats no problem. I seriously dont know how people can deal with tournies on a daily basis. Good thing WSOP is coming soon because I usually run like god! I was going to play most of the prelims but decided after the beat it wasnt a good idea. It has been almost a week now so I'm over it now, so I think I might give it one more shot in tomorrows 2500. Hopefully better luck this time.

-neverwin