Well I loaded up my 1st two sngs, about mid way through the 1st level some dude open pushes 900 with 9,10o and I wake up with AA... he makes a straight... not shocking, so then a little later in the tourney this hand comes up....

PokerStars Game #8232235635: Tournament #41989486, $30+$3 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2007/02/01 - 18:35:25 (ET)
Table '41989486 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: dbwinnin (2930 in chips)
Seat 2: Zwetty (875 in chips)
Seat 4: justtocol (680 in chips)
Seat 5: Quadfours (1310 in chips)
Seat 6: Pajas (2805 in chips)
Seat 7: ARS0021 (1170 in chips)
Seat 9: PhredMax (3730 in chips)
Zwetty: posts small blind 25
justtocol: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to justtocol [Kc Kd]
Quadfours: folds
Pajas: folds
ARS0021: folds
Zwetty said, "nope"
PhredMax: calls 50
dbwinnin: folds
Zwetty: calls 25
justtocol: raises 125 to 175
PhredMax: folds
Zwetty: calls 125
*** FLOP *** [Th 8c 4h]
Zwetty: bets 700 and is all-in
justtocol: calls 505 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Th 8c 4h] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [Th 8c 4h 6h] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Zwetty: shows [Ah 8d] (a flush, Ace high)
justtocol: shows [Kc Kd] (a pair of Kings)
dbwinnin said, "ooo"
Zwetty collected 1410 from pot
Pajas said, "ouch"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1410 | Rake 0
Board [Th 8c 4h 6h Qh]
Seat 1: dbwinnin (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Zwetty (small blind) showed [Ah 8d] and won (1410) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 4: justtocol (big blind) showed [Kc Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: Quadfours folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Pajas folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: ARS0021 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: PhredMax folded before Flop

shocker... im out of my 1st!

In the 2nd tourney I was hanging around 1500 until the blinds got to 75/150.. I raised up AJ of hearts from the cutoff and the bb who has 750 goes all in... he shows 66. Flop J high, turn 6.. down to 750... 2 hands later I get A10 and push, get called by 77, didnt improve.. gg


In the 3rd I turn the nut flush, go all in and the guy flips 2 pair, hits a boat on the river.. sulllyyyyyyyyy

Finally made the money in the 4th taking 2nd.. lost 3 flips heads up and ended up losing.. grrrrr

Took 3rd in the 5th sng tonight, was short stacked the whole way through the tourney and was actually fortunate to make the money.

Took 2nd in the 6th sng, was short stacked the entire time, somehow squeezed my way into the moeny and then a huge pot went down between the 2 big stacks... i pretty much had no shot heads up with the other dude having a 5-1 chip advantage.

I know this sounds a bit elementary, but I think I might have realized my a problem in my game, I was acting too fast and not thinking about what I should do. If I just take a few seconds to think about what I will do before I act I play much better. I started doing it in my last three and made the money in all three, could have just been coincidence, but I dont know!