5hrs and nothing to show for it

I just got finished playing in a $11 tournament on Pokerstars. This is exactly why I do not like playing MTTs. After about 5 hours of play and over 2000 people already knocked out I finished in 33rd place for a whopping $41.

Sigh, I was really happy with my play overall though. But then I put pressure on another big stack when I thought he had a fold button. He basically called me down with pocket 9s on a all flush draw heavy board, with a K on board, after I was the aggressor pre.

It started with me reraising pre from the SB since this guy was opening from the CO with 30% of his hands according to my stats. I decided to get cute with a Q8s and now I am wishing I didn't. That is exactly what I wrote about a few weeks ago, getting too "fancy" in these donkfests.

It is a play where the other player needs to think about your hand and not just his/her own. I would say a majority of people would have folded the 99 the way the hand played, and I was shocked when he turned it over.

The thing that sickens me the most is I didn't need to make the play. I had plenty of chips and was in about 10th place with 33 left. Oh well, live and learn.

Until next time, I'm off to play 5cd cash games or SNGs......