I made another Final Table and went out again on a tough hand in eigth place. What can you do? I got off to an exceptional start in this tournament and was up to 7k in chips before the first break. After that I smooth called and hit my inside straight draw to take down a 6k pot and pretty much cruised into the Final Table with 12k in chips. I went out eighth on the hand below. It was dissappointing seeing him hit the card even though he did have the best hand pre-flop but it is what it is. Again, I am playing exceptionally well and my hands are holding up for the most part so I just have to keep at it. I will be back to the grind tomorrow.

CIII

PokerStars Game #15703152752: Tournament #79469013, $4.00+$0.40 Hold’em No Limit - Level XI (500/1000) - 2008/03/03 - 01:15:04 (ET)
Table ‘79469013 16′ 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: earthman42 (51817 in chips)
Seat 2: bunny25639 (42142 in chips)
Seat 3: GuerroGuapo (23003 in chips)
Seat 4: socprof87 (34235 in chips)
Seat 5: trukking14 (1224 in chips)
Seat 6: Curtom (9199 in chips)
Seat 7: eazy-kash (20164 in chips)
Seat 8: seabiscuit_7 (24593 in chips)
Seat 9: maxedout57 (63623 in chips)
earthman42: posts the ante 100
bunny25639: posts the ante 100
GuerroGuapo: posts the ante 100
socprof87: posts the ante 100
trukking14: posts the ante 100
Curtom: posts the ante 100
eazy-kash: posts the ante 100
seabiscuit_7: posts the ante 100
maxedout57: posts the ante 100
trukking14: posts small blind 500
Curtom: posts big blind 1000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Curtom [Jd Jh]
eazy-kash: raises 1000 to 2000
seabiscuit_7: folds
maxedout57: folds
earthman42: folds
bunny25639: folds
GuerroGuapo: folds
socprof87: folds
trukking14: calls 624 and is all-in
Curtom: raises 7099 to 9099 and is all-in
eazy-kash: calls 7099
*** FLOP *** [Js Ts 6s]
*** TURN *** [Js Ts 6s] [As]<===tough catch
*** RIVER *** [Js Ts 6s As] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Curtom: shows [Jd Jh] (three of a kind, Jacks)
eazy-kash: shows [Ac Ah] (three of a kind, Aces)
eazy-kash collected 15950 from side pot
trukking14: shows [Qh 4h] (high card Ace)
eazy-kash said, “wow”
eazy-kash collected 4272 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20222 Main pot 4272. Side pot 15950. | Rake 0
Board [Js Ts 6s As 5h]
Seat 1: earthman42 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: bunny25639 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: GuerroGuapo folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 4: socprof87 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 5: trukking14 (small blind) showed [Qh 4h] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 6: Curtom (big blind) showed [Jd Jh] and lost with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 7: eazy-kash showed [Ac Ah] and won (20222) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 8: seabiscuit_7 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 9: maxedout57 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)