Played a $100 buy in today and made the final table but was knocked out 10th, 3 away from the money. Had very few playable hands during the final hour of play and I had to shove 5 7 suited with 26,000 left with blinds at 6000 3000, could not spike a 5 or a 7 and after 5 hours of play it is tough to get up from the table with nothing to show for all of that play but still a very fun time. Am exhausted, similar to how I feel after a tough tournament chess loss. Have to shake it off and come back another day with positive and fresh energy.
The most noteworthy hand was during the 2nd hour of play I had 2 red aces in early position and raised to 800 and the button and big blind called, The button was an older fellow who won first place in the recent main event at Hammond for a 6 figure score. Flop came Q 7 4 with 2 diamonds. I bet 2500 and the button called, big blind folded. Turn brought the 10 of diamonds and I decided to push all in. The button thought for 2 minutes before deciding on a call with KQ offsuit, no diamonds, so I was in good shape and when the river brought a 4th diamond I doubled my stack and knocked out the main event champion.
Was planning to play tomorrow but will have to see how my energy is because I may not be able to recover quickly after today's good run but tough loss.
