Oceans 11 - no third time lucky this week

I went to Oceans 11 on 19th March hoping for my third final table in a row. Instead I lost my chips in the following way about mid-tournament:

Hand 1: I have A-J suited and limp with it. The flop is all low non-connected cards and a rainbow. A player who is short-stacked moves all in for about 1800 chips (I have 3300 in my stack) and it folds round the me on the button. I look at him for a while. He is quite a well-known player and I am told he is "good" whatever that means. He is staring directly at me and the more I look at him the more I feel he has a low pair from the flop and little else. I have not hit anything so I have to decide to call or fold. All I really have is 2 overcards with no flush/straight possibilities but they look so pretty and I am so focused on 'is my read on this guy right' that I end up calling just to find out. Hey good move you dummy. My read was right and my overcards did not hit on the turn or river so I gave away most of my chips. Stupid stupid move.

Hand 2: about 5 hands later I am pretty short stacked and pick up kings. I move all in and am called by A-6 off suit. He hits the ace and I am history.

So what did I learn from this week. Tournaments are won and lost on mistakes as much as good play. When I missed the flop and he bet I should have got out of there. But I have spent much of the last week reading up on poker tells and how to read other players and I got so caught up in my new latest greatest theories I made a basic mistake. All I had was a draw - albeit with pretty high cards. I only had 6 outs which meant I was at least a 3-1 dog if my read was right. I have to put in 1800 chips to try to win 2700 so my pot odds are horrible. Everything I did on this hand is wrong.

Next week I want to make the final table again - maybe instead of 3 final tables in 3 weeks I can boast of 3 final tables in a month. That still has a good ring to it!!