Big Sunday but no luck

This Sunday was the FTOPS main event worth $2.5million AND the pokerstars 40Billion hand special Sunday million event worth $4million. I entered both tournaments (via satellites) but had no luck. I also played a slew of other tournaments with mixed results. Mainly losses :-)

Heres how the 2 big events went:

- Pokerstars $4million - I wanted to play smallball poker at the start but this failed miserably when I got KK and was raised by an idiot with A-10 offsuit. I called and the flop came 9-9-8. I bet and he raised so I called. I was worried about the pair of 9s so wanted to keep it cheap. The turn was a J and I checked, he bet and I called. The river was the Q and goodbye to 70% of my chips. A short while later after chipping back up a little bit I got them all in pre-flop with AA and lost to JJ that flopped a set.

- FTOPS main event - this went a lot better and I played small ball and contantly chipped up getting to about 30bbs (18,000 chips) when the blinds were 300/600. When we got to 400/800 I played a couple of marginal hands where I open raised in late position was 3bet all in so I had to fold. Then I played a pot where I lost the hand on the river (surpise!). I was down to 11,000 chips when the blinds were 500/1000 and picled up KQ in late position. Now I was the short stack at the table and looking to make a move. A played in mid position who had been quite aggressive open raised the pot and I decided to 3bet all-in with the KQ. I was hoping for the fold but praying if he called it would be a marginal hand and I could double up so I had some chips to play with again. He called with AK and that was the end of that!!

In hindsight I should have waited for a hand where I opened the betting - I could have waited for a pair or AK/AQs as I still had over 11bbs. The table was very LAG with most pots open raised and 3bets so it was not really easy to pick a good spot. But I could have waited.......

Of course the flip side is what if I had won that flip. Then I would have 22,000 chips and been able to make some plays. I had basically chipped down from 20bbs (16,000 chips) to 11bbs (11,000 chips) waiting for a hand that I could re-raise all in or that I could open with and not fold to a 3bet. But I was very card-dead and probably getting frustrated. So when I saw the KQ and I was in late position I just went for it. No regrets......except I did regret it when I lost :-)

Thats my Big Sunday story........