blah.. I win 1000$ and still frusterated!

So I played the UB 200K garentee and busted out 24th out of 1075 for $1000. It was still pretty frusterating though becuase i had a very big chip stack, and I could of easily cruised to the final table if i didnt go EXTREMELY card dead. I think i folded 2 full levels before getting down to push-bot mode.. which kinda sucks :(

Anyways, I decided to post the big turning point in the tourny where i accumulated a huge chip stack:


Stage #1337721641 Tourney ID 2113141 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit $3000 - 2008-11-30 22:37:36 (ET)
Table: 78 (Real Money) Seat #6 is the dealer
Seat 1 - GAM187BLER ($91838 in chips)
Seat 2 - CARDKILLER34 ($47015.50 in chips)
Seat 3 - SODAKBOY ($27089 in chips)
Seat 4 - KRIKEYMATE ($33508 in chips)
Seat 5 - ROODOG222 ($83253.08 in chips)
Seat 6 - WHATARUNAA ($36331.84 in chips)
Seat 7 - AAKKJJ ($103550.48 in chips)
Seat 8 - ANDREWKO ($56628 in chips)
GAM187BLER - Ante $300
CARDKILLER34 - Ante $300
SODAKBOY - Ante $300
KRIKEYMATE - Ante $300
ROODOG222 - Ante $300
WHATARUNAA - Ante $300
AAKKJJ - Ante $300
ANDREWKO - Ante $300
AAKKJJ - Posts small blind $1500
ANDREWKO - Posts big blind $3000
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to ANDREWKO [9c 9d]
GAM187BLER - Folds
CARDKILLER34 - Raises $9000 to $9000
SODAKBOY - Folds
KRIKEYMATE - Folds
ROODOG222 - Calls $9000
WHATARUNAA - Folds
AAKKJJ - Folds
ANDREWKO - All-In(Raise) $53328 to $56328
CARDKILLER34 - Folds
ROODOG222 - Calls $47328
*** FLOP *** [Jd 2c 6s]
*** TURN *** [Jd 2c 6s] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 2c 6s 9s] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ROODOG222 - Shows [Ad Qs] (ace high)
ANDREWKO - Shows [9c 9d] (Three of a kind, nines)
ANDREWKO Collects $125556 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($125556)
Board [Jd 2c 6s 9s 7s]
Seat 1: GAM187BLER Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: CARDKILLER34 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: SODAKBOY Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: KRIKEYMATE Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: ROODOG222 HI:lost with ace high [Ad Qs - P:Ad,P:Qs,B:Jd,B:9s,B:7s]
Seat 6: WHATARUNAA (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 7: AAKKJJ (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 8: ANDREWKO (big blind) won Total ($125556) All-In HI:($125556) with Three of a kind, nines [9c 9d - B:9s,P:9d,P:9c,B:Jd,B:7s]


So Basically CARDKILLER raises to 9k and gets called by ROODOG222. When I saw CARDKILLER raise, I was actually considering folding 99 becuase hes been playing pretty tight/scared poker, and seemed like he was just trying to sneak up payout spots. However, Once ROODOG called, I couldnt resist the squeeze play! Also Since ROODOG only called the 9k, I figured he must of have a weaker hand like AJ or 55-88 which would easily fold to my squeeze.
Also, doing a squeeze on CARDKILLER puts him in such a tough spot. He would be less willing to make a call with AJ, AQ or AK, since he still doesnt know if ROODOG will be calling behind him. On top of that, he's been playing scared poker so I think he would be less willing to gamble with me. With all that in mind, I went for the squeeze and somehow got called by ROODOG's AQ. Since my squeeze was clearly +ev, I win the race lol!

After that big pot, I pretty much went super card dead until i busted out :(

Oh well.. Hopefully my next post will be about me actually winning a tournament instead of busting out in the last 2 tables! :P