5/522

I paid $109 and began at 10AM. I collected $3132 after playing six hours. And yes, I'm disappointed with my finish. I was the runaway chip leader heading into the final table. I folded until I got a good hand which happened to be AA. I didn't bust anyone, but I made a good amount on that hand and coasted some more. When it got down to five players, we went into a holding pattern and it seemed impossible to eliminate the short stacks. After about half an hour of that, I began looking like a short stack. There was one player whom I had outchipped and when he shoved, I thought and thought, and finally called with AT. I was happy to see he had KT but was unhappy when the king flopped. I was now extremely short and pushed K7 on the next hand. The big blind called me, as he should, with T4. The flop brought a 4 but also a 7; the turn brought a ten and I was done. So sad.