Ugh, I feel sick. I'll get over it though. I went out in 257th place. It took just three hands to break me.

Hand #1: I had a little over $40k. Had top pair and a strait draw on the flop and bet pretty heavy. The turn brought an Ace and put three spades out there. I made too big of a bet and got re-raised all in. I had to fold that hand and was left with only $20k.

Hand #2: I'm now on tilt a little, not happy about losing that much. I call a smallish raise in the blinds with 56 and hit two pair on the flop. I get my opponent call in and he flips over Aces. I'm stoked that I'm going to crack Aces and get some of my money back. He gets a third Ace on the turn.

Hand #3: I'm now seriously on tilt, with only $8k left and blinds at 400/800. I get dealt AT. I know it's not a great hand, but with such a short stack I'm not sure what to do. I probably could have waited for a better spot, but someone raised and I pushed all-in. Another guy raises it, knocking the first guy out. He turns over AK and bounces me out.

Easy come, easy go. I had such high hopes for this game, making it that far and doing so well. But I suppose if I learned anything this week, it's that I can generate some quick cash if I focus. Maybe next time I'll be able to turn it into a big win.

I missed hand one, so I can't provide much opinion on that. But I believe you did correct on the other two hands. At the point you went out, average stack was a tad under $30k. You're way too low, and I think pushing with AT was probably the best you could have managed to get at that point. Just so happens another guy had you dominated.

All in all, you did put in a great showing. It's going to come down to luck now and then, and it just happened that a guy hit his two outer on you that second hand.

Hopefully, someone will actually hire me soon so I can start building a good bankroll to really get playing myself rather than the sporadic runs of poker I have now where I have to play for a bit, win a good amount - pay the rent with it and wait a while to get around to doing it again. Maybe, I'll join you for one in a couple of months!

P.S. Don't go looking at cards for a day or two.