Tournament Sunday Results

Every Sunday morning I get extremely excited for a chance to win some big money in the Sunday majors, but the usual result is a long, depressing day of poker. Yesterday was no exception, as I did not cash in one tournament, due to some really bad beats and some really bad play. On the bright side, I did manage to satellite into two of the majors, so losses were not as large as they could've been. Here are the results:

1) Poker Stars $1 Million Guaranteed
Investment: -$530
Winnings: $0
Net: -$530
Cumulative: -$530

2) UB 200k Guaranteed
Investment: -$51 (satellite)
Winnings: $0
Net: -$51
Cumulative: -$581

3) FTP $400k Guaranteed
Investment: -$26 (satellite)
Winnings: $0
Net: -$26
Cumulative: -$607

4) Pokerstars 2nd Chance
Investment: -$215
Winnings: $0
Net: -$215
Cumulative: -$822

5) FTP Mulligan
Investment: -$215
Winnings: $0
Net: -$215
Cumulative: -$1037

6) UB Bounty 25k Guaranteed
Investment: -$129
Winnings: $0
Net: -$129
Cumulative: -$1166


Total Tournaments: 6
Cashes: 0
Total Investment: -$1166
Total Winnings: $0
Net: -$1166


The past week or so I have been running pretty poorly and it continued on Sunday. In the UB $200k I was a little below average in chips but still in good shape when this hand occurred (http://www.pokerhand.org/?858660). When I reraised, I knew he had an over pair, but this guy was a bet pot machine, so the implied odds if I were to flop a set were good enough for me to call. I got him in on the turn with my top set and his QQ pulled the gutshot and ended my night. In the FTP $400k, I had some really good fortune and got up to 15,000 in chips in about 40 minutes, and was in first place out of 2500 people. But about an hour later, in about 6 hands I had 99, AK twice, and 88, all of which led to medium sized pots that I got pushed out of. Then a couple of hands later my AA failed to hold up against a pair/flush draw combo and I was down to 6000 in the blink of an eye, and was unable to recover from there. On the whole, my play was above average, but that isn't good enough for Sunday poker, so hopefully next time I will improve.