WSOP Quest Part 4 (in 2 parts)

So Sunday.  Tourney started at 18.00.  It was quite tense to start with, a little tentative and tight.  2500 starting chips and 20-minute blind meant that we only lost 3 out of the 33 players in, in the first hour.  Second hour loosened up a bit.  One table seemed to have 3 people all fighting for chip lead.  My table became quite aggressive so my chips were up and down quite a bit.  Anyway I can’t remember all the details but I managed to get onto the final table.  2 seats and $3k in cash for third.  I picked up a few hands, people slowly went out and we were down to 5.  Everyone was playing – all in or nothing so rarely were we getting calls or flops.  I pick up AQ on the button so move all in to steal the blinds.  Small blind calls (f***) with KK.  Flop comes with an ace, I get lucky and he curses himself saying he should have folded and is left really short. I dance.  I have a three to one chip lead over my nearest river after I knock him out next hand with my 10j v with kx.  Down to 4.  I have 45k.  I’m loving it.

 

However, now it goes wrong.  I sit tight for a while; lose about 3k in blinds, nothing major.  Then I’m forced to call a min raise from the SB with I’m on BB with k7 suited.  Flop comes 7 high, I move all in, he calls with his pocket aces and I double him up. Losing 7k or so in the process.  I start to worry. 

 

So I have to play now, I raised a few times to steal and got re-raised all in and have to fold.  Within 30 minutes or so I lose my big chip lead and all of a sudden I’m only 3k or so ahead and there’s still one person going home with nothing.  No one is really up for a deal so I poo my pants.  I feel like I have thrown it all away without really making a bad move and think I’m going home with nothing again.