It's a heartbreaking, frustrating game sometimes. I just played really well for an hour, was second in chips with a nice 3,500 of them. 5 of us left and the short stack has only 1,000. Blinds are 100/200 so he's pushing a lot. I get Q-Q and raise, short stack goes all-in, I call. He shows 5-5. Sweet. Well until a 5 hits the turn that is. OK, no problem. Smallish hit, still have 2,500. The very next hand I am on the button with K-9 hearts. All fold to me, I raise and the BB calls. Flop comes down A-Q-3 hearts. Wow, flopped the nuts. BB shoves all-in and because he had 3,500 chips, he has me covered and I'm all-in. Happy birthday to me. Insta-call. He shows A-Q. Oh-oh, please no. Turn was a blank, river an Ace. Needless to say the air turned blue and it took a while for me to calm down. lol

It just seems so infuriating at times. An hours work destroyed in 2 hands - less than 5 minutes - and both times I was in with the best hand and I don't really see how I could have done anything different. I can't even blame it on donks because they weren't donks. I would have done exactly the same thing if I was in either of their shoes. The short stack had to call with a pair. And the A-Q was obviously trying to scare away a flush draw, hoping it hadn't already hit.

It's all compounded by the fact that I was cruising and was sure I was going to cash. Still, that's poker I suppose. That cow Lady Luck just likes to kick me in the balls now and again. lol

Chin up Trueform. Poker is very good at building you up only to kick you square in the knackers and run off with your cash. Next time wear a cup