Oh well

Just played a satellite tournament down at the casino. 300+50 with unlimited rebuys under the bar for 90 minutes.

The first 80 minutes were a complete bust, I got J high as the best hand.
But then; two minutes before the rebuy period ends I got 88 and hit an 8 on the flop.
I go all in and get called.

Next hand I get JJ and once again hit J high on the flop. I check the other guy bets and I go all in.

So with this hand won I was suddenly chip leader on my table!

After 90 minutes we had a break and immediately after I looked down on AsKs under the gun.
I limp in; so does another guy in middle position. The big blind then raises and I put him all in with about 4K.

To my surprise the other guy calls and goes all in with his 3K and the big blind calls.
First guy shows AJo and I'm feeling good.

Big blind shows .... you guessed it - AA.

After that nothing exciting happened, I got cold cards again until we were about 20 players left. I was medium stacked and got KQo in middle position. I limped in and the button called.

Flop comes 259, rainbow; and I was watching the button intently. I felt he didn't hit so I bet 2xBB. He takes a while to think about it then calls. The turn comes a T. He kept staring at the flop so I bet 2K. He thought about it for 10 seconds then folded.

I don't usually bluff so it's nice when I actually try it out.

The rest of the tournament I got blinded to death. For 30 minutes I didn't get over 9 high with crap kickers. Twice I got good hands and went all in but everyone folded.

Blinds eventually got up to 700/1400 and I had 3500 left with Q6s in the big blind. The guy utg calls and everyone else folds - so I go all in. Turns out he had 55 and I didn't hit - so the adventure was over.

I'm pretty OK with because I feel like I played well - but it always sucks to be knocked out :(

There's always next ... week? :)