Bubbled

So tonight I played two tournaments... the first one was actually a lot harder than the second but I got on a roll with three players left and won the first one... so i decided to see if i could keep my role going and instantly joined another 18 player $1 tourney...

I was doing really well and went into the final table with the chip lead... some aggressive and silly play led to me being out played into the bottom three where I strengthened up my game and went into the final five with a decent stack size... I was playing strong trying to bubble one of the short stacks when this hand happened...

PokerStars Game #35074865846: Tournament #210637452, $1.00+$0.20 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2009/11/08 7:54:59 ET
Table '210637452 2' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: kruebsid (8105 in chips)
Seat 5: HouseofIndia (3405 in chips)
Seat 6: deVeertjes (2215 in chips)
Seat 7: ShaneWard88 (8855 in chips)
Seat 9: gusztiplayer (4420 in chips)
kruebsid: posts the ante 25
HouseofIndia: posts the ante 25
deVeertjes: posts the ante 25
ShaneWard88: posts the ante 25
gusztiplayer: posts the ante 25
HouseofIndia: posts small blind 200
deVeertjes: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ShaneWard88 [Js Jc]
ShaneWard88: raises 800 to 1200
gusztiplayer: folds
kruebsid: calls 1200
HouseofIndia: folds
deVeertjes: folds
*** FLOP *** [3s Kh 2h]
ShaneWard88: bets 1500
kruebsid: calls 1500
*** TURN *** [3s Kh 2h] [9h]
ShaneWard88: checks
kruebsid: checks
*** RIVER *** [3s Kh 2h 9h] [Kc]
ShaneWard88: checks
kruebsid: bets 2000
ShaneWard88 said, "hhmmmm"
ShaneWard88 said, "checked a king on the turn?"
kruebsid said, "..."
ShaneWard88 said, "nice bet"
ShaneWard88: folds
Uncalled bet (2000) returned to kruebsid
kruebsid collected 6125 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6125 | Rake 0
Board [3s Kh 2h 9h Kc]
Seat 1: kruebsid (button) collected (6125)
Seat 5: HouseofIndia (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: deVeertjes (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: ShaneWard88 folded on the River
Seat 9: gusztiplayer folded before Flop (didn't bet)

This hand stumped me... looking back at it the river bet does look fishy like maybe he had a smaller pocket pair... or even a higher pocket pair could be played this way... the check on the turn really threw me... I was pretty sure he had a smaller pocket pair and wanted to check it down... but after he bet the river I thought he might have checked a weak king afraid of a set or flush... I'm not sure but I folded thinking that I didn't really want to get involved in a big pot with second in chips.. I'd rather just pick on the small stacks...

After I folded he told me he didn't have a K, this doesn't mean that he didn't have QQ, or AA but I think the fold was a mistake... so I decided to sit back and wait for the good cards and try to bust somebody when the very next hand I ran into AJ and this happened...

PokerStars Game #35074892501: Tournament #210637452, $1.00+$0.20 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2009/11/08 7:56:14 ET
Table '210637452 2' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: kruebsid (11505 in chips)
Seat 5: HouseofIndia (3180 in chips)
Seat 6: deVeertjes (1790 in chips)
Seat 7: ShaneWard88 (6130 in chips)
Seat 9: gusztiplayer (4395 in chips)
kruebsid: posts the ante 25
HouseofIndia: posts the ante 25
deVeertjes: posts the ante 25
ShaneWard88: posts the ante 25
gusztiplayer: posts the ante 25
deVeertjes: posts small blind 200
ShaneWard88: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ShaneWard88 [Jh Ah]
gusztiplayer: folds
kruebsid said, "thx"
ShaneWard88 said, ":)"
kruebsid: folds
HouseofIndia: calls 400
kruebsid said, "no K"
deVeertjes: folds
ShaneWard88: raises 800 to 1200
HouseofIndia: raises 1955 to 3155 and is all-in
ShaneWard88: calls 1955
*** FLOP *** [2s 4d 6h]
*** TURN *** [2s 4d 6h] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [2s 4d 6h 8s] [Kc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ShaneWard88: shows [Jh Ah] (high card Ace)
HouseofIndia: shows [Qh Kh] (a pair of Kings)
HouseofIndia collected 6635 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6635 | Rake 0
Board [2s 4d 6h 8s Kc]
Seat 1: kruebsid folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: HouseofIndia (button) showed [Qh Kh] and won (6635) with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: deVeertjes (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: ShaneWard88 (big blind) showed [Jh Ah] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 9: gusztiplayer folded before Flop (didn't bet)

This really upset me because this player had been playing so badly that I was surprised that they were in the top 5 and for me to get rivered it just killed my spirit... so I was tilting and picked up 66 two hands later and pushed only for kruebsid to pick me off with 99...

I continued to watch for a while and saw kruebsid and HouseofIndia go heads up, needless to say kruebsid completely dominated and took it down without too much hassle... it was pleasing to see a solid player demolish a muppet...

Signing off

Shane