A $1.030 difference

Usually when I get a bad beat I forget it immediately and move on, but this one hurts so much. Triple shootout qualifier to WCOOP#10, final table, Heads Up. Winner gets $1.050, loser gets $20.

PokerStars Game #2546211074: Tournament #12222062, Hold'em No Limit - Match Round III, Level IV (50/100) - 2005/09/10 - 20:42:13 (ET)
Table '12222062 16' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 3: Kaartkeizer (5090 in chips)
Seat 4: DeadwooDave (910 in chips)
DeadwooDave: posts small blind 50
Kaartkeizer: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kaartkeizer [9s 6h]
DeadwooDave: calls 50
Kaartkeizer: checks
*** FLOP *** [2c 6d 4h]
Kaartkeizer: checks
DeadwooDave: bets 810 and is all-in
Kaartkeizer: calls 810
Kaartkeizer said, "gl"
DeadwooDave said, "gg"
*** TURN *** [2c 6d 4h] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [2c 6d 4h 9d] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Kaartkeizer: shows [9s 6h] (two pair, Nines and Sixes)
DeadwooDave: shows [8s 2s] (three of a kind, Deuces)
DeadwooDave collected 1820 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1820 | Rake 0
Board [2c 6d 4h 9d 2h]
Seat 3: Kaartkeizer (big blind) showed [9s 6h] and lost with two pair, Nines and Sixes
Seat 4: DeadwooDave (button) (small blind) showed [8s 2s] and won (1820) with three of a kind, Deuces

After this hand I called all his stupid bets and eventually lost the game. After that 9 fell I was so happy but then he hit his 2 outer.

wait a minute.....winner gets over $1000 and the loser gets $20???? damn thats a harsh payout structure, but thats satellites for ya, at least you went in with the best hand, and obviously played a good game to make it to the final 2 players...thats just poker for ya. better luck next time kaart

Thats whats great (but in your case Not so great in NLHOLDEM) One minute you have 1000 chips , two hands later you have 6000 chips. You had a bad beat there, and hope you didn't go on tilt. Great play anyway finishing 2nd . Better luck next time

Plays like this are becoming common place lately. I've only been playing for a little over a year on line, but I've noticed a change in the game. Players are betting every imaginable hand no matter what comes on the flop, and in the majority of cases winning by the river. There is a brash breed out there who play by their own rules. I've been out played with good if not great hands by players who bet huge amounts with nothing, making me doubt my hand and fold trying to at least make it to the money. I've been fustrated with the play when this happens especially when they bet crazy and not even in the big or small blind. Even on tv the young poker players are winning against the more seasoned players with unimaginable hands. All in all any hand can win if you stay to the end or bet big it seems. I believe some people are in love with the phrase "ALL IN".