How 2 hands defined my tourney

I got 9th place in a $3 hold'em tourney last night on pokerstars. I thought I played a very solid game, but I realized that my entire tourney (my rise and my fall) was defined by only 2 hands.

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PokerStars Game #1204174739: Tournament #5121822, Hold'em No Limit -
Level XII (1000/2000) - 2005/02/12 - 02:28:52 (ET)
Table '5121822 109' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Lmns01 (12679 in chips)
Seat 2: BMACAAAA (29286 in chips)
Seat 3: KGBSpanky007 (12434 in chips)
Seat 4: HeartK58 (24710 in chips)
Seat 5: momsjoe (31491 in chips)
Seat 6: Sashimi (7781 in chips)
Seat 7: biggsblind01 (27337 in chips)
Seat 8: BIGTOX (15625 in chips)
Seat 9: bingo938 (1956 in chips)
Lmns01: posts the ante 100
BMACAAAA: posts the ante 100
KGBSpanky007: posts the ante 100
HeartK58: posts the ante 100
momsjoe: posts the ante 100
Sashimi: posts the ante 100
biggsblind01: posts the ante 100
BIGTOX: posts the ante 100
bingo938: posts the ante 100
momsjoe: posts small blind 1000
Sashimi: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to biggsblind01 [Js Ah]
biggsblind01: raises 6000 to 8000
BIGTOX: folds
bingo938: folds
Lmns01: folds
BMACAAAA: calls 8000
KGBSpanky007: folds
HeartK58: folds
momsjoe: folds
Sashimi: calls 5681 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Ks 9s 5h]
biggsblind01: bets 8000
BMACAAAA: calls 8000
*** TURN *** [Ks 9s 5h] [Qs]
biggsblind01: bets 11237 and is all-in
BMACAAAA: calls 11237
*** RIVER *** [Ks 9s 5h Qs] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
biggsblind01: shows [Js Ah] (a flush, King high)
BMACAAAA: shows [Jd Jc] (a pair of Jacks)
biggsblind01 collected 39112 from side pot
Sashimi: shows [Kd Kc] (three of a kind, Kings)
biggsblind01 collected 24943 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 64055 Main pot 24943. Side pot 39112. | Rake 0
Board [Ks 9s 5h Qs 8s]
Seat 1: Lmns01 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: BMACAAAA showed [Jd Jc] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 3: KGBSpanky007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: HeartK58 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: momsjoe (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Sashimi (big blind) showed [Kd Kc] and lost with three of a
kind, Kings
Seat 7: biggsblind01 showed [Js Ah] and won (64055) with a flush, King
high
Seat 8: BIGTOX folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: bingo938 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Ah!!! I bluffed big and got lucky. My rise had come, and I was in the top 10 at this point. And then came the bad hand.

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PokerStars Game #1204304466: Tournament #5121822, Hold'em No Limit -
Level XIV (2000/4000) - 2005/02/12 - 03:08:21 (ET)
Table '5121822 109' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Achoo (23512 in chips)
Seat 2: irish-ghost (128247 in chips)
Seat 3: TGRUBBS (16080 in chips)
Seat 4: HeartK58 (42854 in chips)
Seat 6: ILikeEggs (79060 in chips)
Seat 7: biggsblind01 (61604 in chips)
Seat 8: popsflops (26086 in chips)
Seat 9: swedish_fish (51133 in chips)
Achoo: posts the ante 200
irish-ghost: posts the ante 200
TGRUBBS: posts the ante 200
HeartK58: posts the ante 200
ILikeEggs: posts the ante 200
biggsblind01: posts the ante 200
popsflops: posts the ante 200
swedish_fish: posts the ante 200
irish-ghost: posts small blind 2000
TGRUBBS: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to biggsblind01 [Kd Kc]
HeartK58: folds
ILikeEggs: folds
biggsblind01: raises 12000 to 16000
popsflops: folds
swedish_fish: raises 34933 to 50933 and is all-in
Achoo: folds
irish-ghost: folds
TGRUBBS: calls 11880 and is all-in
biggsblind01: calls 34933
*** FLOP *** [2s 4d 6s]
biggsblind01 said, "wow"
*** TURN *** [2s 4d 6s] [Qh]
ILikeEggs said, "ouch"
*** RIVER *** [2s 4d 6s Qh] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
biggsblind01: shows [Kd Kc] (a pair of Kings)
swedish_fish: shows [Ah Ac] (a pair of Aces)
biggsblind01 said, "first loss"
swedish_fish collected 70106 from side pot
TGRUBBS: shows [Td Th] (a pair of Tens)
swedish_fish collected 51240 from main pot
biggsblind01 said, "this whole tourney"
biggsblind01 said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 121346 Main pot 51240. Side pot 70106. | Rake 0
Board [2s 4d 6s Qh Jh]
Seat 1: Achoo (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: irish-ghost (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: TGRUBBS (big blind) showed [Td Th] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 4: HeartK58 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ILikeEggs folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: biggsblind01 showed [Kd Kc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 8: popsflops folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: swedish_fish showed [Ah Ac] and won (121346) with a pair of
Aces

It was the only showdown I lost all night, except for the fateful one that ended it all. I was left with about 10k at this point. And I had my back against a wall. I was in 54 out of 55 left. This shows they your entire night can be decided on how you play only a couple of hands. "Poker is hours of bordom, and moments of sheer terror." - some poker guy. I believe it. ~ Biggs

wow, those are nice hands

AFter how you played that first hand, you should be thankful you lasted long enough to get those kings and not get sucked out instead of losing to aces.

Congrats on the 9th place though.

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I missed the memo that...........

was the new , and is therefore as good if not better than

I'm so dumb.

I think the worst position to be in in NL Hold Em' is against AA and holding KK, you're eventually going to lose no matter what, because it's very unlikely the guy holding AA will lay it down, and the odds are even worse for getting a K.

Exactly, the 2nd best hand in poker is great to have...provided that no one has the best. If someone does have the best hand, then you're screwed b/c neither of you is going to lay the hand down, and you have 2 cards left that will help. ~ Biggs

I agree with Eater, you should have been smoked by BMACAAAA and KOed then and there, but once again, it was an example of PS rewarding bad play. Seeing any further action was a bonus, but nevertheless, you played well overall, I'll give you that credit.

LOL "another example of PS rewarding bad play." haha

Nice job on the ninth place biggs.

Wow, it sucks that the time you get KK the other guy has AA especially because

we dont see those premium hands too often. I once heard of a story where 5

people went all-in 2 people had AA someone had KK another person had QQ and

the last person had JJ the flop came KQ2 with two spades. The turn was 7 of

spades and the river was the 5 of spades making one of the guys with AA the

winner. Unbeleivable how all those hands come up at once. And i am pretty sure

it happened at a live game so you cant even blame online poker!!!!