Event #32 5k NL 6-handed

Coming into this tournament I was dealing with confidence issues regarding my game. The two previous six-handed tournaments here at the WSOP were hard on my ego. The $1500 was embarrassing as I found no ways to win pots other than shoving in my stack before the flop. I felt I made mistakes in the $2500 and played poorly after changing tables. I was somewhat scared to enter the $5000 six-max, knowing another weak performance would sideline me from the big buy-ins indefinitely.

But I played wonderfully. I was as focused and powerful as I have ever been playing live poker. I seized control of the table and dominated play all day long. I built a stack utilizing all of the moves (and plenty of luck, of course) I have seen better players use throughout the year. I threw in some originals of my own. I felt really, really good about where this one was going.

And then I got really unlucky, and then got unlucky again, and then got unlucky once again and couldn't quite get away from a hand my gut told me to, and it was all over. I am deeply disappointed, yet I feel much better about poker than I did 24 hours ago.