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[QUOTE="Johnny9Nine, post: 7025790, member: 1001990"]
[B]WHEN[/B]: April, 2011
[B]WHERE[/B]: PokerStars
[B]WHAT[/B]: Sunday 1.5 Million
[B]WHO[/B]: Hero & Villain

[B]Backdrop[/B]: 7800+ entries at $215 per = $170-180,000 1st place;

We were down to the final 3 tables (9 per) & I was sitting about 10th or 12th. Medium stacked. Playing lovely and although 10+ hours in, feeling fresh. Would this be my week to win the big one?

Get dealt AA in mid position and UTG raises 2x which I make 5x. Fold around and UTG calls. Flop: A K 2 rainbow. UTG checks, I bet smallish (fake steal attempt) and UTG shoves. Insta-call, of course. I check the leaderboard and see that winning this hand will make me the chip leader.

UTG shows KQ off-suit vs. my trips Aces. If you run this scenario on a poker simulator you will see I win this hand 98.28% of the time.
 
Turn is a J & river brings a 10 and I finish 27th place. Cash for around 3k which is decent enough on most Sundays but absolutely heart-wrenching on this particular one. "I'll get them next time," I think, but then a week or two later Black Friday hits & I can no longer play on PokerStars.

I was playing good enough to win that tournament. But the Poker Gods decided, No.
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