The Big Favorites Don't Always Win....

Just ask the Patriots.

I bubbled in 3 MTT's this weekend. Always went out as a favorite, getting the money in with the better hand. Although this was not a bubble, this is about as big a favorite as you can get. Another 1 outer*:

PokerStars Game #15014793006: Tournament #76096563, $3.00+$0.25 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/02/02 - 18:48:51 (ET)
Table '76096563 3' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Echo69 (5300 in chips)
Seat 2: pauly001 (3560 in chips)
Seat 3: doorman1948 (3055 in chips)
Seat 4: abboy48 (1740 in chips)
Seat 5: 66Buffalo66 (985 in chips)
Seat 6: MKili (1655 in chips)
Seat 7: capnnevs (1325 in chips)
Seat 9: charnick (13580 in chips)
charnick: posts small blind 100
Echo69: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to 66Buffalo66 [Ac Ah]
pauly001: folds
doorman1948: folds
abboy48: folds
66Buffalo66: raises 785 to 985 and is all-in
MKili: folds
capnnevs: raises 340 to 1325 and is all-in
charnick: folds
Echo69: folds
*** FLOP *** [Th 5h Kh]
*** TURN *** [Th 5h Kh] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [Th 5h Kh Qc] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
66Buffalo66: shows [Ac Ah] (a pair of Aces)
capnnevs: shows [7c 7s] (three of a kind, Sevens)
66Buffalo66 said, "sick"
capnnevs collected 2270 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2270 | Rake 0
Board [Th 5h Kh Qc 7d]
Seat 1: Echo69 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: pauly001 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: doorman1948 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: abboy48 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: 66Buffalo66 showed [Ac Ah] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: MKili folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: capnnevs (button) showed [7c 7s] and won (2270) with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 9: charnick (small blind) folded before Flop

My faith has been shaken this year. I'm playing good poker with bad results. It's difficult not to be results oriented when you run bad for weeks, which are now turning into months.

(*I don't have to pay a fee to post bad beats because nobody reads this blog anyway.)