A bad hand gone good

The table I went out early on Saturday saw my JJ lose to a guy with TT. The table I cashed in included the worst hand I've ever played. (Please read throughout for an explanation.)

Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold'em Tournament, 150/300 Blinds, 25 Ante, 9 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): 6,655
SB: 14,006
BB: 6,045
UTG: 3,887
UTG+1: 7,933
UTG+2: 2,343
MP1: 5,296
MP2: 5,545
CO: 8,813

Pre-Flop: (675) 3 A dealt to Hero (BTN)
6 folds, Hero raises to 900, SB folds, BB raises to 2,520, Hero calls 1,620

I thought he was all-in. Thought I was pot-committed having to call 1,620 in a pot of 3,800-ish. Shocked me when I saw a flop and our cards hadn't been turned over.

Flop: (5,415) 7 A Q (2 Players)
BB bets 3,500 and is All-In, Hero calls 3,500

Again, thought I might very well be beat, but I was pot-committed. Calling 3,500 into a pot of 8,900.

Turn: (12,415) 6 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


River: (12,415) 3 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


Results: 12,415 Pot
Hero showed 3 A (two pair, Aces and Threes) and WON 12,415 (+6,370 NET)
BB showed Q K (a pair of Queens) and LOST (-6,045 NET)

The point: Pay attention.

Not a bad week

Capped off a good week by playing the biggest tournaments I've ever entered: The Daily Double on FullTilt, which is actually two $12 tournaments. They averaged 1,300 players, and I finished in the top 100 of one of them.

In: $24. Out: $23.90.

Three-and-a-half hours, lost 10 cents.

So what's the point? The point is, poker is fun AND I put myself in position to score big. First place in the tournament I cashed in paid $2800-plus.

All-in-all, not a bad week. Won back-to-back $11, 18-player SNGs for $72 each, then followed that up Friday night with a first in an $11, 45-player SNG for $171. Started the week under $500 and ended it at almost $750.