You had just got youself into great position winning a few nice pots and sittng with 85k,
you comfortabley in 2nd position, blinds 350 + 700 + 100 ante,you dealt a-k and a raise 2100 [maybe this was too small and 5k raise be better]get one caller, flop k,5,4, you first to act, I would be thinking lets see where I am and put in a raise [like you did] 7000 raise is good,he calls[I would be thinking whats he got,but more importantly what his chip stack is !!!!! turn card is 8, opponent has about 50k left and can cause you serious damage,maybe he has trip 4s or 5s or even 6,7 suited.this is where I think you make error,I would of checked , possibly raised another 7k,you bet 21k and commit yourself to calling an all-in, which after using his time clock he does go-allin for another 29k,the pot was about 85k and its hard to get away from with top pair,think you should of folded here and saved yourselg 29k[I couldnt fold here either and would of called like you did] and he shows the magic k-4,river no good to you and he takes down 115k pot,
Think you have a few options before this hand, play premium hands and raise big before flop,see cheap flops and hope to hit big hands,fold everything and move up the cash ladder, you still had about 15k left and did good to get back in game and upto 50k,but then laddies took the pisshh and your a-q lost to K-4, Think you have to bet big before the flop , when final table has 3 monkeys on it,if they hit anything including hope they will call to hit there cards, think you finished 9th and could and probably should of finished much higher,but Im no poker guru,and often play like a monkey,cos I find it more fun,but in the long run,us monkeys always lose to the poker gorrillas.
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