Okay, finished second in a 45 player play-money tourney a bit ago (twins very placid today, and on a staggered feeding schedule, which is nice) and all-in-all I was happy with my play. Got to heads-up by playing smart, aggressive poker, didn't suck-out on anyone, didn't go busto on the two occasions I was sucked-out-upon. At the beginning of heads-up I was outchipped by about 3:1, and had gotten it down to a 2:1 deficit when the following hand occured:
PokerStars Game #11886184443: Tournament #60314038, 2000+110 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2007/09/05 - 12:40:34 (ET)
Table '60314038 3' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: phantommut (21560 in chips)
Seat 7: mdmccormick (45940 in chips)
phantommut: posts the ante 50
mdmccormick: posts the ante 50
phantommut: posts small blind 400
mdmccormick: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to phantommut [Ah 4d]
phantommut: calls 400
mdmccormick: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ac 4h 5s]
mdmccormick: checks
phantommut: bets 800
mdmccormick: calls 800
*** TURN *** [Ac 4h 5s] [7s]
mdmccormick: checks
phantommut: bets 3800
mdmccormick: raises 3800 to 7600
phantommut: raises 12310 to 19910 and is all-in
mdmccormick: calls 12310
*** RIVER *** [Ac 4h 5s 7s] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mdmccormick: shows [Ad As] (three of a kind, Aces)
phantommut: shows [Ah 4d] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
phantommut said, "gack"
mdmccormick collected 43120 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 43120 | Rake 0
Board [Ac 4h 5s 7s 9h]
Seat 1: phantommut (button) (small blind) showed [Ah 4d] and lost with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 7: mdmccormick (big blind) showed [Ad As] and won (43120) with three of a kind, Aces
So cold you don't want to stick your tongue on it, that's for sure.
Flop Aces-up, you don't expect your opponent to flop a set of aces, that's for sure.
Earlier in the tourney, I maybe get away from that hand. As is, I think this has to qualify as a "whatchoogonnado?" situation.