I need a hug!

[wray]

Noone here knows me really so let me tell you all a little bit about myself.

I'm not a pro and I'm nowhere close to being one. I do consider myself a better than average player. I'm 34 y/o and I live in Memphis.

I've been excited about this years WPO for a while. I played in 3 satellites and finally won my seat into the 500 buy-in NLHE with rebuys tournament. I would rather play in one w/o rebuys but the 500 entry for that has already been played.

I was really focused and psyched up to play. At 12:00 the cards go in the air. Everyone had showed up except the seat to my right (2 seat). I knew there would be some people playing pretty loose because of the rebuys. I slowly built my stack up to 1800 in the first 30 minutes. I made all the right decisions. Then the 2 seat showed up... It was Robert Williamson. He played almost every pot and I think ABOUT every pot he played in he raised. Well I wasn't nervous (like I thought I'd be)and continued to build my stack. In the next 30 minutes RW rebought at least 3 times. There's no doubt he loves to gamble. I continued to build and he rebought a couple more times.

The next thing I knew I had 3500 in chips. RW raised in middle position to 150. (The blinds were 25-50) I looked down and almost wet myself with 2 red A's. I didn't want to raise too much but I sure as heck wasn't limping. I raised it to 300 with 3 people to act after me. One of em called and it got back to RW. He called the 300. The flop came 672 with 2 diamonds. RW checked and I bet 600. The next guy called and RW moved all in for about 1100. I moved all-in behind him and the next guy folded. RW showed me 59 of diamonds for a flush draw and an inside straight draw. The turn came nothing and the river gave him the 8 he was hoping for.

About 10 hands later I called on the button with 10 J of diamonds. Three of us stayed (not RW). The flop came 10 7 4. They both checked and I bet 300. One guy folded and the other asked me if I was slow playing aces again. I told him I wasn't. He asked if pocket jacks were good. I told him I wasn't going to say if that was good or not but I told him that if I was in his position with that flop and pocket jacks I'd call. At that time I was down to 1175 including the 300 I put out there. He raised it to 500. (I'm pretty sure he was supposed to raise to at least 600 but I didn't say anything)I called. The turn came a deuce. He bet 500 (with absolutly no idea I only had 575 left) I thought I had a real good read on the guy and I went all-in for the 575. He looked like he was going to cry when I called. Then he saw he only had to put 75 more in so he called. He turned over A 9. The river gave him the Ace and now I'm out.

I lost 2 big hands and both times they caught it on the river with 3 outs.

My spirit has been crushed.

I will say that RW was an absolute awesome guy. He was as nice as could be and I wish him the best.