I have to play better than this...

I know its been a minute since I've posted. But I played hand on yesterday that I want to post, if nothing else but for myself, as a reminder of what I have to overcome if I'm going to get better.

Let me set this hand up. I'm kind of in a hurry. So, I'll come back with another post later today to explain what I was thinking. Anyway, $69+$6 NLHE MTT on Full Tilt. We start with 120 something players. Top 18 make the money. We are down to 20 players. I can easily fold into the money with my stack. However, I get dealt the broads. The Sigfried and Roy. The Batches. Guy second to act min raises the BB to $1000. It folds to me on the button. I come over the top of the min raise and re-raise to $3000 (Mistake #1. I should have pusehd all-in). He calls. We see the flop and a scary A hits the board. He checks. I check (second mistake, I think) Well, Anyway, well, here is the hand. We'll talk about it in a bit. And yes, I busted in 20th place:

Full Tilt Poker Game #731561616: $7,000 Guarantee (4708872), Table 4 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:13:41 ET - 2006/06/21
Seat 1: aceride27 (6,635)
Seat 2: Maxfli46 (16,520)
Seat 3: KappaMan (5,545)
Seat 4: jwprp (3,600)
Seat 6: leafsfreak (2,055)
Seat 8: Danik1 (9,050)
Seat 9: CubGuy69 (9,222)
aceride27 antes 50
Maxfli46 antes 50
KappaMan antes 50
jwprp antes 50
leafsfreak antes 50
Danik1 antes 50
CubGuy69 antes 50
jwprp posts the small blind of 250
leafsfreak posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KappaMan [Qs Qd]
Danik1 folds
CubGuy69 raises to 1,000
aceride27 has 15 seconds left to act
aceride27 is sitting out
aceride27 has timed out
aceride27 folds
Maxfli46 folds
aceride27 has returned
KappaMan raises to 3,000
jwprp folds
leafsfreak has 15 seconds left to act
leafsfreak is sitting out
leafsfreak has timed out
leafsfreak folds
CubGuy69 calls 2,000
*** FLOP *** [8c 4d As]
CubGuy69 checks
KappaMan has 15 seconds left to act
KappaMan checks
*** TURN *** [8c 4d As] [2d]
CubGuy69 bets 3,000
KappaMan calls 2,495, and is all in
CubGuy69 shows [6s 7s]
KappaMan shows [Qs Qd]
Uncalled bet of 505 returned to CubGuy69
*** RIVER *** [8c 4d As 2d] [5c]
CubGuy69 shows a straight, Eight high
KappaMan shows a pair of Queens
CubGuy69 wins the pot (12,090) with a straight, Eight high
Empire Dreams (Observer): wow
CubGuy69: come onYES
KappaMan stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12,090 | Rake 0
Board: [8c 4d As 2d 5c]
Seat 1: aceride27 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Maxfli46 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: KappaMan (button) showed [Qs Qd] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 4: jwprp (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: leafsfreak (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Danik1 folded before the Flop
Seat 9: CubGuy69 showed [6s 7s] and won (12,090) with a straight, Eight high