Bubbled the $1000 event

It's hard for me to put in words the pain I'm feeling after I just finished 22nd in the 144 person 1000 Euro event. The top 18 got paid and would play tomorrow, giving me an extra day in Barcelona. There were lots of interesting hands, but I'm in no mood to talk about them. As always, I'm playing to win the tournament. I could give a damn about squeaking into 18th place and making 700 Euros. I'm playing to win the 50000 Euros. I had right at average stack as we came back from the break after level 12. I had 32,000 and blinds were 1/2000 (200). I was playing on one of the two 7-handed tables. I made it 5200 to go UTG with KcQh. The button looked at his cards and called fairly quickly, and the blinds folded. The flop was golden, Qc9c7c. I move in instantly for 26,500 into the 15k pot. He calls me even faster with T8cc. I'm absolutely in shock. Talk about getting cold-decked. So, I had 7 outs at first glance. I noticed that he had 2 of my outs blocked though because the Jc or 6c would give him a straight flush. Thus, I had 5 outs. The Ac,2c,3c,4c, or 5c. The turn gave me more outs. The Queen of diamonds. I missed the 15 outter though and just like that I'm out after the 5d rolls off the river. Marcel Luske and my Swedish friends Karolina23 and LittleM0lly both were in the final 21.

So, instead of being happy and changing my flight to Saturday I'm headed back tomorrow night. I'll be in Birmingham around 8 p.m. central.

This place is great, and I really enjoyed hanging out with Adam and Dave. Also, we met tons of cool Swedish kids and got to do a lot of cool stuff.

Final numbers on the trip:
May 17: +$3218 online
May 18: +$1676 online, +$140 live
May 19: +$2900 live (Satellite into main event)
May 20: -$1400 live
May 21: +$ 480 live, -$1200 online
May 22: -$726 online, -3333 live, also playing WHUPC
May 23: EVEN (playing WHUPC)
May 24: +$3200 live (WHUPC)
May 25: -$1400 live

Total: +$3557 (+2970 online, +587 live)
Hours of work: 45.5
Hourly rate: $78/hour

After the $1200 plane tickets and $1200 or so in hotel rooms the trip amounted to a fun time with a tiny bit of profit.

Not great, but I'll take it.

I fly out in just a few hours at 1:05 pm. I'll probably sleep the entire weekend in Birmingham and then go back to Tuscaloosa to work next week. My 21st Birthday is the following Wednesday, and we plan on heading out to lake Tahoe for the WSOP circuit event on that Thursday.

Goodbye Barcelona,
SS