satellites suck!

so i tried an $8 sat to the 50-50. 13 seats w/3 cash spots paid. just couldn't get anything going. finally got an opportunity to push back on a big-stack bully. he was raising when folded to in cutoff, button or SB every time. happened one more time when i had a-high so I shoved and it was small enough that he was committed to call with his rags and I doubled up. tried to just ride it out and pick up pots where i could. got down to the final 3 tables & just tried to survive, but here was the crippler:

Full Tilt Poker Game #5610742185: Satellite to The Fifty-Fifty (42555049), Table 3 - 400/800 Ante 100 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:45:45 ET - 2008/03/12
Seat 1: JWP WIZARD (3,930)
Seat 2: colomsoldja (6,000)
Seat 3: hayvanlarus (2,776)
Seat 5: x4fingersx (13,023)
Seat 6: jl131 (5,565)
Seat 7: Roofer25 (6,292)
Seat 9: dxg2 (3,869)
JWP WIZARD antes 100
colomsoldja antes 100
hayvanlarus antes 100
x4fingersx antes 100
jl131 antes 100
Roofer25 antes 100
dxg2 antes 100
Roofer25 posts the small blind of 400
dxg2 posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [Ah Kc]
JWP WIZARD folds
colomsoldja raises to 1,600
hayvanlarus raises to 2,676, and is all in
x4fingersx folds
jl131 raises to 5,465, and is all in Guess i could've folded here, but hayvan had just taken a beat & thought he could be tilting with a wide range
Roofer25 folds
dxg2 folds
colomsoldja folds
jl131 shows [Ah Kc]
hayvanlarus shows [Qh Qd]
Uncalled bet of 2,789 returned to jl131
*** FLOP *** [4d 7d 9d]
*** TURN *** [4d 7d 9d] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [4d 7d 9d Td] [6d]
jl131 shows a flush, Ten high
hayvanlarus shows a flush, Queen high
hayvanlarus wins the pot (8,852) with a flush, Queen high

Busted 2 hands later when my tiny stack ran KQ into AQ, picked up a four-flush on the turn and bricked the river. out in 19th place. blah.

went to a $5 SNG & won it, 4th win in my last 5 (5th was a 3rd place). love getting my favorite non-premium hand FTW...

Full Tilt Poker Game #5611646017: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (42707105), Table 1 - 120/240 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:54:43 ET - 2008/03/12
Seat 6: jl131 (11,180)
Seat 7: TortoiseAttack (2,320)
TortoiseAttack posts the small blind of 120
jl131 posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jl131 [5c Kc]
TortoiseAttack raises to 2,320, and is all in
jl131 calls 2,080
TortoiseAttack shows [Tc Qh]
jl131 shows [5c Kc]
*** FLOP *** [Jh 3d Ad]
*** TURN *** [Jh 3d Ad] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 3d Ad Th] [Qs]
TortoiseAttack shows two pair, Queens and Tens
jl131 shows a straight, Ace high
jl131 wins the pot (4,640) with a straight, Ace high
TortoiseAttack stands up
jl131 stands up and chalks up another one