It's Just an Ace

I went 1 for 2 in my Sit and Go's tonight at Full Tilt. I got second in my NLHE 9 person table after being completely card dead for the entire tournament. I know people love to blame the whole card dead thing for not doing well but hey, I got second so it's not that I'm using my lack of playable hands as an excuse. I played as well as I think I could have considering the circumstances.

My H.O.R.S.E. event was much different, and shorter. In my first playable hand I was in the Limit Hold'em section of the event. I was dealt TT in late position. It was raised by the UTG +1 player and I made it 3 bets. The small blind calls, UTG+1 caps the betting and I call. The flop comes 385 and the UTG raiser bets out. I raise to isolate and the small blind folds. UTG+1 re-raises and I just call. Another eight peels off on the turn and the UTG player bets out again. I remember feeling that I wasn't playing aggressive enough during limit so I decide to raise. He re-raises and I figure I'm up against a bigger pair or even possibly an A8. I call and know that I'm calling the bet the UTG player makes regardless of the river. The river is an Ace. I call his bet and he reveals A4. He had 7 outs on the turn and caught one after heavy betting from me. Before you think this was a brilliant play by the other player but I assure you, he donked off his chips pretty quickly throughout the SnG.

I never really recovered after that. During the Stud High/Low event I though I was drawing to a scoop hand. I didn't catch my flush for the high and I lost to a better low. Out in seventh but I don't think I would have played either hand any differently.