Personally Im happy the way I played it just not the outcome
Local pub league regional final. 10k starting stack, 130 runners, 90 left, top 10 paid (£500 for first from £10 buy in), top 12 get seat to national freeroll final with around £2.5k for first in a months time
after building up to 32k, top 10 in chips, this happens
Blinds 200/400 (no ante)
I"ve been opening-3 betting lots of speculative hands in position. Mostly against very bad players but rarely get to showdown. When it has I"ve always had a big hand like top 2 pair, set/trips or better and managed to do move like
Check raises all in etc
I"m in sb with ace 10 diamonds and a very tight player opens to 800 he has about 25k and is only one at table that can damage my stack effectively as everyone else has less than 8-10k.
Folds to me and I don"t like raising or folding this deep in chips so I call (1st mistake?)
Flop q j 7 with q and 7 diamonds
Ive already decides to check raise with my gunshot and flush draws (?)
I check and opponent over bets 4k into the pot. He"s done this alot with single pair and I auto shove all in thinking he has enough fold equity (?)
Villian tanks for a good minute at least and calls with kj but says "you have a set right?, that"s how you"ve played them before?" and I turn over my drawing hand and miss everything.
Thought? Had I won that i was clear chip leader of the tourney!