Played another MTT satalite last night (same group of people). Shortly before the final table I was the high stack (after putting out a drunk). Then when we tabled up things went south. I didn't realize one guy that was to my left was a total donkey... I didn't bet enough pre-flop with my A/K s... and he called me with Q high. Nothing hit the board and I didn't raise since I had no clue what he might have. After the river still no raise so he raised me and I folded to him figuring he might have hit one of the low pairs on hte board. Then he showed me... Q f-ing High.

In the end I made it to 4th place and of course we had a side pot that they split 3 ways right after I got put out.

I'm not unhappy I didn't win because I know exactly what I did wrong.
1. I didn't raise enough pre-flop. The blinds were up to 300/600 and I only raised ti to 1000. Then I didn't bet after the flop and let it just call around. I could have put him out of the pot either pre-flop or post-flop if I'd just bet or bet enough. It's my own fault.

The good news is I'm learning each time I play and I'm taking that and going with it. I did bet much better overall last night (which is how I got to be high stack to begin with). I just didn't raise my bets to match the blinds as the blinds went up so far. It's hard to mentally bet 4 times the blinds when 4 times the blinds is now 1/3 to 1/2 your chips.