I was on the bubble of one of the $27R satellites to the Sunday $650 WSOP qualifier, and I was worried because I was starting to get a little bit short. 8 people were left, 6 seats paid out, and 7th place got $250. There were a couple of small stacks that would have to make moves before me, but I wasn't in great shape. Then this happened.

POKERSTARS GAME #4589484853: TOURNAMENT #22632233, HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL XII (1000/2000) - 2006/04/11 - 00:30:25 (ET)
Table '22632233 2' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: kdanielsen (15675 in chips)
Seat 3: leggchr2525 (26609 in chips)
Seat 4: danilee (50225 in chips)
Seat 5: MoosBros (8345 in chips)
Seat 6: mcatdog (23970 in chips)
Seat 7: RonW54 (74775 in chips)
Seat 8: sdplayer (35501 in chips)
Seat 9: miken7801 (28400 in chips)
kdanielsen: posts the ante 100
leggchr2525: posts the ante 100
danilee: posts the ante 100
MoosBros: posts the ante 100
mcatdog: posts the ante 100
RonW54: posts the ante 100
sdplayer: posts the ante 100
miken7801: posts the ante 100
RonW54: posts small blind 1000
sdplayer: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mcatdog [Ac 2d]
miken7801: folds
kdanielsen: folds
leggchr2525: calls 2000
danilee: folds
MoosBros: raises 6245 to 8245 and is all-in
mcatdog: folds
RonW54: calls 7245
sdplayer: folds
leggchr2525: raises 18264 to 26509 and is all-in
RonW54: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah Jh 2h]
*** TURN *** [Ah Jh 2h] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [Ah Jh 2h Qh] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
leggchr2525: shows [8d 8h] (a flush, Ace high)
MoosBros: shows [Jd Jc] (three of a kind, Jacks)
leggchr2525 collected 27535 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 27535 | Rake 0
Board [Ah Jh 2h Qh 8c]
Seat 1: kdanielsen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: leggchr2525 showed [8d 8h] and won (27535) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 4: danilee folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: MoosBros showed [Jd Jc] and lost with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 6: mcatdog (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: RonW54 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: sdplayer (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: miken7801 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Then a couple of hands later this hand ended the tournament:

POKERSTARS GAME #4589524441: TOURNAMENT #22632233, HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL XII (1000/2000) - 2006/04/11 - 00:34:16 (ET)
Table '22632233 2' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: kdanielsen (19275 in chips)
Seat 3: leggchr2525 (49799 in chips)
Seat 4: danilee (49825 in chips)
Seat 6: mcatdog (20170 in chips)
Seat 7: RonW54 (66430 in chips)
Seat 8: sdplayer (33401 in chips)
Seat 9: miken7801 (24600 in chips)
kdanielsen: posts the ante 100
leggchr2525: posts the ante 100
danilee: posts the ante 100
mcatdog: posts the ante 100
RonW54: posts the ante 100
sdplayer: posts the ante 100
miken7801: posts the ante 100
sdplayer: posts small blind 1000
miken7801: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mcatdog [Th 2c]
kdanielsen: folds
leggchr2525: raises 4000 to 6000
danilee: calls 6000
mcatdog: folds
RonW54: folds
sdplayer: folds
miken7801: folds
*** FLOP *** [8s 3s 5c]
leggchr2525: bets 6000
danilee: calls 6000
*** TURN *** [8s 3s 5c] [5d]
leggchr2525: bets 12000
danilee: calls 12000
*** RIVER *** [8s 3s 5c 5d] [4d]
leggchr2525: bets 25699 and is all-in
danilee: calls 25699
*** SHOW DOWN ***
leggchr2525: shows [Ts Td] (two pair, Tens and Fives)
danilee: shows [9d 9s] (two pair, Nines and Fives)
leggchr2525 collected 103098 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 103098 | Rake 0
Board [8s 3s 5c 5d 4d]
Seat 1: kdanielsen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: leggchr2525 showed [Ts Td] and won (103098) with two pair, Tens and Fives
Seat 4: danilee showed [9d 9s] and lost with two pair, Nines and Fives
Seat 6: mcatdog folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: RonW54 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: sdplayer (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: miken7801 (big blind) folded before Flop

Dear God, just fold. Both of you. But no, even though Idiot Number 1 and Idiot Number 2 both had their seats in the bag, they decided to get all-in against each other. Only one idiot could survive, and the idiot with 99 didn't make it. Thanks for the $650, sucka!

If any if you is ever playing a satellite and you get enough chips where you can just fold into your seat, do it. Fold AA. Don't be an idiot.