Heres how I got knocked out of one of my sattys:

PokerStars Game #16044119636: Tournament #81228028, $1.00+$0.10 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2008/03/17 - 12:09:01 (ET)
Table '81228028 4' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: VeryMoonFunk (3360 in chips)
Seat 3: pontiac (4530 in chips)
Seat 4: mikie6906 (8140 in chips)
Seat 5: ramikh _ (3081 in chips)
Seat 7: DuffTheBluff (1230 in chips)
Seat 8: TiFra08 (2360 in chips)
Seat 9: rainer36 (5939 in chips)
DuffTheBluff: posts small blind 75
TiFra08: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to VeryMoonFunk [Ah Ad]
rainer36: calls 150
VeryMoonFunk: raises 300 to 450
pontiac: folds
mikie6906: calls 450
ramikh _: folds
DuffTheBluff: calls 375
TiFra08: calls 300
rainer36: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [3s Jd 2s]
DuffTheBluff: checks
TiFra08: checks
rainer36: checks
VeryMoonFunk: bets 1050
mikie6906: raises 1050 to 2100
DuffTheBluff: folds
TiFra08: folds
rainer36: folds
VeryMoonFunk: raises 810 to 2910 and is all-in
mikie6906: calls 810
*** TURN *** [3s Jd 2s] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [3s Jd 2s 2d] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
VeryMoonFunk: shows [Ah Ad] (two pair, Aces and Deuces)
mikie6906: shows [Ts As] (a flush, Ace high)
mikie6906 collected 8070 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8070 | Rake 0
Board [3s Jd 2s 2d Qs]
Seat 1: VeryMoonFunk showed [Ah Ad] and lost with two pair, Aces and Deuces
Seat 3: pontiac folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: mikie6906 showed [Ts As] and won (8070) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: ramikh _ (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: DuffTheBluff (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: TiFra08 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: rainer36 folded on the Flop


To keep getting unlucky like this is pretty frustrating, but then I look back to last summer where I made a good amount of $$ in tourneys and it makes me feel a little better.

I was thinking about this yesterday and I think maybe I play better when the weather is nice and I can go outside and relax/work out and then come back to poker. Having to pretty much stay inside during the cold winter months affects my game somehow. I think it would greatly benefit me/my game to figure out what I'm doing wrong during these months. At first I thought I was just running bad, but this has continued for awhile, and I'm starting to think its something more than just being unlucky.

The weather is getting nice outside and I'm excited to see if I am as successful as last summer. Wishful thinking I guess, but maybe I'm onto something! I havent really won anything substantial since I earned $712 for 5th in a Daily Double in November. 4 months later and I feel I'm due.

All my thoughts for now.

-Adam