Playing bad, then playing good, and then bad again.

I had another tournament last night at The Palace in Leemoore. I think my first mistake was I went in to confident. Those of you that know me, know that I am confident in my poker ability as it is. Now add that with my first cash at this tournament was last wednesday and I didn’t feel there was anyone real impressive. So I am going to take my seat so we can start this thing on up and I found my seat at the exact place I had the first tournament, table 11 seat 1. My first bad hand was a small bad beat, I am in a middle postition with 77 the small blind called. The flop came 8 clubs 4 diamonds 2 clubs. He checked I bet out 250 into a 450 pot. He called. The turn brought a 9 diamonds. Another over card was not something I wanted to see. I still thought he was on a draw, especially since he checked again. I bet 300 he called pretty fast which put up red flags for me. I haven’t seen a single hand so I don’t know what the ment yet. The river came 2 hearts. He checked and i checked behind him, he flipped over Q-2 for trips on the river. Ouch! The big hand that hit me was this man raised from the the one before the button to about 3 times the big blind. I looked down at Q-J of clubs. I called and the flop came Q high rainbow flop. I checked he bet 300 and I raised to 1000. He tought for a second and called. The turn came A, this is my bad play. “I Check” he goes all-in real real fast. I thought about it and mucked. I was down to about 700 in chips now. I was very happy with with my patience after that. I waited, and waited, and waited. I finally got dealt A-K. The same guy who took the big pot off me raised to 500. I went al-in for an additional 200 he called with 9′s and i hit both an A and K on the flop. I doubled up. I went back into my tight, real tight style and it payed off once again when i looked down at Q’s. I was first in the pot and raised to 1000. The player to the left called the flop came J, 9, 2 i went all-in for my remaining 800 or so and he called with A-J. He never improved and I doubled up again. I was now at bout 3700 in chips and was actually back in it. The average chip stake was about 5000 or so but i didn’t care. I started playing good and taking some pot. I even through in a big bluff for all my chips. I found myself at around 10,000 in chips. I have no idea where it all went, I looked at the Boston game, and next thing i know i was down to 7,000. I looked down at A-J and raised to 3000. The big blind called. Where I played this bad at was I think I made up my mind that I was going to push no matter what the flop came with my remaining 4000. The flop came K, 9, 8 with two heart. He checked, I went all-in he called. I remember asking do you have a king? He said “I have two”. I needed runner, runner. I din’t catch it and was out in 16th. I was happy with my patience but I played like shit. Excuse my french.