[Harv72b]

Multi-table tournaments are the highest variance form of poker that there is, or at least that's commonly played. Even world champions go months or sometimes years without significant cashes, and just about all of the top pros you see on tv have experienced at least one losing calendar year. The more players you add to the field, the lower you chances of winning become, no matter how good you are. You aren't supposed to cash every time, let alone win.

I completely understand feeling disappointed over "only" finishing 44th. The first (and so far only) Sunday Million that I played on Stars, I cashed in. But I only made it into the first payout tier, and it was indeed a bad beat that killed me. Even though I tried to remind myself that I did much better than I'd expected to, and turned a profit for the tournament, I was (still am, truthfully) very disappointed that I didn't cash a bigger win. But that's just part of the game.

Go through the hand histories from that tourney you cashed in, and look at the hands you played. Instead of focusing on the negative (getting knocked out shy of the big money), focus instead on how well you played each hand. Look for spots where you could have won a few more chips, or lost a few less. Also look for pots where you were the one who sucked out on someone (you can't win a MTT without doing that). Try and take the natural disappointment & turn it into something positive, namely identifying your mistakes and working to correct them in the future.

Trust me, no matter how long you play & no matter how much you win, there will always be more mistakes to correct. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]