Everyone thinks differently ..

Its been a long time since i have concentrated on tournaments.. i use to be really good in them and profitable.. today i was very concentrated in my play.. but unforunately when it came down to the final 3, my lack of patience and the unfamiliarity of my opponents reckless play in the final 3 busted me out.. player 1 "aggressively loose" switched gears and went all in with blinds 2000-4000 for 50-60k preflop consitently ..on one occasion he went all in 50k with 23o vs KQo.. and hit is 2xx flop.. prepelling him to chip lead.. it was the worst play i have even seen in a while.. but yet i was licking my chops that i would bust this guy if we went heads up.. especially with player 2 being tight and just wanting to move up in the ladder.. the final 3 looked easy .. unforunately that wasn't the case..

i figured i would be able to wait player 1 out but his ability to switch gears threw me off.. until i made the mistake of using his table image to infer his card and play on this particular hand that busted me...

PokerStars Game #6464674774:
Tournament #32805176, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (2000/4000) - 2006/09/29 - 17:56:10 (ET)
Table '32805176 9' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: seefox (113242 in chips)
Seat 5: RidMyDebts (85372 in chips)
Seat 8: The_Gamblar (71386 in chips)
seefox: posts the ante 200
RidMyDebts: posts the ante 200
The_Gamblar: posts the ante 200
seefox: posts small blind 2000
RidMyDebts: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to The_Gamblar [7d 7s]
The_Gamblar: raises 8000 to 12000
seefox: calls 10000RidMyDebts: folds
*** FLOP *** [Th 4c Ac]
seefox: bets 36000
The_Gamblar: raises 23186 to 59186 and is all-in
seefox: calls 23186*** TURN *** [Th 4c Ac] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [Th 4c Ac Kd] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
seefox: shows [Ah Js] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
The_Gamblar: shows [7d 7s] (a pair of Sevens)
seefox collected 146972 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 146972 Rake 0
Board [Th 4c Ac Kd Qh]
Seat 1: seefox (small blind) showed [Ah Js] and won (146972) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 5: RidMyDebts (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: The_Gamblar (button) showed [7d 7s] and lost with a pair of Sevens


lesson of the day.. everyone plays and thinks differently.. if we didn't think differently then we would all be robots or all the same.. the key to a great poker player is the ability to understand how his opponent thinks and use it to his advantage.. its not easy but if u can master it with time