poker tourney of wackiness

So I wanted to share a couple crazy things that happened when I woke up this morning and felt like playing a quick tournament. Got onto Fulltilt and entered a $2 6-man turbo. I'd been having good luck lately, building my bankroll up from $1.70 to $17.80 in a few days.

Six hands into the tourney I got A7o from early position. Not typically a hand I call in that position, but it was early in the tourney, it was only 6 people so there really wasn't too much "early" about my position, and blinds were low, so I was about to call. But I have been trying to play consistently well so at the last minute the angel on my shoulder chimed in, and I folded. Here is what happened (note: on screen captures it shows my cards even if I folded them):

I laughed, of course, at the poker gods screwing me as usual, but I wasn't upset, it was an ok fold. Or maybe not - because as I continued analyzing in my head whether I should be playing A7o, here is what happened on hands 8 and 9:




Obviously, someone was rubbing salt in the wound, and mocking my A7 fold. So the very next hand I get A7. Now I know the following facts WILL happen:

1. I will limp in on my A7
2. I will likely get raised to an amount for which I should fold
3. Knowing the events of the last few hands, I will call anyway.
4. I will be pushed all-in after a mediocre flop
5. Knowing the events of the last few hands, I will call anyway,
   
6. I will lose by a mile to a monster hand
   

Steps 1-5 happened as foretold, but fortunately, step 6 did not, and I actually won the hand.

Pretty wild huh? Anyhow I am doing pretty well in the tourney after this, I had about 2500 chips for a while, but I made a bad move or two (including pushing all-in w/ AT and running into AA) and found myself with 58 chips. I built this up to 1100. Blinds were getting high right now, because this was a turbo, I think they were 80/160. I went all-in preflop w/ JTs and got called by ATo. Finding myself completely crushed, I was totally psyched to see a J come out on the flop - what luck! Now all I had to was avoid an Ace on 4th and 5th street, and I was golden, back in the game, my comeback complete.


Ah, poker...