I've bubbled the last two buy-ins at PDC and all I can say is that as long as I was all-in with the best of it I am happy. I was all-in last night with 99. Two others joined the fun and I was up against 88 and 67offsuit. I couldn't ask for a better way to triple up. Unfortunately the the river gave the 67 a straight and I was gone. I am okay with where I finished for two reasons. First I picked my spots carefully during the game, since I didn't have many great hands, and ended up making the final four. Secondly it took a bad beat to knock me out. So all in all I am happy. The bad beat stung for a while and losing my hold on first place sucks but I still managed to earn some points...and a free buy-in for being the bubble again.

So basically I would just say to step back and check out some hand histories, see what you could have done differently but also see what you did well, it helps take the sting away. Hope that helps.