Don't worry! There are still complete donks at higher levels too:
Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t20/t40
10 players
Stack sizes:
UTG: t2000
UTG+1: t2616
UTG+2: t2000
MP1: t2000
MP2: t2000
Hero: t1980
CO: t1240
Button: t2800
SB: t1880
BB: t1484
Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is MP3 with
3 folds, MP1 calls t40, MP2 folds, Hero calls t40, CO folds, Button raises to t175, 2 folds, MP1 calls t135, Hero calls t135.
Flop: (t585, 3 players)
MP1 checks, Hero checks, Button bets t65, MP1 calls t65, Hero raises to t800, Button raises all-in t2560, MP1 folds, Hero calls all-in t1005.
Uncalled bets: t755 returned to Button.
Turn: (t4260, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t4260)
River: (t4260, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t4260)
Results:
Final pot: t4260
He had A2. No hearts.
I've tried to move up to the $33s a few times now, and each time i've encountered a terrible downswing - this time seems to be going well tho, many thanks to players like these