Two value bet beatdowns

I played two tournaments last night, and failed to make the money in either one for the same reason - a value bet beatdown. In each case, an opponent with a really strong hand bet small enough to keep me along for the ride, but big enough for the cumulative amount to do serious damage to my stack. I forget the order of the beatdowns, but one holding I was up against was cowboys (pocket kings) and the other was rockets (pocket aces). As I recall, in both cases I had top pair with a decent kicker. I'd play each hand the same way every time. The only thing you can do on these occasions is tip your hat to the winner :-)

style flavor buy_in entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    87000 13000       6     170   36    59        0
MTT   NLHE    43500  6500       6     191   48    78        0

delta: $-150,000
MTT NLHE balance: $10,959,668
2020 balance: $3,937,343
balance: $65,745,353