For most players, busting a poker tournament is an emotional experience. It’s the point where players — no matter how well they played — must accept the fact that their tournament life is over.
Sometimes it doesn’t hurt much (maybe you were short for a long time, or got it in preflop with aces and had them cracked — what else were you going to do?), but other times it stings like a son of a bitch (maybe you were second in chips and busted to the chip leader, or a complete donkey made a foolhardy move and got lucky).