Full House
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SoCal
Posts: 906
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Great post, AOK!
Semi-Testimonial:
I suck at MTT's. Don't spend much money there, 'cuz it's -EV for me.
Just signed on at Party and they have a $5000 Freeroll for new players. I usually avoid these things, but the dead money in it was nice, and I knew it'd be somewhat limited enrollment. Problem was, I knew I could only play for an hour and 15 minutes, then I had to leave for an appointment.
I registered anyway, did the AOK math and figured with 1500 registered I should have 8600 to make the money (180 players deep ITM). It would take 22250 to get to the final 70, and 155K for the final table. My goal was to make it ITM, and return from my appointment to see if I was still in the game.
When play began, I pushed a little, and there were many absent players, so it was short handed play. After some swings, I settled down, more folks showed up to play, and I got into the game.
I eventually had an above average stack, but was only about 40% to my goal, and had only 5 minutes left to play. A couple risky all-ins (it is a freeroll after all) with 77 and AKo brought me up to 6800, just 1500 short of my ITM goal. I clicked Post and Fold and left for my appointment.
I got back home 2 hours later. I had ~just~ blinded out, 80-something-th place, and 100 players into the money. If I'd been there, I'm not sure I'd have done as well, but the combo of goals and patience (forced patience) was key to my tiny success.
I think I'll try again sometime when I have 4 hours to play. 
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