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Old 08-01-2005, 05:44 PM     Post subject: Disapointing Performance in Sat's Million Dollar Tourney #1 (permalink)  
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The most frustrating part (to me) in dealing with these online, high stakes, poker tourneys is the limitted stack you have to work with. My poker back ground is Live 4/8 and live multi-table (typically around 30-40 entries) tournaments. In tournament play I'm used to working with 5k in chips or so , not the 1,500 chips received in Sats Guaranteed Million (though I had been practicing on cheaper online tournaments). My worst fears came true. Early on in the tournament I played an AJ Suited Clubs, the flop showed 2 clubs and a Q. Ended up losing the hand after my opponent bet big after the turn. Thought it was early to gamble on a club but did lose a small portion of my stack. A few hands later I'm dealt QQ...I raised 4x bb ($120). The Button is the only one to call me. Flop Comes out A33, I bet $200 and my opponent goes all-in. I'm obvioulsy putting him on an A (I'm guessing AK) thus I again I go tentative and fold. My $1500 stack is nearly half gone mostly due to the fact I played AJ suited (I had a top 10 list of hands I'd only play, bent the rules on the AJ and payed)

I survived for quite a while after that, taking a few small pots...Until this big hand...I'm big blind and get dealt a 77. Everyone folds except for the small blind (who according to Poker Office had played the flop nearly 60% of the time). He raises me to $400 ($200/100 blind). My guess was the aggressive player was trying to steal the pot...Thus with my semi decent 7-7 I put him all-in roughly $800 chip raise. The loser calls me with a AJ offsuit and of course the A comes out on the flop. I'm toasted in the biggest tournament of my life. It was horrible...Like hooking up with the most incredible women and getting off too early. Good news, I went to play a live tourney that night and finished 4th and in the Money winning 3x my buy-in ($150).
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