Payout: 1350 paid 1st - $16,098.30, 9th - $1050.02, 1081-1350 - $15.58
Fair and tight play most of the time. Not able to do much chip building early on. Maybe I'm playing too tight.
Hand 30. This is questionable if I was giving up too many chips for a straight draw that this early in the tournament. I'm SB w/5h 6d. Four players limp in w/60 and I call. Flop 7s Ah 4h. I have an open ended straight draw. I & BB check, UTG+1 bets 150 into the 300 pot, HJ calls, BTN folds, I call & BB folds. Turn 2c. Missed my straight. I check, UTG+1 bets 210 into the 750 pot, HJ calls & I call. River Jc. I miss my straight. We all check. UTG+1 shows Ac 8c & HJ shows Qh Jh. UTG+1 wins having paired his Ace. I'm down to 2505 chips. Was it worth it to give up that many chips (360) this early in the session? Pot odds were good and it certainly didn't cripple me, so I don't feel too badly about that hand play.
After hand 43 we hand the 1st break. I had 2945 chips and my PT was VP 12, PR 5, AFq 50.
Not a lot happened after that. One LAG player was betting roughly 3 1/2 most hands pre-flop before me, so I tended to fold a good number of hands I'd have liked to limp in with and see what might happen.
Sometimes I seem to learn my lesson and then just as quickly I seem to forget it. The next two hands show this.
Hand 100. I have Ad Kh in HJ position w/2563 chips. Action folds to me and I bet 3 BB (300), CO folds, BTN calls, SB & BB fold. Flop 10s 4d 6h. Misses my AK. I decide to just check and the BTN bets 400 into the 750 pot. Since I didn't hit anything I fold. Maybe I should have made a bet 1st, but he did call my 3 BB pre-flop open raise suggesting he had something, thus I decided to take the safe out rather than just hoping I have the best hand or can draw to it.
Hand 101. This one I let myself fall into my old trap. I'm MP2 w/As Jc. MP1 limps in w/100, I call, HJ, CO, & BTN fold, SB calls, and BB who is sitting out checks. Flop 8d 4h 7d. Like in the previous hand w/my AK I hit nothing. SB, BB, & MP1 check to me, so I decide to take a stab at it and maybe everyone will fold. I bet 200 into the 400 pot. SB & BB fold, MP1 calls. Turn 4d. Board has paired 4's and possible flush draw showing. MP1 & I check. River Jh. I pair my J and have an Ace kicker. After merely calling me on the flop and checking on the Turn, MP1 bets all-in w/1095 chips. That is really my clue that unless my hand looks super good it's best I fold. I hadn't really noticed the flush possible at that time but I was concerned about maybe trip 4's, I also didn't think about the FH possibility. In any event, I did surmise that I likley will be beat if I make this call, and I make it anyway! :-/ MP1 shows pocket 8's (8c 8s) having hit a set on the flop. I was not expecting to get beat that way. It doesn't matter. MP1 made a bet that told me I'd better get out of there and I was unable to hear that. I'm down to 870 chips.
Hand 107. Blinds were 60/120 and had just passed me by, leaving me w/690 chips. I'm on the BTN w/pocket 2's (2s 2h). Action folds to the LAG player (MP2) who open raises 3 BB (360), HJ & CO fold. I think about it a bit and knowing that the LAG will open with most anything I decide to take my chances with my paired 2's and re-raise all-in w/my last 690 chips. SB & BB fold, MP2 calls and this time has GREAT CARDS .... pocket K's (Ks Kd). Bad timing on my part!! The board plays out: Qd Kh 6h 10s 5d. and I'm done.
One more tournament tomorrow!!
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