Nice job. I went card dead and shoved when I had 9x's the BB and continued to have no luck.
Did you manage to play at a table with an idiot from Grimsby who wore lime green and a UB hat? That guy was a know it all retard who wouldn't shut up all day. The best part was when he busted out and told the guy he couldn't wait to see the guy at the WSOP.
djgolfcan;277853 wroteHad a sell out at 80 players today !! They really ran a good tournament, no delays in moving people, or chipping up. No controversies, no dealer mistakes - all and all a very well run tournament.
I ended up at the same table as screenman and Hellmuth's Mole for the first hour or so. Nice to get a chance to meet some fellow pfc'ers.
The player caliber ran from 5 - 8 on a scale out of 10 - Even the most experience players seemed to just wait for big hands and to get paid by the not so good. Quite a lot of suckouts that I saw, three times it was pair vs over pair and the underpair caught up. AA < 99 - 77 < 55 and KK < JJ.
The blind levels were 30 minutes, so for the first 4 hours of the tournament, you could play poker. Near the end though, especially the final table, it became shove or fold. It ran 8 hours (10am - 6pm).
I was only all in twice all day and once it was with two tables left (20 playes) and I was down to 10 BB - had TT and it held against chip leader's AQ. From there I cruised to the final table, with an average stack ($60k) and the blinds were $1500 / $3000 with a $300 ante.
Everyone kicked in $20 for bubble boy (top 9 paid, final table had 10). I ended up 7th for $672.00 - first paid $4400+. Tried to steal the blinds with $40k (blinds were $3k/$6k +1k)left with 8-4s and got called and lost to K-J.
There was only one hand I would have played differently and overall was happy with the way I played. the one hand ? had 6-6 at the final table and was UTG+2- UTG raised to $16k (BB was $4k) - I folded but I think I should have shoved hoping for a flip. Found out after, that he did have A-K.