question about NL tournaments

[coolhandluke]

I played in my first NL tournament ($5 buy in at party poker last night) got second place, so I can't complain, especially after how it started. We had 3 guys go all in on the first hand, which made one person triple his money right out of the gate. People were crazy aggressive early, is this normal for these tournaments? or did I just fall in to some maniacs? placing 2nd to the guy that tripled his money in the first hand is fine by me, also, when I got busted out playing head to head, here is what happened.


***** Hand History for Game 479912455 *****
300/600 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 2879376) - Fri Mar 26 01:00:44 EST 2004
Table Table 12474 (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 4: wanger004 (4370)
Seat 8: icaneat50egg (3630)
icaneat50egg posts small blind (150)
wanger004 posts big blind (300)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to icaneat50egg [ Jh, Kc ]
icaneat50egg calls (150)
wanger004 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 7d, Th, 8d ]
wanger004 checks.
icaneat50egg checks.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Ks ]
wanger004 bets (1000)
icaneat50egg raises (2000) to 2000
wanger004 raises (2000) to 3000
icaneat50egg raises (1330) to 3330
icaneat50egg is all-In.
wanger004 calls (330)
** Dealing River ** : [ 6d ]
Creating Main Pot with $7260 with icaneat50egg
** Summary **
Main Pot: 7260 |
Board: [ 7d Th 8d Ks 6d ]
wanger004 balance 8000, bet 3630, collected 7260, net +3630 [ 7c 8s ] [ two pairs, eights and sevens -- Ks,8s,8d,7c,7d ]
icaneat50egg balance 0, lost 3630 [ Jh Kc ] [ a pair of kings -- Kc,Ks,Jh,Th,8d ]


did I do that right?

[BradleyT]

Yes at the $5-10 SnG levels you'll see WPT wannabees going all in first hand with as bad as A6s or 66.

They see these plays on TV and think the same thing can apply to the first hand of a SnG, not understanding that you're not playing shorthanded, most of the time the player making the play is short stacked, the higher level of psychology involved, etc..