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Psyched- sorta - finished 8th out of 120ish. $75+15 tourney top 9 pay. I must say it was a lot of fun. Started with 5k in chips, blinds increase every 20 minutes. I was surprised at the aggressiveness of people early, but blinds do increase rather fast. Caught some good hands, flopped a nut flush to win a biggie. Then it became a game of stealing and more stealing. Definitely needed some luck as my AK steals were called and held up.
Of course when the final 10 was set, there was one guy out of 10 who wouldn't throw in $10 so that the one eliminated in 10th gets buy-in back. Always a party pooper who doesn't deal ever- he went out in 5th or 6th. I went all in with QJos with 36k left and 20k BB and 10k SB only two away - lost to AK suited. All that work for $128 profit! Damn if only I had a few more chips cause 2nd,3rd and 4th chopped for 2k+ each giving huge stack the win and 3800+. Harrington's books made a difference for me as this was the first live tourney I've played in in years. Pretty busy room for a Monday morning and afternoon.
Fun time, decent structure I suppose for these things and of course the Borgata Babes!!! (I think there is a rule they all have to look like the girl in Sopranos that got wacked but with bigger cleavage and better face if that makes sense.) oh and by the way - of the 120ish people, 10 or so were wearing shades and none of them made the final table.