My tourney game must suck.

[niin]

8 people are already gone after just 15 minutes? That seems pretty fast for the WSOP $73 qualifiers at 'Stars.

In any case, way too early to bother with K9 at this blind level. Shoulda just taken your free turn card that you bought with your pre-flop raise and see if you hit your flush.

[Russ McGinley]

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8 people are already gone after just 15 minutes? That seems pretty fast for the WSOP $73 qualifiers at 'Stars.

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Yeah, the first 5 people busted out within the first 5-10 hands.

[sbu97]

First, you shouldn't have tried to steal here, too early. Second, pushing here on your draw is risky. The guy called your big raise with bad position, then check raises you. He could have a lot, including a higher flush draw, AK, maybe KQ suited or non, etc. I don't think you can think you have 12 outs here. It's too early in the tournament to take those chances, your not getting the odds you need. Fold.

[Russ McGinley]

Thanks for all the advice guys. I usually play tight in the beginning but then get into the trouble of being short stacked in the middle and late stages of the tourney.

After I busted 17th in the $73+7 qualifer, I won a $3+R qualifer which just ended (6am EST). I think I played very well despite not getting a lot of premium hands (one AA, one or two KK, several JJ). I was in 8th chip position when we got to the final table but I battled back.

Weird side note, the top two places got seats and 3rd place paid $317. Once we got to three-handed, this fu<font color="black"></font>cknut, with the chip lead, went all-in preflop every single hand. Me and the other player just folded every time until one of us picked up a hand, and I did in the BB with TT. He actually had something decent, A9, but he couldn't spike an ace and he was down badly, but that didn't stop him from going all-in and doubling through the other guy. After more of his all-in crap, I picked up AKs on the button and limped (he'd just go all-in anyway), and he did move all-in, then suddenly the other player went all-in! I thought about it for a moment and folded, as if I had called and lost, I would be crippled. This clown shows T3o. Other player had 99, board finished 3-Q-6-A-A. Down to about 8 BB, he moved all-in again, and a few hands later, I had AQo in the BB. He goes all-in, SB calls, I think and fold. He shows 32o! Other player had something, I dunno, but he won. Now, through all of these all-ins, this player had built his stack up enough so that an all-in loss didn't knock him out, and now we were all about tied.

Eventually, I was able to limp on the button with A9o, he limped (!) and the BB checked. Flop was 9-2-7, I checked, he bet like half his stack, I put him all-in, he called with 63o. Naturally he picked up a 6 on the turn to give me quasi-nightmares, but a harmless 8 hit the river and I won. He really wanted that $300, I guess.

Also, even though it was a rebuy tourney, I only did an initial rebuy in the beginning to 3000TC and the add-on at the break. I'm kinda proud of that, I suppose.