No narrative necessary. Here is the log from my notes from today’s tourney, the first one in over a month that I got to play in…<\/p>\n
846 entrants, top 90 paid<\/p>\n
800 left in 11th
\n723 left in 35th
\n677 left in 56th
\n631 left in 26th
\n523 left in 13th
\n399 left in 283rd (I played one hand really badly!!!)
\n326 left in 269th
\n255 left in 114th (I got wildly lucky, thankfully!)
\n216 left in 110th
\n163 left in 138th (folded one hand I should have played!)
\n142 left in 133rd (folded another winner…)
\n134 left in 107th (won an all-in)
\n128 left in 117th<\/p>\n
38 to go to the money, it’s going to be really tight!<\/p>\n
118 left in 100th
\n103 left in 99th<\/p>\n
13 left to the money, not looking great…<\/p>\n
Had a tough choice, and I asked Lois what do. There were 97
\npeople left (7 to go), and I was extremely low on chips.
\nSomeone went all-in. I had JJ. I knew that I was likely a
\nslight favorite, but if I lost, I was out of the money. If I
\nwon, I would definitely be able to make the money.<\/p>\n
Lois said “Go for it”. I did. He had AQ. An A came on the
\nflop, and I was out in 96th. Oh well. So close, and yet, so
\nfar!<\/p>\n
I misplayed one hand very badly, and then got a little
\ntentative in two hands that would have won as well. In other
\nwords, I truly didn’t deserve to make the money, even though
\nI came really close…<\/p>\n
Independently, I came third in an Omaha Hi-Lo last night, and third again in the same tourney today, so I’m up for the month (since I won the entry into the big one in August, so there was zero cost to play it in September).<\/p>\n
So, in truth, I can’t really complain. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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