Well, the notes say it all…<\/p>\n
*********************************<\/p>\n
896 entrants, top 90 paid<\/p>\n
I had some time to play in qualifiers this week. I won three
\nseats, so in addition to playing in this one, I have two
\nadditional entries that I can use on any future Sunday. In
\naddition, I also came in the money in two other qualifiers,
\nand made a profit on my attempt to win more seats. All in
\nall, a very good qualifier week!<\/p>\n
4 more entrants, and we would have paid top 100. We’ll have
\nto see whether that ends up being a factor for me or not…<\/p>\n
Started off reasonably well. Was 43rd early on, but without
\nplaying any hands, quickly drifted down to 141st. No biggie,
\nstill happy with my position at this point…<\/p>\n
800 left, in 276th
\n787 left, in 144th
\n712 left, in 191st<\/p>\n
Made it to the first break! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
On two hands, I chose not to chase. I know with 100%
\ncertainty that it was the “correct decision”. In both cases,
\nI would have caught the correct river card, and landed a
\nmountain of chips. Still, I know I was correct.<\/p>\n
What bugs me isn’t that I don’t chase ridiculous hands. My
\nproblem is that when complete idiots chase against me, they
\nhit more often than the odds would predict. Of course, as
\nyou see from the above paragraph, I too would have hit both
\n“miracles”…<\/p>\n
Oh well, gotta play the way I play, and take the results as
\nthey fall…<\/p>\n
586 left, in 237th<\/p>\n
I stink. I raised UTG with 99 to 700. One guy reraised me to
\n1900. I knew he had AA (though, of course, he could have had
\nAK, etc.) Anyway, if I folded, I would have had 2400 chips
\nleft, and been the big blind next hand, which would have
\nmeant being in the high 300’s with 460 left. Of course, that
\nwould have been the smart thing to do anyway.<\/p>\n
So, instead, I decide to gamble. I reraised all-in, and of
\ncourse, he had the AA, and I lost (as I deserved to).<\/p>\n
I finished 461, and I have no one to blame tonight but me,
\nwhich is also preferable to blaming horrid luck, etc…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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