How to donk your way right out of a tournament
Well, I just finished 12th in a 900+ player multi-table tournament and I am so mad I could just spit. Why am I mad? I was the chip leader with about 27 people left and I lost all my chips on two hands, pocket deuces and pocket treys.
I am such a donkey! I had such a good run of cards. I hit five or six sets during the tournament, twice on the river to stay alive. I know that in order to win one of these big tournaments you have to get lucky. Well I got lucky and then I gave it all away. I was given a chance to win and I let it slip away. I made $36 for 12th, while 1st place paid a little over $1000. What a difference a few spots makes.
Well I might as well tell you all how I dropped the ball. The blinds were like 2000-4000 with a 300 ante I think. I was doing some stealing when I could. I was raising to 10,000 chips everytime I entered a pot. I felt this was big enough to take down the pot most of the time, while being small enough to get away from. Well, one of the other players picked up on this and commented on it. A few hands later I picked up Queen-Ten in middle position and I bumped it to 10k. It was folded around to this player in the big blind and he moves all-in. I think forever and finally fold. If I lose that many chips I have no shot. The villian then turns over seven-four and types some smart-ass comment in the chatbox. I hate to admit it but that threw me off my game.
A little bit after that I raised with pocket treys. Fold, fold, fold, all-in, fold back to me. It is another 35k for me to call for a pot of about 60k. I reasoned that he had two overcards and I went ahead and called expecting a coin flip. To my dismay my opponent flips over pocket fives. I don't catch a three and my big stack is suddenly crippled.
I am now down to 60,000 and the blinds are 3000-6000 with a 500 ante. We are down to two tables of six players each. Mr. smart-ass raises from under the gun and it folds to me in the small blind. I decide to move in with my deuces. The big blind comes over the top of me and the UTG player folds. The big blind's pocket tens crush my ducks and I am gone. Dammit!
Looking back on it I think the bigger mistake was calling with the treys. Even if it was a coin flip I didn't need to play that hand. I could have folded and been just fine. After that, I just got unlucky when the big blind woke up with those tens. I feel like I blew my chance at making a final table. I think I choked under the pressure of all those chips. Hopefully if I can make it back I will play better and remember not to play a big pot without a big hand.
I am such a donkey! I had such a good run of cards. I hit five or six sets during the tournament, twice on the river to stay alive. I know that in order to win one of these big tournaments you have to get lucky. Well I got lucky and then I gave it all away. I was given a chance to win and I let it slip away. I made $36 for 12th, while 1st place paid a little over $1000. What a difference a few spots makes.
Well I might as well tell you all how I dropped the ball. The blinds were like 2000-4000 with a 300 ante I think. I was doing some stealing when I could. I was raising to 10,000 chips everytime I entered a pot. I felt this was big enough to take down the pot most of the time, while being small enough to get away from. Well, one of the other players picked up on this and commented on it. A few hands later I picked up Queen-Ten in middle position and I bumped it to 10k. It was folded around to this player in the big blind and he moves all-in. I think forever and finally fold. If I lose that many chips I have no shot. The villian then turns over seven-four and types some smart-ass comment in the chatbox. I hate to admit it but that threw me off my game.
A little bit after that I raised with pocket treys. Fold, fold, fold, all-in, fold back to me. It is another 35k for me to call for a pot of about 60k. I reasoned that he had two overcards and I went ahead and called expecting a coin flip. To my dismay my opponent flips over pocket fives. I don't catch a three and my big stack is suddenly crippled.
I am now down to 60,000 and the blinds are 3000-6000 with a 500 ante. We are down to two tables of six players each. Mr. smart-ass raises from under the gun and it folds to me in the small blind. I decide to move in with my deuces. The big blind comes over the top of me and the UTG player folds. The big blind's pocket tens crush my ducks and I am gone. Dammit!
Looking back on it I think the bigger mistake was calling with the treys. Even if it was a coin flip I didn't need to play that hand. I could have folded and been just fine. After that, I just got unlucky when the big blind woke up with those tens. I feel like I blew my chance at making a final table. I think I choked under the pressure of all those chips. Hopefully if I can make it back I will play better and remember not to play a big pot without a big hand.
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