"Someone please slap me"! Once again today i was able to get deep in an online MTT. This time it was the FullTilt Poker's $17,000 with a $24.00 buy-in. I was able to make the 1st hour with a double stack of 6000 right before break time.
After the second hour i was able to build up a slightly above avg stack. And then heading into hour number three i was solidly in 9th place with 89 player left. I was feeling very good about making another final table.
Then i pick up AQo in #2 position and raise to 4000. The small blinds pushed to around 11,000 for me to call. I make the call and the flop come Q-J-T giving me top pair and top kicker. Now this is where my lack of MTT skill comes into play.
Had i taken my time i would have just bet half the pot. But instead i pushed all-in;And ofcourse the guy calls with JJ for trip Jacks leaving me praying for a major suckout.
It's just another lesson learned for me as i am still learning the ropes for MTT play. All in all i was pretty happy with my results;But i still feel that i have a very long way to go!
I decided to play this tourney very strongly early and it paid off somewhat. I was basically looking for the chance to double up before the 1st break and i was able to do so.
Tilt has another tourney starting in 2 hrs or so with the same buy-in. I am really interested in playing in this one also. I have run pretty bad in the sng's lately but to my own fault to be honest.
I feel pretty good about the 2008 poker season; As i feel that i will make alot of final tables and go deep in alot of tourneys. I have put in almost a year of just working on getting better and learning as much as i can.
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