Gah. I should be pretty happy atm, played 4 MTTs tonight, 3 $4.40s and the $3.30 regular with 1800 odd players. Got 4th in an $180 and 16th in the $3.30, but instead I'm pissed.

I went from having a really nice stack, with heaps of breathing room, to out in 2 hands I shouldnt have been mixed up in. My whole philosophy was to preserve my stack (beyond obvious steals, solid hands, etc) and not get carried away doing dumb stuff, but almost 5 hrs in I play these two hands:


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t6000 (8 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

MP1 (t99530)
MP2 (t164175)
CO (t221830)
Button (t148448)
Hero (t180066)
BB (t190608)
UTG (t259676)
UTG+1 (t101703)

Preflop: Hero is SB with , .
4 folds, CO calls t6000, 1 fold, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t19200) , , (3 players)
Hero bets t13000, BB calls t13000, CO calls t13000.

Turn: (t58200) (3 players)
Hero bets t23000, BB calls t23000, CO calls t23000.

River: (t127200) (3 players)
Hero checks, BB bets t30000, CO calls t30000, Hero calls t30000.

Final Pot: t217200

I should have given up on the turn, tried to represent the flush. Didnt even notice CO was still in the hand. A fold here and I get away cheap, if I'd realised two people called the flop I'd have definately c/f'd, but even so that should have been my line .



PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t6000 (8 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

Button (t121130)
SB (t155175)
BB (t134830)
UTG (t103448)
Hero (t105066)
MP1 (t359208)
MP2 (t303476)
CO (t83703)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with , .
1 fold, Hero raises to t15000, 3 folds, Button calls t15000, 1 fold, BB calls t9000.

Flop: (t43200) , , (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t30000, Button calls t30000, BB calls t30000.

Turn: (t133200) (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, Button bets t75530 (All-In), BB folds, Hero calls t59466 (All-In).

River: (t268196) (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: t268196

I decided I couldnt put her on a K, she'd have raised the flop, so she must be semi-bluffing a draw. Well she didnt have a K, she had slowplayed aces.

Dumbass.

Anyway, I collected about $70-80 all up, so I guess thats something, but having a good shot at the $900+ in the $3.30 and pissing it away was stupid.