SteveB23 0 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 40 man tourney with the top 4 paying and I came in 5th. Played great all night and felt I was the best player at the final table. Went into the final 5 with the 2nd most chips (chip leader was sitting on a huge stack). In the span of 9 hands the other 3 players all double up through the big stack and I basically get blinded out once the blinds get up much too high in relation to the stacks.The last thing I want to do right now is play poker as this was the biggest live cash tourney I have played and all I can think about is the money I left at that table.Somebody hold me Link to post Share on other sites
Smokewagons 0 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 What was the buy in? Link to post Share on other sites
koolromeo 0 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 what was the buyin? Link to post Share on other sites
SteveB23 0 Posted February 4, 2006 Author Share Posted February 4, 2006 What was the buy in?$55 with the winner taking over $1000.Not the biggest prize pool obviously but it still sucks knowing that you played 6 hours for nothing. Link to post Share on other sites
powerpoker 0 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 yea it does thats never fun to bubble...seems to be a pattern for me lately...lol Link to post Share on other sites
Frigley 0 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 yea it does thats never fun to bubble...seems to be a pattern for me lately...lolYa? i cant even make it to the bubble! :cry: Link to post Share on other sites
RyanLM 0 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Don't fear the reaper - I mean bubble. Bubble is no different than butsintg first or in the middle. It means exactly the same thing.How often do you bust out before the money? How often do you chastise yourself for it?Bubble is no magical position that suddenly means something. Of course your first priority should be to cash ITM, but, that doesn't mean you play drastically different. Play your normal game. Most players get too tight so start playing small pot poker (no big confrontations). If you get too nervous and start thinking about cashing, it almost guarantees you are not going to. I am usually quite surprised when it goes hand for hand. Treat it no different than you would any other placing and you will probably be less affected by it, and improve you play at that time.Don't worry it happens to all of us. Link to post Share on other sites
doublemeup 0 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I hate bubbling. Link to post Share on other sites
GrinderMJ 0 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 i get more upset when i cash in a big tourney and have a shot at big cash and jsut blow it with bad play. it makes me like crazy depressed Link to post Share on other sites
Socrates 0 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 tough payout structure. Should have probably paid 6. Link to post Share on other sites
Kangaroo 0 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 i get more upset when i cash in a big tourney and have a shot at big cash and jsut blow it with bad play. it makes me like crazy depressedI hear that Ive come third in two tournaments on full tilt when I shouldve been at least 2nd or 1st, it really chaffs my ass. Link to post Share on other sites
bascomeb 0 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Yeah i agree with Grinder. I dont get upset that much about bubbling to get last place money but I get more upset to get basically 2-3 buy ins back rather then having a big cash. Link to post Share on other sites
dead money 1 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Don't fear the reaper - I mean bubble.Bubble is no different than butsintg first or in the middle. It means exactly the same thing.How often do you bust out before the money? How often do you chastise yourself for it?Bubble is no magical position that suddenly means something. Of course your first priority should be to cash ITM, but, that doesn't mean you play drastically different. Play your normal game.Most players get too tight so start playing small pot poker (no big confrontations). If you get too nervous and start thinking about cashing, it almost guarantees you are not going to.I am usually quite surprised when it goes hand for hand.Treat it no different than you would any other placing and you will probably be less affected by it, and improve you play at that time.Don't worry it happens to all of us.I agree with your post, except for the part about your first priotity. Your first priotity shoulcnt be to cash. It should be to win. Play to win. As long as you were playing to win the tournament, then you shouldnt feel bad about where you place. If you bubble trying to accumulate alot of chips on a small edge, then so be it. You want to win. Thats how it should be.A good example is my brother. We have tournaments at least 1 time a week with all my friends. There are usually between 8 and 10 players. My brother plays a very aggressive style. He wants to win all the chips as fast as possible. Thats his goal. As a result of that, he has played a total of 8 hands in the last 3 tournaments. But, on the flip side, he won the 3 tournies prior. Basically, he plays only to win. Lasting longer is not his goal. He doesnt mind semi bluffing all his chips with a flush draw on the first hand. So, my advice is to go for the win. Dont worry about where you finish. There should only be 2 places to finish in your mind. You either finish first or you dont. Good luck with your endeavour. Link to post Share on other sites
teneight 1 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I was the best player at the final tablehighly doubt it. good luck Link to post Share on other sites
TB17 0 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 i get more upset when i cash in a big tourney and have a shot at big cash and jsut blow it with bad play. it makes me like crazy depressedQuoted for truth Link to post Share on other sites
alanstats 0 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I'm with you. I placed 31st in a tourney last night with 2500 people. I woke up depressed knowing I could have taken it down if I didn't donk off a decent sized stack in the course of about 3 hands. Maybe we can all hold each other. Link to post Share on other sites
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