Ok, now that I’ve slept off the few beers I needed to numb the pain of that late exit…
Today’s game plan is the same as yesterdays: Patience. Wait for the right cards and/or the right moments, then be aggressive with them. It paid off well yesterday. Thinking back on it, there was only one pot that got to showdown where I lost, not knowing I’d lose it. All other pots were either taken down uncontested, someone being all-in (usually the other guy) with me having the best of it, or got to showdown with me holding a monster that got called anyway.
I made one key mistake in the late stages yesterday that I won’t repeat. I had a stack that had fallen below average, just from the sheer cost of an orbit, and I was waiting patiently for a hand on which I could take a stand. Finally, I picked up ATs, but there was a raise ahead of me from the tournament chip leader. After he had acquired all his chips, he was playing fairly premium hands, so I thought maybe my AT wasn’t good and I mucked it. He took it down post-flop and showed an ace, but did not show his kicker, so I don’t know if my T was good or not, but it doesn’t matter. At that point, I should have been willing to die in order to survive into the money. After all, going out then (in about 37th place) paid the same as going out in 30th.
