final table for GUKPT

[AgentChip109]

top 3 get a seat to cardiff, 8 left, ive just won a big pot and sitting wit 35,000 chip leader has 37,000 blinds 400/800

get dealt  utg +1. i raise to 2400, next guy calls, button reraises to 10,500 wit 8000 left.

wot u do?

is this easy pass, hard pass, or all in

[maldini32]

Easy pass.

[Dewi_cool]

pass

[Nem]

saps

[Rookie (Rodney)]

saps

yesa saps

dstrndaa

[barhell]

a ants piss or a fond slit

[M3boy]

Ive already hit pass as soon as the re raise is made! lol

[AgentChip109]

i thought so too. he showed 

just wondered wot other people thought

[Dewi_cool]

wot u do, did u get a seat?

[Ironside]

i thought so too. he showed 

just wondered wot other people thought

nah i call and push all in on an ace high flop

[AgentChip109]

no i didnt get a seat came 5th

4th place paid $1000 so got nothing. wot was most annoying was i didnt make any mistakes, just kept walking into bigger hands. when i pushed wit AJ on the button and the BB called and showed aces i cried

oh well

[AgentChip109]

i folded the  in case that wasnt clear btw

[Highstack]

Sorry to read you didn't make it Agent, but for future sat events, remember that third gets teh same as first here, even if you only have 1 chip left. Let others gamble for you and pass virtually every hand. You have no need to play table caoptain and knock out the shorties, just sit tight and let others gamble for you with their AK AQ etc. With a huge chip to blind ratio there is no need to involve yourself.

Out of interest, how many runners were there and how many starting chips did you get?

[AgentChip109]

93 runners, start wit 2000 chips, 20min clock

i know wot ur saying, i did have that in mind to fold a lot, but it wasnt like i was way out in front. the top 6 were pretty even and i was never comfotrable enough to keep folding. the JJ just seemed to be the start of many times i was havin to lay down big hands and hit a cold deck. was devastated though, never played in a tourny the size of a GUKPT as only a student and cant afford it. i think nerves took over me a bit in the final stages

[Highstack]

That sounds like agood structure.

With 186000 chips in play when you held 35000, the average stack was 23250 and blinds at presumably 400/800 or 600/1200.

Either way, you are a few orbits above average and plenty of play in most of your stacks I imagine, with the CL only on 37k. It is hard to make big passes consistently, as you need a totally different mindset to playing a tournament where you are going for the win, with a standard top heavy prize, but it is a must to be successful in these type of events.

Good luck - one to write off to experience.