Tourney Analysis

Well that's another twist to the talew, which has not really been explored - I had the best hand. So I had an edge. I believe three things here.......

At THAT stage of a tourney - 14 left? - you MUST exploit ANY edge, however small.

I BELIEVED I was ahead, so the chips must go in.

It's impossible, after the event, to recreate the ambience & "feel" of the table. You just HAVE to go with your gut feel. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF IT IS WRONG. I still believe it was the right play, even though I got busted. And I WAS right - but I got outdrawn. Thats part & parcel of poker. And this was my point, my question. A year ago, in Southampton, I put QQ down FOUR times in one comp, twice AA was shown, once KK was shown, once AK was shown. Eventually, & inevitably, I ended up moving in with a bag of spanners, forced to do so by a dwindling stack & rising blinds, & got busted. Those days have gone for this laddo. Hence Helsinki (30 minutes) & blonde Bash (3 hands). OK, maybe the lairy dial has gone too far the other way, but fear of losing early has finally gone, & I feel better for it. On my second tranche of chips on Saturday at blonde Bash, I flopped top two pair, & it was obvious from the betting that my opponent, Jen, had an overpair. She set me in, it took half a nanasecond for me to call. She had an overpair, but then hit runner runner quads. Did I mind? Not at all. At last, I am making these plays early in a tourney, something I never used to be able to do.

Which brings us neatly back to the original question. Never mind the hand analysis, what about the tourney analysis. 14 left, 2 deep-stacked bullies likely to Final, I want a stack that I can defend with, & attack with. So it's my view that I HAD to take that treble up opportunity with QQ. Fo me, it don't get any better than that opportunity, & if Simon misses his 6 outer, I'm in shape to win the comp. Well, finish 2nd......