Last night I waited patiently for a decent hand, watching people push all-in early with nothing and getting called by not much more. I eventually start seeing hands and begin to chip right up. I get aces, raise considerably, get a few callers, they hit top pair (a ten) on the flop and then can't lay their hand down when I continue to bet strongly. I hit a few sets and full-houses and move in to the top 50 or so chip-leaders.
I probably only make a couple of mistakes all tournament. Firstly, a guy slow-plays aces and no one raises pre-flop. He hits a set on the flop and checks it down despite a possible straight already being on the board (and I have a straight-draw). I hit my king on the turn, he bets before me not too much, I call. The last card is a blank and he bets reasonably strong and I call a little too quickly. He shows his trip aces, I muck my pair of kings (one on the board).
The other was a semi-bluff that I tried to continue on with on the river. I had two diamonds and bet softly (probably too softly) on the turn when the 2nd diamond came out and everyone else had checked (I also had a straight draw). I miss on the river, he checks, I bet ... he thinks and calls ... with a pair of 4's with 4 overcards on the board. I guess I didn't disguise my bet on the draw well enough and he had enough chips to take the chance.
I fought back but ended up getting knocked out when I had ace-ten suited and the blinds were about $2500/$5000 I think. I probably should've raised or pushed all-in but I just called and there were 2 other callers I think. The board comes 10, 8, 2 ... big blind checks, I bet 3/4 of the pot and then the other player raises me. I call, he turns over queen-jack, next card out is the 9 giving him the straight and I'm knocked out 129th out of 10,173 players. Again ... so close yet so far.
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