Poker tournament 2
Went off and played another poker tournament.
I was a lot less nervous, and took a few more risks.. It seemed to pay off, because I managed to come FOURTH overall! (Out of 40-50 entrants)
Unfortunately, 4th place netted me... an official keyring. If I'd made it to three, at least I would have been taking home a few bottles of wine. Heh.
I doubt I'll get so lucky next time, but still, it makes me happy for now :)
PS. Thanks to Pete for some advice.
The thing I saw myself doing wrong a few times was that I was still folding when a player with 5x my stack was going all in.. even though I KNEW he probably had nothing, I kept folding rather than risk it.. He ended up going out before I did in the end, but it was someone else who took his huge stack, and meanwhile I'd been whittled down to next to nothing, and had to double up several times to come back.
All good fun, but I didn't realise how long it had been going on until I got home.. Took just over three and a quarter hours..
I was a lot less nervous, and took a few more risks.. It seemed to pay off, because I managed to come FOURTH overall! (Out of 40-50 entrants)
Unfortunately, 4th place netted me... an official keyring. If I'd made it to three, at least I would have been taking home a few bottles of wine. Heh.
I doubt I'll get so lucky next time, but still, it makes me happy for now :)
PS. Thanks to Pete for some advice.
The thing I saw myself doing wrong a few times was that I was still folding when a player with 5x my stack was going all in.. even though I KNEW he probably had nothing, I kept folding rather than risk it.. He ended up going out before I did in the end, but it was someone else who took his huge stack, and meanwhile I'd been whittled down to next to nothing, and had to double up several times to come back.
All good fun, but I didn't realise how long it had been going on until I got home.. Took just over three and a quarter hours..