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oh well last table 3000 people to go 1 dollar entry, anyone care to tell me how horrible I am? I think I did ok for awhile....

Tilt check - no emotion - odds seem way against me with everygame lost to a suckout this morning. - Will I place on the last tourney? - avoid all in at all costs unless you got KK AA - keep tight and stfu. If you gotta wait 2 hours for a good hand then do it.

30 min in...

Still sitting just below starting stack..missed 3 flops, got kq, raised out with kk AA.

Went back to sleep..

qj suited, I should raise here with 7 limpers in front....didnt flop came 668, there goes that hand. checked flush draw on turn....bet for half my stack i fold.

68s limped in...87k flop hit mid pair, someone min raised, i called..big raise on turn fold against big stack.

a6 fold

...didnt i just say to wait for big hands why am I limping should I be limping? every limp miss is a piece of my stack...guess it's cheap though blinds are low.

7jo fold

im 2000 out of 2200 40 min in

3q suited checked in..miss fold

25 suited limped in aq8 flop fold

950 chips left

now 100 to call...not playing anything but premium cards now.

58 suited fold

qj suited gonna raise this 300 4 to act. last pushed me all in he was short stacked not as bad as me though i called with half stack left he had aq suited same suit, i hit a jack....right move? I'm not sure ?

My theory was if i fold here next time I go in ill have so little chips anyone would call an all in.

1900 chips now

610 fold

aj mid position fold mid position...bad move probably...nope would of got put all in against a rag
and qq-qq won

k3 fold

9k checked in miss fold
86osfold
10j tables limps in, i do for 100 flop 10qk lost 300 chips waiting for an ace to hit. fold to big raise on the river.
57 fold
j2 fold
36 fold
9qs fold
a4os fold

1hour gone by on break 1400 chips...woopie...guess i could be out can't complain.

33 utg, call......hit set on the turn, up to 2000 chips.
j7 button, check, miss bet into fold
83s fold
a2 fold
3T fold
4Ts fold
85os fold

1700 chips after blinds
k9s fold
5jos fold
Maybe need to steal a blind? a9 utg, call. flop missed fold to 2 raises
57 button, check to river, not bluffing with 2 people
AJ gonna raise it called...missed...flush draw straight draw board checked 1 pushed all in.
1100 chips now...

Tilt check- wtf? lol should i be pushing now with a decent hand probably yes depending on situation.
75 fold
6j fold..

actually i have 11 bb still, won't push unless it's really good. not that desperate yet but close.

710s fold to raise.
j9os fold
q10 fold to early raise
83s fold
a8os utg fold
55bb....3 limpers should i fold all in? checked hit set..flush draw, checked..i raised on turn half my sstack no flush 1 caller puts me all in on the river I call.

2600 chips
a9os fold
qj late 200 to call i fold?
flop 82j oh well didnt like the mini stack behind me.
8kos fold
76os, wanted to play, don't think i should be that loose. would of been put all in that hand anyhow.
10jos fold to pusher
28 fold
78s early fold
6qos fold
9jos button, check...57q flop fold to bet
9q os fold
89 os late, limp...kk8 flop one raise 1 caller decided to fold on turn. someone had jj, so good fold.
JJ mid position 1 early limper raised half my stack?, everyone folds.
I'm sure i have a tight image, i think i raised twice throughout the whole game.
2950 chips
39sfold
34s fold
5tos fold
83 fold
72s fold
k10s button check, miss
t3s fold
103 suited, 2 left try to bluff for blinds, and im called with aq and bluff of my fn chips..q on the flop, i check..king comes, i bet, he calls, river i push, he waits awhile and calls...then i realize wtf am i doing bluffing the biggest stack there. what a moron.

99% of the time i try to bluff for blinds someone has a monster.

Maybe thats flawed thinking, just because i've never bluffed once for blinds doesnt mean that voids someone behind me of having a hand, what a poor excuse.

oh well my reload gone, no interest in playing for awhile now. guess i'll order some books.

I skimmed through most of that. My 2 cents...Are you playing "in position"? Are you raising with premium hands if there are limpers behind you? In short, something to think about ( everyone is welcome to comment and expand on), for a tournament, play primium hands in position, aggresivly. Don't get tricky until you have good reads and chips to do it. Fancy moves in the micros don't work very well because players don't know it when you are being fancy. As you have seen, they will call you down with nothing and then suck out on the river. This is only a base to start from, but try playing more "solid" first, see where it takes you, and expand only when you have masterd that. By the way, what was the game structure?
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You limp waaay too much. It's raise or fold.

There was a hand where you had 950 left and you bet 300 w/ AJ. Easy AI instead. You need to adhere to the 10BB rule, and really its more like a 12BB rule.

You checked your option w/ 55 and no fold equity. OK play as the limpers are unlikely to fold to your tiny stack so take the free flop maybe. Push the flop w/ the set. No use getting sucked out.

It seems you had some really crappy cards most of the time and that sucks, but use your tight image to your advantage. Open a pot or two even w/ crap, you'll probably induce a fold and at least be playing w/ position. You had a K9suited i'd have played.

Yeah, I guess I don't like to make a big raise with 4 limpers with aj, aq or ak maybe only when i'm lower stack, if i had a big stack I wouldn't have a problem.

I notice I don't tend to play very tight at the beginning, theres mostly alot of limping so I limp along.

As for position if I get premium cards I don't think of position I just raise it up over any previous raise, unless theres a big raise before then ill call. if it's jj qq or 1010, aa kk i'd probably reraise.

thx for the replies so far.

It sounds like you need to take a break for awhile and work on your game. After some time and study you will be READY to play.

My game never improved when I was doing good, when I started doing poorly I always took time off and studied and came back with a different attitude.

When you are winning everything is fine, when you are losing it forces you to search your poker soul, that is when your game improves.

yep, I agree...I know already i'm not observant enough. My strategy was to distract myself with youtube or something with 4 tables so I never go impatient. Wow when I really think about things I have ALOT of flaws.

So time out for me for awhile I work a job where I can sit and read all day so that will work.

This advice is worth 1000 reloads...heed the advice. I have a different outlook on the game in general because I take the time away when necessary and study. It's knowing that it is necessary that will improve your game.

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As my father always said, "Son, choose your sword wisely for some day you may find you must fall on it".

Yeah, seems you have to read and read and brainwash yourself otherwise you fall back into old patterns.

Moontoot, there are a lot of things you can do to avoid getting bored while playing.

Take notes on all the players. Anything you can find that might give you information later on in the tourney. When you're not involved in a hand, pay close attention to the action. Sometimes you will see a rivalry developing between 2 players. One player may suck out on another and put that player on tilt, and the titlting player might start shoving his stack in light against the player that sucked out on him. It could be a good opportunity for you to double or triple up with a hand that would normally have folded preflop without this additional information.

Make notes of what hands people are taking to showdown, and while hands are playing out, try to the players on a hand. This is really good practice.

yeah, I noticed i improve my game alot the more i focus ont the table. Problem is when I'm multitabling, say tourney and some sitngo's the one that i'm doing the best at I spend more focus on and lose importance of the others.

I think I need to develop real patients rather than pretending by doing other things on the side.