Close But No Cigar

Well, I played in three tournaments today on Poker Stars and all three had very positive results but all three were slightly shy of the real goods.

The first one was a $2 + .20 NL Hold Em Triple Shootout to the Sunday Million. I dominated my first two sit-n-go tables and was the 1st victor out of all tables both times. I accumulated chips early due to some nice aggressive play then used my superior chip stack to good advantage. Unfortunately, I went stone cold card dead at the final table and when I did try to pick up some blinds and antes to stay alive I ran into hands and unfortunately finished 5th. A strong tournament but a slightly disappointing result.

The second one was a $5 + .50 NLHE multi tournament with 1011 entrants. I ran a very strong tournament and was 1st overall in chips when we hit the money with 195 left. I stayed strong but ran into a superior hand when my top set got beat by quads and left me with less than $20k in chips with the blinds at $1/$2 thousand. I never recovered and ended up finishing 59th overall. Even despite not making it deeper, I can't be disappointed with the way I played at all and am happy with the outcome.

The third one was the $4 sit-n-go multi that runs constantly and tops out at 180 players. I was playing all three tournaments simultaneously and at one point I had just finished beating my second table in the triple shootout game and was chip lead in both this tournament and the $5 one so I was flying pretty high. My placement in this tournament was much stronger than the other as I finished up 4th overall. As with the $5 tournament I played very strong and aggressive and was awarded well with chips. The only thing I would say is at the final table I got a little bit too loose with hand selection and that cost me but still a very strong finish.