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Very disappointing finish in this one..I took 40th out of 1919 players (yes "that" 1919)... Once again this was another weird tournament for me, that played out almost exactly like the Mirage WPT last month.. I have/play a very aggressive style of tournament poker NORMALLY, but the last two events I have for whatever reason been very very passive, and just concentrated on picking my spots..Its not necessarily a bad/wrong way to play as many players have success being patient, but its not really my forte..Anyhow..finished day one at just over 40k in chips and was top 30 w/ 120 left and really happy with my position..Goinginto day 2 I had a really tough table that included Carlos Mortenson w/ a huge stack (thankfully on my right)
And Cindy violette two to my left...now these being the only name pros, it was a very aggressive table that left me handcuffed for a period of time...Built up to around 70k when get 66 in the sb and Carlos raises it up from button and I misread his prior aggressiveness as a steal and put him all in w/ 66..His 99 holds up and i'm down to 40k..Built up to around 90k w/ 45 left when I get a8 in the bb and its folded to Carlos in sb who raises to 15k (blinds 2k-4k) I think my only mistake in this hand was my reraise where I made it 37k more to him and he instapushed all in...I think the correct play was to push all in as he would have a very difficult time making this call, but very well could have..anyway he instapushed and I needed to use my talking/reading skills on this one big time...he said "you have 66 again?" and that got me thinking he didnt want a call..so i said..you have a7? and he looked genuinely preturbed at that comment so i ruled out a weak ace and said..I have a pretty crappy hand, but I think it might be good, and he goes "if you fold I'll show" so now I know he is dying for a fold, i calculate pot there is 125 k in and I have 53k left so i'm getting the right price if its a coinflip..I say "you know I think you are the one w/ the 66" and went w/ the old poker adage of "do the opposite of what your opponent wants you to do" so I called and he flipped up 77..GREAT READ by me, but I lost the race... Looking back, I never want to get all my chips in the middle for a race and risk whole tournament, but with my crappy 37k reraise, I feel i really commited myself..Anyways..I'm out..missed oppurtunity, plenty more to come..I'm back in SLC for the 4th of july and to get my new car..back to vegas on the 9th..