I've read poker books that would conclude that you lost all your money AND you didn't get a good night's sleep like the people who lost earlier. Was it a good learning experience?
Actually, the way the tournament was structured, I finished "in the money", and got 25% of the total buy-in (it was 50%, 25%, 15% and 10% pay-outs). I basically quadrupled my initial investment (there were only about 17 of us).
And I learned more about areas that I'm really weak. When it got to heads-up game, for example, I was terrible. I was well ahead at that point, but so much of my game before that was based on picking and choosing my battles, that I was really thrown off by feeling like I had to play every hand.
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Date: 2006-04-29 09:09 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-04-29 03:29 pm (UTC)And I learned more about areas that I'm really weak. When it got to heads-up game, for example, I was terrible. I was well ahead at that point, but so much of my game before that was based on picking and choosing my battles, that I was really thrown off by feeling like I had to play every hand.
So, yeah, it was a great learning experience.
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Date: 2006-04-29 10:46 pm (UTC)Modern poker tournaments have structured payouts.
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