adampad
06-06-2005, 03:31 AM
I was playing a $15 MTT at Bodog that included 271 people. I played tight and was making big chunks of chips at a time when I caught. I was lucky enough to not catch any bad beats too. I was near the chip lead for most of the tourny and then it started getting tough as the blinds kept rising and my cards weren't coming any longer. I was about average stacked when I got to the money (27 places paid). Then I loosened up and started loosing. I had to tighten up again and played a :4s: :7h: in the small just because quite a few people limped in. The flop came :7d: : :qh: :qc:. I checked while one person bet the min. I called him down and beat his :ad: :kd:. It gave me enough chips to stay around . I was starting to focus on 18th because of another jump in the pay schedule and people keeping getting knocked out. I found myself at the final table and mangaged to scave off defeat until half the table was gone. I made a play to steal blinds and got called by pocket 8s. I made $300 for 5th! Its a great feeling making it so far into one of these things. Someday I'll win one........