Taking a shot

Today, I was looking for something to play as something a different and I happened on the $10,000 gauranteed 100+9 tourney on UB. With 25 minutes to go there were only about 40 people and I thought wow, what an overlay, but by the time it started it was at 96 people.

The last 109 I played was on Poker Stars with 330 or so people. In that one I managed to make the final table, so I had some high hopes for this one as well.

I played a tight position based game, but was frustrated with the fact that I had no cards. My PUFF was only 28 for the whole tourney of about 200 hands for me. Not something you dream about when playing the better players out there.

Well, I did play a few hands that I normally wouldn't play just so that my table would see that I was willing to play some hands here and there so that when I did get a hand they all wouldn't fold.

I definitely think that some players tried to bully me, but everytime someone would raise my limp someone would come over the top of them so it didn't work out too well.

I made it too about 35 or so, the blinds were 150/300 and I had 2700 when I had TT in LP with an MP 3bb raiser. I couldn't see just calling and I was having a hard time thinking about folding this hand so I pushed. I hit a set and lost to a river Ace, ouch.

All in all it was a very fun experience and I would recommend if you can afford to every once in a while take a shot at higher level competition and see where you stand. These MTTs at the 100 and 200 level that I have played have done nothing but increase my confidence that I have some game. Now if I could just get a few more cards to go with it I will be laughing as they say.

A cash would've have been nice, but I gained other things through the experience.