50,000 - 15,000

[benhoug 0]

Tonight I had a free ticket to a 10+1 tournament on Hollywood Poker. There were about 150 entrants and $500 added to the prize pool. I was mopping up for the longest time and was the chip leader from the time there were 100 people left until about 25 people left (10 got paid). At one point I had amassed 50,000 chips and the 2nd place guy had only 26,000. At this point I wasn't playing recklessly or anything, but I wasn't about to sit back and wait for the final table either. Well, the long and short of it is I made the final table, but only w/ 10 - 15,000 in chips. And honestly, I don't feel I played too poorly. I lost a big pot w/ A10 and a board 10 high - the other guy had KK. Then I lost another big pot w/ QJ and a board of Q5X when the other player had 55. Neither of these players were short stacks, but it didn't cost me too much to try to eliminate players, so I went for it. At this point I still had about 30,000 and I picked up AQ and made my only really bad play of the night. I raised 3x bb to 3000 and another player moved in for 6000 more. I thought long and hard about dumping and waiting for a better spot, but I called anyway and he had AK. I lost a couple more pots trying to eliminate short stacks and I eeked into the final table w/ around 10 or 15K.At the final table I made some nice plays and sat in 3rd for quite some time. W/ 7 people left I had 88 and raised 3x bb. The big stack at the table re-raised me 7K, and figuring I had the best hand I moved in on him for another 10K or so. He called me w/ K10 (suited of course) and a 10 hit on the flop. I guess I can't complain as I made $98.50 for my effort, but it still left me with a sour taste in my mouth - to bleed off that many chips.Has anyone else ever bled off this many chips without making too many glaring mistakes?

[KDawgCometh 2]

yeah, these things can happen. Its just one of those, what can I do things. On the ten high flop you had TPTK, guy probably slowplayed the KK, what can you do, nothing. It happens, as long as you felt you made good decisions then alls good