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soulcrushed down to 1bb w/ 15 left turned into biggest cash.

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  1. feltmelter feltmelter is offline

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    Sep 21st, 2010 (9/21/2010 9:13am)

    So I was in the stars Sunday Nightly $11rebuy, a tourney that I've wanted to take down for the past few years. So I've led the tournament for about an hour of the late stages and find myself in 4th of 15. Get it all in on the turn with AK on a AK84 board against my opponents A4 for a gigantic pot and guaranteed huge payday.(keep in mind my biggest cash thus far was $2,500) Anyways the four binks the river and I'm down to 1BB with 15 left, instead of being in 1st and crushing. I kept my composure and got a little run good and came back to be leading the tournament with 10 left and eventually finishing in 4th place for nearly 4k and my biggest score thus far.

    Thanks to all pocketfivers for their great input in PD and all the ones answering my pm's You know who you are! much luv
    Edited By: feltmelter Sep 21st, 2010 at 09:25 AM
  2. rmull rmull is offline

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    Sep 21st, 2010 (9/21/2010 9:20am) in reply to feltmelter

    cool story, congrats!
     
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    Sep 21st, 2010 (9/21/2010 1:08pm) in reply to rmull

    Gooooo Lawrence!! Rock Chalk Jayhawk!!
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    Sep 21st, 2010 (9/21/2010 1:17pm) in reply to FLIPSFTW

    Nice work, congrats on your biggest score to date. Keep up the good work.
  5. Glo4m Glo4m is offline Confess to me

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    Sep 21st, 2010 (9/21/2010 2:32pm) in reply to leedsrounder

    great comeback, congrats!
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    Sep 21st, 2010 (9/21/2010 3:07pm) in reply to Glo4m

    Nice comeback man good game and nice score!
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    Sep 21st, 2010 (9/21/2010 3:11pm) in reply to feltmelter

     
    Originally Posted by feltmelter View Post

    Anyways the four binks the river and I'm down to 1BB with 15 left, instead of being in 1st and crushing. I kept my composure v

    Very happy to hear you didnt tilt. Its happened to me often where im CL for the last 2-3-4 tables and then get badbeat/spewed down to a small stack. When that happens i like to say

    '' Oh, the poker gods want me to work for this win, alright lets do this! ''

    Of my recent big scores (3rd/2nd place finishes in ps55$ and ftp26$) in the ftp26 i was down to 1bb in the mid stages of the game and remember folding and looking for a good spot to get my chips in. And in the 55$ i was down to 200 chips after the first hand and stuck with it and grinded a 10bb stack for hours, until i hit a nice run of cards and built a nice stack.


    NEver give up.
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  8. feltmelter feltmelter is offline

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    Sep 21st, 2010 (9/21/2010 9:24pm) in reply to FouTight

    thanks all
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  9. Extramuros Extramuros is offline

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    Sep 21st, 2010 (9/21/2010 9:26pm) in reply to feltmelter

    Awesome story man, great job, keep it up!
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    Sep 21st, 2010 (9/21/2010 10:50pm) in reply to Extramuros

    Nice work, its true never give up. I was in my last tourney of a 8 hr or so session a few days ago, I thought I'll just hang in there to get a min cash at least, was on P5's reading posts whilst tightening up. I was tighter than a submarine door, the bubble burst and I waited for a big hand pushed, yada yada yada, donked HU but came second to a very krafty player! weeeeeeeeee!

    Some-one-else, some-one-else!!!
    Edited By: fredhead Sep 21st, 2010 at 11:05 PM
     
  11. Riverhorse Riverhorse is offline

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    Sep 21st, 2010 (9/21/2010 11:12pm) in reply to fredhead

    great story, way to hang felt
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    Sep 22nd, 2010 (9/22/2010 7:35am) in reply to Riverhorse

    I can honestly say that I've never remained as positive and confident throughout a tournament as I did during this one. Maybe I'm finally starting to believe all the post that I've read on here from different pros about the power of positive thinking. I actually said to myself out loud, "This is my tournament". And I just kept those good thoughts in my head as I was navigating through the mid-late stages. Also deep in the tourney I probably drank like 5 bottles of water to keep myself hydrated, and had a healthy meal. I grind all the time and have never once thought about drinking alot of water to stay hydrated and sharp(which seems pretty bad). Usually I'd drink quite a bit of Mt. Dew. Kind of ironic that the one time I drank a ton of water and ate healthy for a specific purpose, I had my biggest score. Hmmmmmmmm

    I think what I'll take from this experience is eat healthy. Drink lots of water, instead of the Mt. Dew. And I'm going to play with more confidence and have an extremely positive attitude throughout the tournament until I'm completely out of chips. Pretty sure in the long run this has gotta earn me some dough......
    Edited By: feltmelter Sep 22nd, 2010 at 07:35 AM
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    Sep 22nd, 2010 (9/22/2010 11:49am) in reply to feltmelter

    thats awesome dude, congrats
     
  14. AYBABTU AYBABTU is offline

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    Sep 22nd, 2010 (9/22/2010 11:59am) in reply to feltmelter

     
    Originally Posted by feltmelter View Post

    I think what I'll take from this experience is eat healthy. Drink lots of water, instead of the Mt. Dew. And I'm going to play with more confidence and have an extremely positive attitude throughout the tournament until I'm completely out of chips. Pretty sure in the long run this has gotta earn me some dough......

    ^^^^
    This!
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