Bubble Play!

Ok, in the same tournament that I played yesterday... the 300+30 unlimited rebuy until level 4 with one optional addon... Aris was about 3 big blinds on to bust with everyone else probably at least 20 times and 2 players in around 12-15 blinds. Aris was still able to eck out a 4th place finish, Nick G. 5th. Aris and Nick was able to outlast 3 other guys that had more chips than them. At least 2x more. Now lets talk about bubble play.

Some of the professionals say that when in the bubble you should open up your game more and take the oppurtunity to steal more chips. I had an experience before where I was short stack and I had to wait in order to take the tournament down. This same thing is what Aris and Nick G did. They had low stacks left and they kept waiting until they felt "good" with the cards they wanted to play and they got deeper in the money. In the same tournament I got down to about 2 big blinds and I waited and then pushed!

Now, what do you all want to do on the bubble. Do you open up your game or do you tighten up?

I guess either way is right just as long as you win or cash out deeper! lol

Good game!

40k guaranteed... 300+30...

Well, I cashed in the tournament... Chopped to 3... 50 players, (unknown # of substitutes, "if one player does not want to rebuy, another player can sit in his spot and rebuy") The pot reached somewhere around 50+k pesos.

Early on I had some nice cards and beats. Pocket 9's beaten by AK. Top pair, etc holding up. The main thing why I am proud of myself is with the mediocre hands that I played and the reads that I had while in a hand. I was right on. Tells do work sometime, watch James Bond Casino Royale! LOL

Overall, 8 hrs of play (around there) Cashed in 3rd. Not bad for a 1k peso buy in.

Congrats to everyone.

Good game.

FTP's freeroll...

FTP's $100 freeroll. Made the final table again, 1800 players. 8th place. LOL

Good game.