Another night, another cash

Cashed again in a MTT, this time in the Midnight Madness. I was patient the entire tournament. I couldn't hit a flop to save my life, and my continuation bets were being met by check-raises. One I got in the money, however, I made 2 bad stabs at the blinds/antes. First was in the CO with A2o, the second was short stacked (i think my M was 4) when I jammed K2s on the button and got called by the infamous Jackace. I find that I do real well in the beginning/middle stages of the tournament and I feel that I get maximum value from my big hands and get away from my hands that don't improve. But once I'm in the money, something spurs in me that I play more hands than I should. I got into the money about 90th in chips and went out in 184th. Something has to change. Tips? Anything would be appreciated.

For now, here are some screenshots.

Cashing in a MTT

Some screen shots:
























The biggest cooler hand came right before the bubble. I'm in the BB with QQ, button raises approx. 4x the BB. I thought he was real strong, like AK, AA, JJ. And because we were so close to the money and the 2 of us were about even in chips, I just smooth call. Flop comes K-x-x. I check, he checks. Turn was a blank, I check, he bets 3000 and I call. River was a J and I check and he checks as well. Now, I know i played this hand like the weak-tight player I am, but in the end it saved me chips when he flipped up AK.




Before the cash in the 17K, however, I ran really bad. Now I know ya'll hate bad beat stories, but here a HH that will boggle your mind (I only expect this type of play in the Mook):




Full Tilt Poker Game #5165528948: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (39250877), Table 3 - 400/800 Ante 100 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:56:49 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 2: MEMPHIS00 (2,659) <-----Me
Seat 3: Smyfedog (15,004)
Seat 4: opt0_o (20,196)
Seat 5: jfrost743 (1,690)
Seat 6: prissy40 (5,220)
Seat 7: sean247 (17,625)
Seat 8: 2foldornot2fold (2,979) <-----Villain (Notice the similarities in stack sizes)
MEMPHIS00 antes 100
Smyfedog antes 100
opt0_o antes 100
jfrost743 antes 100
prissy40 antes 100
sean247 antes 100
2foldornot2fold antes 100
2foldornot2fold posts the small blind of 400
MEMPHIS00 posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MEMPHIS00 [Ah Ks] <-----Big hand for the Big Blind
mule2000 (Observer): go smyfe
opt0_o: lol no one ever die
Smyfedog folds
opt0_o folds
jfrost743 folds
prissy40 folds
sean247 folds
Smyfedog: what up mule
2foldornot2fold calls 400 <-----SB limps
MEMPHIS00 raises to 2,559, and is all in
2foldornot2fold calls 1,759
MEMPHIS00 shows [Ah Ks]
2foldornot2fold shows [Jh 6d] <-----okay....
*** FLOP *** [7h 5s 8c]
*** TURN *** [7h 5s 8c] [4c] <-----You have GOT to be kidding me
*** RIVER *** [7h 5s 8c 4c] [Ad]
MEMPHIS00 shows a pair of Aces
2foldornot2fold shows a straight, Eight high
2foldornot2fold wins the pot (5,818) with a straight, Eight high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,818 | Rake 0
Board: [7h 5s 8c 4c Ad]
Seat 2: MEMPHIS00 (big blind) showed [Ah Ks] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: Smyfedog folded before the Flop
Seat 4: opt0_o folded before the Flop
Seat 5: jfrost743 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: prissy40 folded before the Flop
Seat 7: sean247 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: 2foldornot2fold (small blind) showed [Jh 6d] and won (5,818) with a straight, Eight high



Yeh, thats right. He calls off his stack with J6o. Thats worse than my play to Mook with K10. Has to be the most frustrating thing ever, and for this I am sorry Mookie. I guess that's FullTilt's way of saying "What goes around, comes around."

The Mook

So close.

And for those of you counting, thats 2 final tables in 2 appearances in the Mook. Better luck next time.

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