Gotta love the FPP

PokerStars Tournament #16213890,
No Limit Hold'emSuper SatelliteBuy-In: 300 FPP
112 playersTotal Prize Pool: 33600 FPP

Target Tournament #16213761
11 tickets to the target tournamentTournament started - 2005/12/12 - 22:00:00 (ET)

Dear TwoFishy, You finished the tournament in 1st place.
You qualified to play in Tournament #16213761 and are automatically registered for it.
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Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

This was tournament I played fairly well. I basically played pretty tight and pushed hard when I had premium hands. The blind structure of this tournament is very good and allows you to actually play poker that was really nice.

I found myself about 2 hours into the tournament in 15th place not playing many hands due to the fact that blinds go up every 30 mins thinking there’s no need to push yet. The challenges I found in this tournament were as follows:

• Acting in first position with good late position hands and low in chips. Hands like A10, KQ, KJ, QJ, A9, even AJ these hands are not great all-in hands but if you are short stacked they work fine. Raising in first position with these hands especially on a full table and semi short stacked is just asking to be re-raised or put all in. I found myself folding a lot of these hands, and limping with some. But when I see a short stack limp in first position little bells go off, either this person has a monster or nothing and if I have position I’m raising.
• Another tendency that I found was this new fad of min betting. I do not know how to react to this type of play. All of my being wants to jump through the computer and slap my opponent but what I usually do is re-raise. This is often followed by a call, and then I’m bet into on the turn. This is a strange move and I’ve see strength and weak hands come at showdown. I’m still not really sure how to react or counter this play. If I have a hand I’m obviously calling but when bluffing it’s very difficult to decipher what hands my opponent may have.

All in all I caught some nice hands near the end of the tournament (KK,QQ). I made some risky plays for blinds but what’s a short stack to do. When I see UTG limp then another call and I see A9 with 10bb in my stack I have to push. The great thing was I think people were actually watching table image cause I was playing super tight and my only move was ALL-IN. It’s nice to get some respect.

EPT qualifier this weekend geeeeehad

note: Notice in the screen cap of my appearence in the 3000fpp tournament my name is disgusied that is why it's near the bottom...hehehe

-JoSaY