Thanks Steve, and congrats also on the birth of, be it all belated 4 months old baby.
Are we talking son or daughter here, name? and is it your first child? You did extremely well under the said conditions, and if I remember rightly you were quite card dead at the final table? Can"t do a lot about that, I know the feeling well. As Billy said, "5 final tables, your doing something right"
Now the final table strategy for want of a better word, is a different animal. I"ve found myself fLoudering at many bubble spots/final tble money bubble spots. Even this week, with a gigantic lead, i nearly blew it.
One of the railbirds, "Englishbart" i think was at it, after receiving good advice and accolade from other Apat members for doing so well on his debut? Started to rub the finalists(Me in particular) up the wrong way, with comments obviously not much
thought about and slightly derogatory of our play. Hand selection and thought processes are considerably different, once table is short handed. Dependant on more than just your cards or position. Stack sizes and opponents current styles definately go up in priority. I for one am still working on late tourney strategies, I don"t think that there is a single right way to approach a final table. Certainly not to say I"m gonna play tight, enetering with premium hands only. Any more than one can say, I"m going in aggressive to build chips(well you can, but you can also get burned very quickly). Meanwhile back back at the German open final table, i played, and yes I got involved in some action that was needless, then i found myself as the short stack. Something that had only happened once b4 early in the tourney when i was down to 750 chips from a 5k start, and yes i got busted by 5-7 or something similar. needless to say that loose goose(not you george), soon lost them all and was out. I carried on playing my style and fought back without tilting, something i have put some work into recently. Back to the final tble, I got extremely lucky versus Chris and busted his Aces, for which i genuinley apologised. Now after the event, I am very pleased , but at the time like to think i showed decorum, as i did when i lost chips earlier as mentioned. So did Chris, took it on the chin and bowed out gracefully, played like a true gent and a proffessional Chris. Now then Englishbart, take heed, you will be at the final one day, and you will appreciate the pressure of speed of the hands, when fewer players, bigger blind/stack%. Therefore more all ins, it"s all happening fast, so think on when you next give input, causing players to distract from the meat of meal after playing for 3/4 hours to get there.
Constructive criticsm??? always welcome. You are new to the forum, and i hope you learn quick and have good success.
All the best
Paul Mac
