i was playing a little bit of stud cash and with the profit of my mornings work i decided to have a dip at a tourney on gala poker, i played in a $5 nlhe freezeout. i decided to play ubertight and waited for hands to start off with and when i make the final table i would use that image to good use, about hand 12 i was dealt kd kh on the button and raised to 60(3bb), the bb called, a flop of qh

and he raised, i reraised, he shoved and i called, the kings held againsed his qs ts and i was shouting shipment. hand 20ish i found ak utg, i raised and a short stack went ott for 600, i called and he showed k10, a ten on the river doubled him up but oh well, still had 2400. hand 25 i had

so i raised, got reraised so i folded, he show aces voluntry, phew, hand 29ish i had ad tc utg, i raised 3bb(120) got a call from the big blind, flop was

, check check, turn was

, he bet, i reraise and he instafolds, now up to 2900. lots of hands folded until hand 60ish when i found

, i limped in mid position, the button raises, the big blind shoves, i wimply fold, the button calls with jh jd against ad tc, a

on the river makes me boil over but the jacks held and we lost another player. i was on the bb with the powerhouse

:

:, lots of limpers and i check, the flop was :

:

, i fire a big bet and get called by a short stack who had kc ks and i knock him out and i was shouting shipment again. the next hand i undo all my good work with

on the small blind, its folded to me and i raise 3bb(300), the bb calls, a flop of ad

ac saw me fire a 600 bet, he calls, the turn was a blank

, i fire a 1000 bet and he calls, the river was :

:, i check and he checks, he had ah :

: and i was down to 1600. a few hands later i was utg with

, i shoved(on tilt) with my 1600(the blinds were 50, 100) and the sb calls for his 600 with k9 and the bb called with a10, a board of qc

saw the ace kicker win the hand and i was counterfeited. i was screaming ffs as i did fancy doing well in that tournament. i didnt need my tight image for the final table as i was out in 288th out of 692 players. never mind, i will be trying later.