Don't be too hard on yourself brother, it's an impressive run.Encouraging…I made a huge fold with AK on day 3. I should have been knocked out. That was easiest the best fold I’ve ever had in poker. AK10 board. Villian had QJ. Should have gone bust.
Got it all in early day 4 with AK > AA against an aggressive euro pro. No regrets bc he could have had a lot of hands I beat and i’ll gladly flip with these pros. But he had AA.
But ultimately I grossly misplayed AA bb vs sb with 50bb and completely punted and that’s soul crushing. Makes you never want to play a poker tournament again of this magnitude bc u can’t afford to make a mistake like that and if you do, you question what are you even doing here lol
My table got very good as the day went on, tons of chips…and I grossly miscalculated how many Bb were still in play during the hand. Just completely blacked out.
Got to be mentally alert and ready for a real grind. I’ve played the main 3 times. Lots of fun. No doubt I would continue to only reg Day 2. Day 1 is just more grind on your mind body and travel. Including the day off you get just unnecessary stress / grind imho. Day 2 late reg is 75bb. This is the first year I did day 2. Previously I late reg day 1 about halfway into the day.
First year I got my stack to 300k and didn’t cash. AK < KK. Year 2 I bagged 11k after day one and still cashed. Year 3 I had a top 40 stack to start day 4 and punted with AA!
Booyah out!
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After the facts, it's too easy to be result oriented.