[CincyLady]

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Thanks Cincy! I by satellite structure play, I mean did people get that they didn't need to "win" the whole thing, but just play get to 30 - I would bet things slowed down dramatically when it got to 40 players.

I will plan on getting up there a little earlier than originally planned - thanks!

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Actually, I noticed that many players didn't 'get it' that this isn't your standard poker type of tourney.

They tried to play poker like you were going to get money, instead of just a seat.

Where I lived for 15 years, in Cincinnati, they had an event called the Reeses Charity Events, where the GP was 10k, but you had to get intp the ME via qualifiers much like this is, so I have lots of experience playing in these types of qualifiers.

I had warned Dog Boy ahead of time not to fall into the trap of playing poker, when it got close. That if he had the chips to coast, that he should do so, to win his seat.

Number one rule in Qualifiers (or in reality, any poker event), is to remember why you are there in the first place.

However, most up there in Blackhawk are not used to playing in qualifiers like this, so they'd try to play poker, and play their quality hands and get knocked out just short of the seat (gawd I wish I'd of folded those duces, preflop, but in my situation, I wasn't getting cards, and I knew 8k just wasn't enough to coast to wait for 2 more tables to collapse either).

Forget this lesson, and boom, you've just wasted your time.

I find that once you get to 'flight level' where you can coast, where according to Dog Boy seems to be about 50k with 4 tables left, don't even look at your hands, just fold them.

This because I don't know too many players out there, if they get pocket aces, who instead won't play them no matter what.