Event #39 - 50K HORSE

[BartHanson]

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Things I learned playing tihs event:
1) Limit tournaments are a surefire way to go on life tilt
2) Freddy Deeb is a very nice guy who will straight up go crazy and snap on anybody who mildly bothers him whenever he's lost a couple pots (he was nice to me but he got in altercations with Nick Frangos and Tuan Le while steaming).
3) The level of play was way lower than I expected: Nick Frangos and Daniel Negreanu played well (although Frangos played a couple hold 'em hands poorly) but everyone else was pretty bad that I played with (either that or unexceptional/unimpressive). D'ags seemed solid but was too shortstacked for me to tell so don't interpret this as a diss of him.

4) Nobody I played with seemed to know how to play limit hold 'em (except for negreanu).
5) A few tables had a person missing early in the tournament and every time somebody sat down late at a different table the people at the tables with open seats celebrated because it meant that there was still a chance Phil Hellmuth would be at their table.

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I found it absolutely amazing that Juanda raised a 2 opener next to act with a 9 in Stud 8/better. There was a 3, a 5 and me in position with an ace behind him. Im trying to figure out if this guy is just thinking 3 levels deeper than me or if he just has no concept of the game. I am leaning towards the latter.

Even though many tournaments have insignificant play in the early levels it kind of ticked me off that it was possible for a tight player like me to be so severely crippled after Day 1. I mean I would think that a 50K entry would at least entitle you to a couple days of bad cards and cold decks.