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First hand on PS, 10FPP $500 Cash Freeroll. I can't get over these idiots in the FRs, but I do want to use my FPPs wisely. After all, I did earn them. I am a really tight ass player, but TT looks good to me here. Should I have mucked or did I just get donked?
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (8 handed)
Poker Stars Converter Tool from
FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)
Button (t1500)
Hero (t1500)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1500)
MP1 (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)
CO (t1500)
Preflop: Hero is SB with T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
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2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t20, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t1500</font>, <font color="#666666">
2 folds</font>, Hero calls t1490 (All-In), <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, MP1 folds.
Flop: (t3040) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Turn: (t3040) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
River: (t3040) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: t3040
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Hero has Th Td (one pair, tens).
MP2 has 4h Jh (one pair, jacks).
Outcome: MP2 wins t3040. </font>
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I completely understand where you're coming from. I earned my 500FPP, which got me my $50 deposit bonus, and a PokerStars T-shirt, playing $1 SNG. I played a ton of them, finally having to play a few $5, and multitable a few $1s, to clear my bonus.
I was a breakeven player while I earned my shirt, got up to about another 170 FPP, then lost most of my small bankroll. I had to wait for the long E-passporte process to get another $20 in my account, so I was spending my precious FPPs, and it hurt to be farther away from another shirt!
Finally, I decided that when everyone is going crazy in a tournament, I'll just stay out of the way for a while.
Example: I've moved up to $5 SNG now, but it's not a whole lot different. Yesterday was an 18-player SNG, starting blinds 10/20, betting and raising all over the place, and the first two pots were around $500.
I decided to let the idiots beat on each other for a while, and I played Spider solataire.
After things called down a little, and a few players were knocked out, I got back in, and cashed 3rd of 18th.
You can take that approach, or else try for one coin flip, get your big stack, and then try to work your way into the cash playing good poker, and fewer risks.
With a small bankroll, or if you care that much about your FPPs, discretion may be the better part of valor.