[Omaha8sPoker]

I just think that these tourneys are a lot easier to play if you are able to chip up early...I am willing to gamble early in order to accumulate chips so that in the middle stages of a tourney I can take a coinflip or the worst of a 55:45 to 60:40 hand against a short stack and if I lose I won't be crippled...

An example...I called a pot sized bet with 2345 on a flop of A7T in position, as did another person so we were 3 way headed to the turn...Turn peeled off a 6 and I called another pot sized bet which got the pot HU to the river...The river peeled off a Broadway card and the guy who was betting the whole way checked to me...I fired out pot and he mucked calling me a "donk"...But in playing it like that I was able to add almost 50% to my stack early on...Would I call this flop in a cash game?? Most likely not, but in a tourney I'll gamble a little and see if I can drag a pot if the initial bettor slows down because I know a good portion of my opponents are weak-tight and will muck without the nuts...I do risk being quartered but its a risk I'm willing to take...