17 way chop - was it a good decision

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Meh. I'd want to keep playing, but it sucks being the only holdout to a chop. If you're comfortable with being singled out and having people gun for you, then keep playing - otherwise just chop and get to the cash game.

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I think the cash game point is key. How likely are the remaining tourney players to leave? Will they join cash games with their $240 windfall? What's your cash game edge here?

Getting out of the tournament and into the cash games my very well be your best move here. The chop may not be the best move for the tournament, but the tournament doesn't exist in a vacuum. I occasionally just show up at one particular casino on tournament night because it's the only time they get a 2/5 going. This game is great. I don't even enter the tourney because it's -EV versus being in the cash game as the early bustouts roll through. By the time the tournament is over, most of the easy money has already been scooped up.

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Cash game wasn't an option. I had to leave after the tournament. I hate having a real job I had to get back to on Monday.