Baloney - Just Flip a Coin, It's Quicker

Played another $4,000 tourney ($69 buy-in) and was the bubble boy at #7 exit from 50 starters. Again, very happy with the play. From position, I slow played Ax after flopping the A and having position 3 times. All 3 times, the out-of-position player moved all-in after the turn. The key each time was the flop was not scary, so when I check from position after the flop, and gave a free card, it convinced the opponent that I was afraid of the A. Instead, I took down big pots with made AA hands. This is something I will be using more often.

My exit hand was very frustrating. With only 7 players left and 6 paid spots, I suppose I could have thrown away my QQ with no money invested in the pot, but it didn't seem right. Here's the setup. I have 8k chips from the button with QQ. Early position small stack moves all-in for 3.5k. I push all-in to deter the blinds from coming along, but instead the small blind (big stack) pushes all-in for 14k. They flip over AJ and AK and I'm feeling relatively good at 57% favorite to 2.5x my stack and be in contention to win.

Instead, they both suck out on me when the board comes TJKJ2 and I'm out as the bubble boy. Another 2 hours wasted (in financial terms). Ugh.

Online Bankroll: $7,100