BirdShow

I felt like I was playing smart. I dropped some big border line hands along the way and made three gut instinct calls that made the difference down the stretch. With about 45 players left I made a gut call on the only other big chip guy at the table. He was small blind directly to my left. There had been a lot of small pots and nothing big for a good 40 minutes. SB has about $92k and I've got about $86k, no else was even close. A lot of guys have been playing weak hands and eventually pulling out a win because of small betting. Blinds are 400/800.It folds around to me and BB is a sitout so I'm gonna try and steal. I bump the blind $10k on a 97o, a complete bluff but at this table right now should be an easy win. SB takes a LONG time to call which is VERY unusual for him. I figure he's got a mediocre hand like A6. Flop comes out 437 different suits. Again he takes a long time but now he's commited almost $11k to the pot and doesn't want to give it up. So he bets way out of character $30k. Now the table was tight and big bets usually ment big hands but, this bet didn't seem right. So screw it, I've got top pair and I don't belive he rolled a set, or even paired up for that matter. ALL IN. I tried to mimic his betting to hopefully give the same vibe only I had top pair. He takes a long pause again, then calls. A4o. Cards roll 5 then 3. I double up BIG. This was the real deciding play of the tournament for me.That was the most fun I've had in a tournament in awhile. Qualified and came in second.

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PapaHun

You just can't beat the feeling of making good calls, it's better than pulling off a good bluff imho.

Good work Bird, hope your rush last into the finals!!!

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QuaDZaa

I have played in some qualyfing fot Telegraph, and in one day... the LUCK come to me... It was a play normally until at final table... My lucky hand: 22... haha.... flop AK2... turn A... river 2... Me... at 6th place... all in after preflop with chip leader... 22 vs AK... after flop... and river save my presence at final... Gl all... and i hope to we meet at final table in final... lol

Atticus01

nice win, i dont think i would have had the guts to make that play, but nice winn