Failure to shove

Tournaments are dynamic. Conditions are changing all the time, so the decisions you make must take that into account. When you're severely short-stacked, you should be shoving with any marginally good hand. I failed to do this in the second tournament I entered last night, and it cost me. When I was down to just 425 in chips, the blinds were 500 and 1000, and the ante was 100. I was dealt Q5o (queen five offsuit), and should have shoved, since I was going to be in the big blind the next hand and would be forced all in. Instead, I folded and hoped for the best the next hand. Had I shoved, I would have won the main pot with a king high flush, and at least have had an outside chance of making the money. Live and learn!

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    75      79   18    27        0
MTT-R NLHE    43500  6500       9    54      77   18    23        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT with rebuys NLHE balance: $17,459,500
2017 balance: $18,391,150
balance: $29,808,980