2nd Cash in a Buy-In Tournament

I took a look through my posts and I think the ONLY time I've ever cashed in a buy-in MTT tourny was way back in February. With hindsight, and now knowing what I didn't know then, I must been really lucky! So I would call today's result my first 'real' cash in a buy-in since I actually knew where I was positioned throughout the tourny and even had the the chip lead in heads up.

Yup, heads up, after getting through a field of 179 in a €1 freeout... I know enough now to clearly see how I donked away the win.

I started relaxing while also getting impatient right at the start of heads up, and that was a killer. I was just slightly up in chips when, holding just middle connectors and chasing a draw, I push all-in. Get called by his flopped two pairs. And bam, I'm really short stacked.

The blinds were still managable so there was no need for what I did. I started getting frustrated with the lack of good hole cards and decided to manufacture some. Always a no-no.



I think I'll try to play this buy-in regularly.