The Canada Cup Part 2

Tournament: $55 Satellite on October 10th
Players: 32
Prizes Available for: The top 4
Prize: Top 3 get free entry to the final tournament (worth $530). 4th place gets $10 (not a misprint).
My Finish: 8th!

I was cruising along in 3rd to 4th spot with 8 players left. The guy with the 2nd most chips (about double mine) goes all in before the flop. I am in the small blind and call with my QQ. He has 99. He hits another 9 on the turn. Sometimes poker isn't fair. That one hand really was a killer. If I had won it, it would have taken some really bad luck to not finish in the top 3 and move on. Why go all in with 99 there when you have the 2nd most chips and 5 people left to act behind you? Seems like a normal raise to see where you're at would suffice or even a call to try and catch a 9 on the flop...then if someone raises you all in before the flop for half your chips you can really think about whether it is worth sacrificing your 2nd place position on a pair of nines. Maybe this thinking is why I finished in 8th??? :-)

Try it again? It seems like I am super close, but maybe I've just been lucky? Friday will be the next time I'm available to try if I do go for it.

Starting Money: $20
$55 'Canada Cup Satellite' Games Played: 2
Record:
3rd place=$340
8th place=Out of money
$20 'Double or Nothing' Games Played: 1
Record: 0-1
$10 'Double or Nothing' Games Played: 30
Record: 15-15
$7 'Fifty50' Games Played: 10
Record: 6-4
$6 - 6 Man NL Tournament Games Played: 5
1st ($23.40)-1
2nd ($12.60)-1
Out of money-3
$1.50 - 6 Man NL Tournament Games Played: 1
1st ($5.46)-1
2nd ($2.94)-0
Out of money-0
$5 'Double or Nothing' Games Played: 36
Record: 24-12
$5 'Fifty50' Games Played: 1
Record: 1-0
$3.50 'Fifty50' Games Played: 30
Record: 20-10
Current Money: $329.35