Playing Well

I just got busted from the $500 rebuy tourney in 44th place, out of the money. I feel really good about how I played even though I didn't cash. I played tight aggressive and made the style work for me. We started with 3,000 chips and most people rebought for another $500 and got the extra 3,000 chips. I really never saw any premium hands, pocket 10's was by far the best. But I played very selectively aggressive and took down alot of pots without the best hand. Eventually I had my initial stack of 6,000 up to around 25,000 and felt really good. Then I lost a big pot with A8 vs. K 10 all in pre-flop, a hand which I felt was a monster call by me from the BB. It was folded to him in the SB and he pushed for for about 3,400 (there was 1,400 in the pot) and I called. The door card was an ace and I was pumped, then the other two flop cards were QJ and he had flopped broadway. I lost another hand KQ vs. KJ pretty much all-in pre flop against another shorter stack and all of the sudden found myself being rather short. I got my money all-in with the nut straight but my opponent filled up on the river and I was out of the tournament. No worries though, it's all about making the right plays and that is what I did tonight. Tomorrow is a $1,000 buy in tourney that i think I may play in.

Shannon and another friend I've met here named Cody are still in the tournament. Shannon has around $60,000 in chips and is leading the tournament, the kid is just sick good. I'll update on how they end up later. First place is around $40,000 which would be a good payday.