Never Give Up!

Hi Birdies,

How often do you take a beat and donk off your chips in a bad position with a crap hand. If you get severely short stacked, remember that you have the best chance to double up when there are as little as possible opponents in the hand. So when you have the chance to get in first, take it. Q8 upwards will do.

Here is my first hand after a bad play:

PokerStars Game #21031454885: Tournament #112692637, 50FPP Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (400/800) - 2008/10/08 15:01:27 ET
Table '112692637 45' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: BigLadyAl (11080 in chips)
Seat 2: 4everleeds (8765 in chips)
Seat 3: padywhack (7505 in chips)
Seat 4: pokerbert62 (8375 in chips)
Seat 5: Mikecramento (13305 in chips)
Seat 6: KiwiOzPro (11545 in chips)
Seat 7: Tanatl0c (203 in chips)
Seat 8: logitech229 (9335 in chips)
Seat 9: Gibbonmaster (9529 in chips)
BigLadyAl: posts the ante 75
4everleeds: posts the ante 75
padywhack: posts the ante 75
pokerbert62: posts the ante 75
Mikecramento: posts the ante 75
KiwiOzPro: posts the ante 75
Tanatl0c: posts the ante 75
logitech229: posts the ante 75
Gibbonmaster: posts the ante 75
Tanatl0c: posts small blind 128 and is all-in
logitech229: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Tanatl0c
Gibbonmaster: folds
BigLadyAl: folds
4everleeds: folds
padywhack: folds
pokerbert62: folds
Mikecramento: folds
KiwiOzPro: folds
Uncalled bet (672) returned to logitech229
*** FLOP ***
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Tanatl0c: shows (a pair of Fours)
logitech229: shows (a pair of Fours - lower kicker)
Tanatl0c collected 931 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 931 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: BigLadyAl folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: 4everleeds folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: padywhack folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: pokerbert62 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Mikecramento folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: KiwiOzPro (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Tanatl0c (small blind) showed and won (931) with a pair of Fours
Seat 8: logitech229 (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 9: Gibbonmaster folded before Flop (didn't bet)

And here is my last hand:

PokerStars Game #21032210993: Tournament #112692637, 50FPP Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (600/1200) - 2008/10/08 15:28:18 ET
Table '112692637 45' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: BigLadyAl (10774 in chips)
Seat 2: kadijker (17049 in chips)
Seat 3: padywhack (5780 in chips)
Seat 5: Mikecramento (13305 in chips)
Seat 6: KiwiOzPro (18173 in chips)
Seat 7: Tanatl0c (7999 in chips)
Seat 8: logitech229 (5557 in chips)
Seat 9: Gibbonmaster (9054 in chips)
BigLadyAl: posts the ante 125
kadijker: posts the ante 125
padywhack: posts the ante 125
Mikecramento: posts the ante 125
KiwiOzPro: posts the ante 125
Tanatl0c: posts the ante 125
logitech229: posts the ante 125
Gibbonmaster: posts the ante 125
Tanatl0c: posts small blind 600
logitech229: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Tanatl0c
Gibbonmaster: calls 1200
BigLadyAl: folds
kadijker: calls 1200
padywhack: folds
Mikecramento: calls 1200
KiwiOzPro: folds
Tanatl0c: folds
logitech229: checks
*** FLOP ***
logitech229: checks
Gibbonmaster: checks
kadijker: bets 1200
logitech229 said, "over"
Mikecramento: folds
logitech229: folds
Gibbonmaster: folds
Uncalled bet (1200) returned to kadijker
kadijker collected 6400 from pot
Tanatl0c said, "gg all"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6400 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: BigLadyAl folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: kadijker collected (6400)
Seat 3: padywhack folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Mikecramento folded on the Flop
Seat 6: KiwiOzPro (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Tanatl0c (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: logitech229 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: Gibbonmaster folded on the Flop

And the result:

Tournament started - 2008/10/08 - 13:10:00 (ET)

Dear Tanatl0c,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
You qualified to play in Tournament #110274330 and are automatically registered for it.
See Tournament #110274330 Lobby for further details.



Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

So remember, never give up and pick your spots!