Yesterday I played in a $500 freeroll tournament where the first 324 places ended up in the money.
So ending in the money shouldn’t be a problem. In the last 4 days I played freeroll’s, I finished in the money 3 times out of 4.

Yesterday we’ve started with 1600+ people and in the first hour I played not that many hands, but I’ve won most of them.  My showdown stats gave me 80% for the 5 times it went to a showdown.

Only one time I was pretty lucky I had more chips then 1 of my other 2 people who called. On the button, I re-raised an all-in that was called by the small blind with my straight, pushing the 2nd guy all-in also. He called me, but his 2 pair didn’t put up to my straight. But the other guy showed a flush leaving me with only 1200 chips.

But in no time I was back in the lead at my table after I made a Full House with my pocket eights and 4 guys called my all-in. Putting me in the money places again.

The next hour after the break I only played 4 hands to a showdown, but every time I’ve won. 3 times I doubled my chips, putting me in the top 10 with a 3rd place.

At the time we all ended up in the money I was playing around the 17th place. Now I had to make sure I don’t make any stupid mistakes to end up in the top 50, my goal.
With pocket 3’s and a 3 on table I doubled up again, putting me on the 4th place.
More and more people saw their tournament come to an end and before I knew it, there were only 20 players left. Now I made it my goal to get to the final table and end up in one of the big money spots.
With 12 players left, I had to make the most difficult decision of the tournament, before the flop somebody went all-in with more chips then me and I had pocket Jack’s.  I started thinking, should I call or not? Quickly made a short resume on how he played the hands before.
Because he played very loose and sometimes went all-in with minor hands, I made the call. It could cost me the final table or a 1st place so far.
He showed a King and a 5 of clubs. I had good odds .  With no king or clubs on the flop only a king could beat me if the turn wasn’t a 5. Turn and river didn’t paired his king or 5 so I was placing myself on the top of the table.

It can’t go wrong now. I made it to the final table a few minutes later. As from place 6 the money prices were pretty decent. The winner could win $80.

The first few hands at the final table I had to fold, but it gave me a nice view how everybody else was playing. And they all want to end up in the top 6 spot, as it seems they folded every time somebody made a good raise.
It was also a bit frustrating as nobody was willing to play, but that was in my favor as I played my game like before and re-raised every time somebody made a small bet or raise.
If they didn’t fold after the flop, I raised big after the flop, no matter what hands I had. They fold time after time.
I also knew that how I was playing now, somebody was going to call me pretty soon as I couldn’t have got good cards all the time.

Then I got my 2 best hands of the tournament AK suited and AA in the next hand. I was also in late position.
With AK I went all in after the Turn paired my King. One player called and he was out. 8 players left.
In the next hand I got AA as mentioned and I went all-in after an early player raised the pot with half his chips. He called me and showed pocket 7’s. After the river he didn’t found his third 7 and he was out also.

With 7 players left, the game got on a roll again. Number 7 and 6 where out pretty quick after this.
I only made one error in the whole tournament and sadly enough it was at the time I can’t afford to make any errors. I made an all-in bluff but was called. This took about 85% of my chips and I was in the last place of the 5.

I did manage to triple up again the hand straight after it. And with A6 in my hands I went all in again against pocket Queen’s. After the flop I paired my Ace, but on the river he made trips.
I was out on the 5th place, earning me $24.

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