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I've been basically breaking even playing in $11 single table tournaments (STT) on PartyPoker lately. About a week ago, I discovered some small multis on PP - 20, 30, and 50 player tournaments. I played in a 50 player tournament that week, and was nearly the chip leader with about 7 players left when I got involved in a hand that I shouldn't have, and busted out, probably making about a $9 profit. I was the chip leader or near to it in almost all of these, which is typical for me. My early play in tournaments is pretty good, and I'm working on improving my later play.

This past Sunday, I played in some single tables and 2 50-player tourneys (all $11), and here were the results:

50-player tournament: busted 10th out of the money ($11 loss)
50-player tournament: won it! ($139 profit)
STT: 2nd ($19 profit)
STT: 3rd ($9 profit)
STT: 5th? ($11 loss)

I know it doesn't sound like much but it's a nice result. The 50-player tournament is the largest tournament that I've ever won. There were some tough spots in that tournament, like when I was moved to another table and there was a huge stack to my immediate left, and he was pushing everyone around. He went over the top of me preflop quite a few times, and I had to lay it down. Eventually I got a chunk of his chips when I had a decent hand and he was overly aggressive. I did get pretty lucky several times, but was very happy with my overall play.

When the blinds get high, the flop gets pretty damn big if someone calls your preflop raise. So if you've got AK or AQ or whatever, it's hard to fire again when you miss the flop, because you're committing yourself to the hand. At least 3 times, I had to force myself to bet there, and my opponent folded.

- schneid