2nd Place

I finished 2nd in a freeroll today and it felt great,I could have won it but on bad hand was my down fall.I was the chip leader going into the final table aleast 100000 more the the person in 2nd.Everything was going great I reached 480000chips then got into a hand and lost 1/2.Headup I had 183000 opponent 660000 I got Q 8 on small blind I call he raise I pushed all-in he showed K J he won with K J high.Should have I went all-in or wait for a better hand.

Congrats! Heads up Q8 is an easy all-in, unless you have a deep stack.

I think you should have waited for a better hand. Q8 is mediocre at best even though it is heads up. Plus when he raised, You coming back over the top with your amount of chips doesn't put enough pressure on him to fold much of anything. I don't know what the blinds were so maybe you wouldn't be able to wait much longer, but you probably should of waited for a better spot to make your move.

Congrats on your 2nd place win.

Q 8
Call > Raise > Push
If I decided to play the Q 8 (not sure that I would have).
I would have Pushed instead of Called.

With K J he may have called you anyways.

Hope you take First next time.
Good luck



Roller:

If you play the wrong hand no matter how you play it you may lose.

man that must be tough to come in second. i have reached two final tables in full tilt freerolls. one i got 9th in nlh just two days ago. the other about two weeks ago i won a razz freeroll and it felt great. i was the chip leader for the last 100 people and had most of the chips at the final table. then when it was down to me and another guy i kept out playing him until we both got a good hand and he would end up all in and he would win it. since i got him low in chips though we were even again. this happened like three times, i would get him low, we both get good hands, he wins the all in. the fourth time he was all in we were closer in chips so if i lost that hand i would have almost nothing but thankfully i won the hand and the tourney. it is by far my greatest poker moment!