first FT, 3rd

I finally made a final table, and I'm very proud of myself to have had the patience to last this long.

The following HH contributed to my chips which may have had an impact on my finish overall, you all may laugh at this play but it's something mischman could appreciate.and just to explain, it was a bluff that turned a hand.

PokerStars Game #8564349320: Tournament #43327175, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (1000/2000) - 2007/02/22 - 07:24:52 (ET)
Table '43327175 41' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: papasmurf420 (102397 in chips)
Seat 3: imabolwer (30699 in chips)
Seat 4: senna4ever (38896 in chips)
Seat 6: Senlac66 (48173 in chips)
Seat 8: dojdoj74 (24637 in chips)
Seat 9: Orion469 (51790 in chips)
papasmurf420: posts the ante 100
imabolwer: posts the ante 100
senna4ever: posts the ante 100
Senlac66: posts the ante 100
dojdoj74: posts the ante 100
Orion469: posts the ante 100
dojdoj74: posts small blind 1000
Orion469: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Orion469 [5d 6h]
papasmurf420: folds
imabolwer: folds
senna4ever: folds
Senlac66: folds
dojdoj74: calls 1000
Orion469: raises 4000 to 6000
dojdoj74: raises 4000 to 10000
Orion469: calls 4000
*** FLOP *** [4c Kh 7c]
dojdoj74: bets 10000
Orion469: calls 10000
*** TURN *** [4c Kh 7c] 8♠
dojdoj74: bets 4537 and is all-in
Orion469: calls 4537
*** RIVER *** [4c Kh 7c 8s] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dojdoj74: shows [As Ah] (a pair of Aces)
Orion469: shows [5d 6h] (a straight, Four to Eight)
Orion469 collected 49674 from pot

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Very nice going there - congrats on the placing

and a 5hr game double congrats

good one shine

eeeeekkk, 5 hours, see what you mean about patience ;-)

Anno...your avatar scares me...

Very nice, Shiney (you don't mind if I call you Shiney, do you? )! Wow. 5+hours. That's quite an accomplishment. I don't have the time (or the patience) to play in those big games. Good job!

Well done!!!

How would you describe the way you played.

I know that in the main, regardless of the site, when I hit a final table I have played TAG all of the way through.

I don`t know what you think but I feel you need the following to win/ place high in a tourny

• Good run of cards
• To have muffed someone in a big showdown at least once (your AJ beats their AK)
• To have caught a massive flop when u checked the big blind.
• Made a `pot odds` call and caught.

What do you think???

very nice result!!! Congrats shine!

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee shinedown!!!!and his avatar scares me to JQ

very nice shinedown

Well done shinedown. Out of curiosity, how many coin flips did you have to win? Not saying that's your style or anything. Just in my experience I find myself usually having to win at least 1 big 1 to get up there like that.

WTG Shine Heres to many more and more and more

I agree 100% with this and more!!!

Well done shinedown

Here's to many more!