Yea it felt more card dead in the moment and I did have a rush after dinner of AQ, AK, KK, AA in one orbit ... I was just down to 10k at that point and the results were a allin chop v AJ, raise and take utg, 3bet btn v ep and win on the flop, bb defended and folded flop. But when I opened a medium hand we went 3-4 ways to the flop and I bricked, and that happened a lot. But yea I wouldnt be complaining if I bagged even a starting stack
Sometimes it just isnt your day... On the Friday afterwards I decided to play Razz since I was so good at making bad hands and ended up cashing .
First hand is close, probably a mistake. I tend to agree that people are under aggro for their tourney life in a big event like this but I also just thought he could have JTo, J8s and several pair+fd combos and even a hand like AA or AK thats "springing the trap". He had been getting sucked out on a lot and paying off and I thought he would overplay medium value to "protect his hand" from the draws, but maybe thats only something recs do in the $1700s and lower that Im used to.
Second hand I agree is a mistake and in the moment was the one hand that I was certain I misplayed.
Third hand, Im surprised to see people say fold but I was certain in the moment that jamming was a punt vs those ranges. The bb was a loose rec so I knew we were going 4 ways to flop, seems like a decent setmine spot despite only 22bb and we sometimes win other ways.