Whether I am playing in a Free Poker Tournament online or a buy in game at a casino, the devastation of crash and burns are still the same.

Recently I played a $1K Winner Take All live poker tournament at a local casino. The buy in was decent at $50.00 and only 20 seats in the tournament. It was full of action and the play was what you would expect, lively.

I was surprised at some of the “donking”, but that soon settled down to some real action. After our first break we were down to 8 players on the final table. I had a decent chip stack and kept with my game plan of holding tight. I prefer to play in poker tournaments rather than ring games as I have the patience for the tournaments. Ring ... more ...