So Standard

[Reel Deal]

You've NEVER put your money in with top pair/second kicker on a board like that? Wow, and I thought I was a nit.

[X-Longshot-X]

Not when i play it just like i did....What can i have that im gonna play like that and not have him beat? I guess you guys havent seen me play much but i not raising the flop with anything less than AK and most likely not pushing the turn with anything less than AK either. Maybe he hadnt seen me play enough but im definately not pushing there when behind. Unless he has a set, which he woulda shoved flop.....I mean im not saying im the tighest player ever, but when in a tourney, im not calling off all my chips with TP 2nd Kicker but thats just me, in a cash game ide probably gladly call, but there is just too much i am behind here

[Talking Poker]

Wow. Just when you had me questioning if you are better than I think you are, you go and write something like this that tells me in reality, you are worse than I thought you were.

[X-Longshot-X]

The only reason im getting so tight is that its getting close to the money, no reason to get too many chips in the pot without a hand, early in the tourney and later in the tourney sure ill play KQ like this, but its like 25 till the money and i can easily cash w/o doing anything stupid, so why push it?

[Talking Poker]

I dunno. Maybe because you are trying to win the tourney and not just squeak into the money. Or maybe so your opponen't don't constantly run you over. Or maybe because you are trying to build up a stack you you can withstand the inevitable bad beat that always knocks you out of the tourney later on....

[X-Longshot-X]

At this point i had a decent stack, i was about 100th in the tourney. IDK, maybe seeing the situation come up actually in game i might play it differently, but looking at it on paper i wouldnt get my money in there