Step 3...

[Talking Poker]

You haven't watched me play nearly enough poker.

I'm serious. It's rare that I get knocked out with my chips going in and me holding the worst hand. Sure, it happens, but more often than not, I go out as the favorite.

That doesn't really surprise me though. Usually when my chips go in the middle, I'm ahead, so it only stands to reason that for the hands when I get knocked out, that's still the case.

And no, I'm not pulling a Hellmuth here and saying if there was no luck in poker, I'd win every tournament. I'm just saying it is indeed *not* rare for me to get knocked out as a big favorite.

I think my mistake in this tourney was playing a little too tight. I didn't accumulate enough chips earlier on when I should have. I had NOTHING dealt to me in late position, so I figured I'd fold instead of steal for a while and hopefully be able to steal more (higher blinds) later because of it. It was working (they folded to my steals), but I'm pretty sure I left some chips on the table.... Then again, you never know.