So at the beginning of my BR goal, when I was hovering around $100, one thing that catapulted me up to about 1k pretty quickly was the $4.40 limit 5 card draw MTT on Pokerstars at 9:30pm est.

My average finish in this tournament is probably in the money, or at least close to it. It is really easy to cash, the play is just poor. I have taken it down quite a few times. The money is just nothing great, and I feel like I could be spending my time doing something else for better money. For 3 hours of play, I only average around $12 profit.

The thing about this tournament is right when there are 2-3 tables left, the blinds are so high compared to the average stack that it really becomes a crap shoot especially if you are not lucky enough to be the table chipleader.

I decided to play it again tonight for the first time in about 3 months. I started off pretty bad, being used to the play in 5/10 cash, I had to get accustomed to the play. At one point I was left with 1.5 BB’s. A couple of hours later, I finished in 6th place for another final table appearance.

Not bad, but I am not really happy with the result. First, it was for only $24. Second, I was chipleader for the majority of the tournament during the middle stages (after my poor start).

Once I lost the chip lead at my table when we were about 18 players deep, I had to rely more on the cards, and they really just never came. I tried to stay active, but things just weren’t working out.

Oh well it was fun. It will probably be another 3 months until I play it again, just due to the disappointed money up for grabs. I wish Stars would offer a WCOOP 5 card draw LIMIT mtt. They offer PL, and that is a totally different game in itself, one that I don’t have much experience in.

BR note: $3229.96