Yeah it's heartbreaking getting that close to the BIG $ (like just 7th place over 8th would've been like $200 more) but still nice when you realize the amount of $ you still get for any good placing.

Just sucks I did so awful in everything else, including a few placements losing JUST before winning any $. Those are definitely the worst, when like 21 people win and you end up in 23rd place etc. All that work to lose $

But I kinda love that about tournament poker too, like if you're playing for hours, you usually end up getting your money's worth for your time played whereas when you play regular poker you can play for HOURS & still just lose a bunch of $ as the end result

(but you can play tournaments for hours & still lose money, even a lot of $, when you play as many as I do sksk

but I mean an individual tournament, the more time you spend on it, the more it's worth your time

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