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[QUOTE="TheNoob, post: 1077993, member: 39108"]
....... luck seems to be the deciding factor in doing well in tournament poker.
 
At only 5 live tourny's, yes my sample size is quite small.
 
But for 5 weeks I have:
 
 1) looked down at a endless stream of completely lackluster cards *or* on rare occasions a big pair that I get sees my big bets called down only to have someone hit a river.
 
2) watched as one or two players get uncanny lucky and continue to flop flushes, straights and sets.
 
Man, it gets frustrating to watch someone get every card he needs while you sit there and try to be patient. (and then you fold your J2 being patient and the flop comes JJ2).
 
At some point you think, man, I have to get something going as the blinds are eating your stack. Try something with those suited connectors, and look at a flop that 'fits' like a square peg in a round hole.
 
Bluff? In live poker you will get called. Count on that.
 
 
Ok, enough of that.
 
What would you have done here?
 
I look at a A8c in co-1. Two limp before me and I limp. 
 
CO limps, BB checks. All others fold.
 
Flop AA2.
 
Checked to me, I bet the pot. Button calls, all others fold.
 
Turn is blank. I bet the pot again. CO calls. I'm getting worried.
 
River is again blank. What do I do? He has the ace. He's not following me without it.
 
Maybe I should have checked here, I don't know.
 
I bet the pot, he calls.
 
After the hand, I thought maybe I should have checked on the river and folded to a bet. 
 
There really was no way I wasn't beat. A crapload of bigger A's, or an A and paired another card on the board.
 
He had A 10 and my stack was decimated early. Could not recover and drove home mumbling to myself, as I have every Sunday afternoon for the last 5 weeks.
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