first scheduled tournament on Poker Stars

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Just finished my first scheduled tournament on Poker Stars, unfortunately I was railed before the money 

It was a $0.50 entry with no fee, NL tournament with 3,524 entrants. I made it to 807th, close to the money bubble which was 702, but not close enough.

I'm really disappointed not to have at least earned a $1 in this, I feel I played really well, and essentially only played monster hands besides checking the blinds now and then. I can see Doyle's (Brunson) point about tight players sometimes getting deep, but not winning tournaments here, all the big stacks where the gambler types, but that being said, my big hands did run into some bigger hands now and then, and I wasn't dealt any marginal hands I could play even with position, they where either great hands or trash.

My tournament came down to only a few hands, so I'm posting them here, there posted in chronological order. I don't think I did anything wrong with any of them, but feel free to comment or offer suggestions on any weaknesses or bad play you see.

I really enjoyed the format, a little more time then usual and there wasn't too much reckless play, though lots of gambling with marginal hands early on. I will definitely take part in more of these, the rewards of getting and keeping a big stack are pretty substantial.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771421

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771404

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771402

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771394

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771388

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1771383