One Hand Leads to Other Hands (tourney)

LAYDOWN/BAD PLAY

The first hand displays a good laydown. It's not a great laydown, just a good one. What makes it good is not so much that it was a good read, but more of the idea that a good laydown will keep you in the tournament and allow you a chance to continue building chips. In fact, if it wasn't for this laydown, I wouldn't have come in 2nd in this particular tourney.



However, I made a terrible laydown when I folded the following hand. I was in the small blind and played way too tight considering my chip stack. I should have seen the flop against two opponents who were probably fighting for 2nd place. Instead, I folded what would have been the nut straight against two opponents who went all-in. This bad laydown wasn't the cause of not finishing first, but I had the opportunity to win and just folded it down the drain with this hand.