Did you ever notice how early in a tournament there are those few lucky ducks who shoot way ahead of everyone else because they caught the perfect river? Or maybe they flopped a boat? Yes, indeed, that happens in every big tourney. Sometimes it happens to you. Mostly though, there you are plugging away at marginal to good hands, building your chip stack over time and slogging thru the play. Not to worry --- let them keep those chips for now. Let them hold them for now. You can get them back later. It's the great player (Phil Hellmuth's Eagle) that when he gets lucky early that will keep them to the end. Your only hope to capture them is to outplay the eagle. Be thankful for the donkey that is carrying your chips early. I write this on the day after I came in 27th in the FTP Daily Dollar with 9988 players.
