Poker Lessons

I am back from the poker tournament.  19 players showed up so there were three tables.  To make the long story short, I crashed just before the 6th hour, the final no limit game.  For 5 hours, I was doing great, sharpshooting weak players and pumping bets when I had good hands.  I built up a large pile until I went against my instinct when faced with a bluff.  That put a crack in my confidence and I started losing slowly.  I missed hands I should have been in and even forgot to squeeze when I should have.  By 6th hour, my stack was too low compared to the ante which kept rising hour by hour.  So I got impatient and attacked with a shaky hand.  That stupid mistake and one good player was enough to clean me out in one hand.  It was my first poker tournament and I learned a lot.  I'll be more ready when the tournament comes around again next year.