{"id":38226,"date":"2014-09-23T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T11:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=38226"},"modified":"2021-06-28T14:46:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T14:46:05","slug":"5-hit-miss-situations-either-made-broke-poker-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/5-hit-miss-situations-either-made-broke-poker-careers.html","title":{"rendered":"5 Hit or Miss Situations That Either Made or Broke Poker Careers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever wished that you\u2019d lasted just one more place on the final table, and climbed that ladder one more rung for a better pay-out or a bigger prize? Well, in a brand new format of No Limit Hold\u2019em tournament happening right now at partypoker, you might not have to! In our new Hit or Miss tournaments<\/a>, the pressure builds all the way to the finish line.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s The Score?<\/h3>\n

In Hit or Miss tournaments every other payout is a \u201cmiss\u201d that awards a ticket to a consolation prize tournament instead of cash. That means that the remaining payouts \u2013 the \u201cHits\u201d \u2013 pay out more cash than in comparative tournaments. So you can win more but you have to avoid the additional payout pitfalls to do so.<\/p>\n

Poker history is littered with some great examples of \u2018Hit n Miss\u2019 situations that either made or broke careers! Let\u2019s look at some of the best\u2026<\/p>\n

Aces Hit On the River\u2026 By Aces!!!<\/h3>\n

Imagine buying into a $1 million tournament, in this case the 2014 \u2018One Drop\u2019 vent in Las Vegas, and losing with pocket aces. OK, now imagine, you hit by getting aces but missed like never before when your opponent four-flushes\u2026 and the money was in pre-flop!!<\/p>\n

After some incredible speech play Cary Katz was the beneficiary and Connor Drinan the biggest loser in history as he walked away from the richest table in poker a stunned man. Antonio Esfandiari and Scott Siever even call it in!<\/p>\n