Yeah, one of my many problems as of late is that i find myself fairly consistently playing as an average stack through most of the tourney - then in the mid-to-late rounds i go card dead or miss a couple flops. Then i have to push with a strong-ish hand and i get called and go out about 2/3 through. Or if i get into the money - i usually dont have enough chips to do any serious damage unless i win a run of coin-flippish types of hands.
I remember reading a post/article/something-or-another about trying to build early - but i have to say for whatever reason i am having a tough time forcing myself out of my tight-aggressive-but-probably-too-conservative style in NLHE. Ironically, the few times i have played in O8B, stud, etc - i seem to put myself in the postion of accumulating a lot of chips and going fairly deep or busting out fairly early. Which i think is better than a fairly consistent finish high-up or low-in-the-money finishes i seem to get in NLHE.
one leak or weakness i think i have is not being able to pull the trigger on a move later in the tourney if i am avg stack or slightly lower. Basically like Aeq mentioned - i get anxious putting my tourney life on a play like that. But, maybe at some point i need to trust my read and try the move - maybe in a semi-bluff situation where i still have outs if i am caught. Figure if i finish 40 spots out of the money or 10 out of the money - i am still out of the money. Busting is busting.
I also was thinking about the responses someone got regarding their Sit N Go numbers - where they had too many 'middle of the road' finishes and not enough wins and early bust-outs. I think ALL of my tourneys are like that - Sit N Goes, MTTs, etc - i am middle-heavy so to speak.
I guess i really have nothing substantial to add to this - i am just rambling. Hopefully this can keep the conversation going at least.
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06-19-06, 01:14 PM
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