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I often play the FT Rush 4.40 135 SnG...at first I was able to reach the money about 1 out of every 3 or 4 games, even had some 2nd and 3rd place finishes in there. After hitting a 12 or 13 game losing streak I took a break from that game...
Came back and found I was easily getting close to the money. But for some reason no matter how big my stack was something went wrong. I'd either bust out around 20th place outside the money or end up spewing chips and limping into the money only to bust in 12th to 15th (lowest paid).
What frustrates me is I'll sometimes be in the top 3 stacks by the time the field gets down to 3 or 4 tables. I don't know if its pressure from the increasing blinds, suck outs, or the fear of busting out early but my play seems to change. I'll either spew chips or just get my stack whittled down...its like I'm playing to lose.
Case in point...last night was my first 4.40 Rush SnG in a few days...started off relatively standard..won some lost some and was at about my starting stack with maybe 80 players left. Started getting KK multiple hands in late position, about 4 times within 10 hands so I shoved All In on all of these. I wont 3 out of 4 of these KK all ins so my stack was growing.
By the time we got to just under 30 players I had close to 28K in chips. By the time we got to 20 players I had about 10K in chips.
Last hand was me on the button with 66 and about 4BB left. Right next to me was the small stack that was keeping me from an 11th place finish and a big stack. I raise it up, small folds and big stack shoves all in. I have less than 3BB now so I call with 66 and see them with 88. They win. I'm out.
I know mentally I was getting the good side of the KK coin flips a lot and I tried hard to play smart in between those hands to keep my stack growing, but i feel like I keep telling myself its too good to be true and of course I'll bust out before the big money and it usually happens.
Oddly enough I'm in grad school for psychology yet I psych myself out.
Came back and found I was easily getting close to the money. But for some reason no matter how big my stack was something went wrong. I'd either bust out around 20th place outside the money or end up spewing chips and limping into the money only to bust in 12th to 15th (lowest paid).
What frustrates me is I'll sometimes be in the top 3 stacks by the time the field gets down to 3 or 4 tables. I don't know if its pressure from the increasing blinds, suck outs, or the fear of busting out early but my play seems to change. I'll either spew chips or just get my stack whittled down...its like I'm playing to lose.
Case in point...last night was my first 4.40 Rush SnG in a few days...started off relatively standard..won some lost some and was at about my starting stack with maybe 80 players left. Started getting KK multiple hands in late position, about 4 times within 10 hands so I shoved All In on all of these. I wont 3 out of 4 of these KK all ins so my stack was growing.
By the time we got to just under 30 players I had close to 28K in chips. By the time we got to 20 players I had about 10K in chips.
Last hand was me on the button with 66 and about 4BB left. Right next to me was the small stack that was keeping me from an 11th place finish and a big stack. I raise it up, small folds and big stack shoves all in. I have less than 3BB now so I call with 66 and see them with 88. They win. I'm out.
I know mentally I was getting the good side of the KK coin flips a lot and I tried hard to play smart in between those hands to keep my stack growing, but i feel like I keep telling myself its too good to be true and of course I'll bust out before the big money and it usually happens.
Oddly enough I'm in grad school for psychology yet I psych myself out.