Really upset about my live tournament play this past weekend

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I don't play in many live casino tournaments. Prior to August the last live MTT casino tournament I played in was 2010, and before that 2008.

Played in 5 tournaments in Atlantic City this weekend and my best finish was 12th out of 55-60 players. I feel like I played to conservative and found myself in "Gotta double up" mode because I was card dead. I know it was probably partially due to a lack of confidence in my cards, so what's the best way to get over this? I find many people worry about not being able to let go of a hand, and I think I have the opposite problem.

Also, it probably doesn't help I was knocked out of 2 tournaments when I raised all in preflop with AA's and both times I was beat by people playing low rags and catching sets.

Thx in advance.
 
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Seems like you have a confidence bust mainly because of your Aces getting cracked. Its one thing that they got cracked but in tournaments, the scenario is situational due to your chip stack, caller's chip stack, and the Ante/Blind level.

Card dead is one of the hardest problems to encounter in tournaments (especially when blinds are 15 min/20min). You have to be more willing to steal blinds in mid/late position with a wider range than what you're comfortable playing with. Sometimes its not that you aren't getting cards to play with, but its that you're opponents may not have a strong hand and would rather fold with.
 
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the failure rate in mtts even if your the best in the world is massive you can't get upset over a small sample and if you do you likely need to not play mtts sadly it will be the outcome such a high % of the time

sounds like you need to manage your expectations cashing most formats of mtts at a 25% itm rate for example is really good for more then a few tables and even in that idealized situation your busting 75% the time
 
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doesn't sound like there is anything to be upset about regarding your play. Aces getting cracked just sucks in tourneys because it gets to the point where your M is low enough that you're never getting away.

just on friday I made it to the final table of a live MTT 9 paid, 9 remain. I get busted with AA all in preflop....If I win that hand I'm the tourney chip leader, but instead I'm out with a min cash. It sucks, it hurts. and you have the whole drive home to replay it in your head...but that doesn't mean you played poorly.

Like somebody else said...you'll bust 70-90% of the time. Don't beat yourself up about it.
 
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I don't play in many live casino tournaments. Prior to August the last live MTT casino tournament I played in was 2010, and before that 2008.

Played in 5 tournaments in Atlantic City this weekend and my best finish was 12th out of 55-60 players. I feel like I played to conservative and found myself in "Gotta double up" mode because I was card dead. I know it was probably partially due to a lack of confidence in my cards, so what's the best way to get over this? I find many people worry about not being able to let go of a hand, and I think I have the opposite problem.

Also, it probably doesn't help I was knocked out of 2 tournaments when I raised all in preflop with AA's and both times I was beat by people playing low rags and catching sets.

Thx in advance.

sorry to hear about the losses,

I think you would really benifit from watching some solid strategy, theirs a ton of videos on youtube, whatever you feel if more useful to your game,

its always good to watch a consistant winner you might pick up something you haven't been doing, or take on board a different way of playing hands.

The most important thing is dont beat yourself up over it, if your struggling with aggression, make it your goal to get comfortable in spots that you were struggling with.

all players fear a dangerous player, even if you show them your not affraid to get your chips in 3-bet lively players when you get spots,
calling down your strong equity hands -

dont fear missing the board instead look to rep that board and make your opponents fear what you have
''obviously you want to isolate when repping, and have your betting patterns in sync with your possible range
 
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