Tilt on big stacks!

Ok so here it is! I play mtt`s 1-2 per day low stakes . Some times when i get deep in tournament and i have a big stack like 500k 600k and blinds are high 20k or so i get anxios and i feel like no hand is good to play except big pair . I cant get through that , what should i do to improve this late tournament play. Thank you!
ps sry for writing mistakes.

Do not be afraid to play my game maybe you need more practice. Raise from late position with other cards worth not have to wait only high cards.

thesaintt said:

Ok so here it is! I play mtt`s 1-2 per day low stakes . Some times when i get deep in tournament and i have a big stack like 500k 600k and blinds are high 20k or so i get anxios and i feel like no hand is good to play except big pair . I cant get through that , what should i do to improve this late tournament play. Thank you!
ps sry for writing mistakes.

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It seems like you are thinking about the money too much. Instead, think of it this way. If you play a good strategy, the money will come. Use your chips as tools and look for spots to get more chips. Study at least half as much as you play and you will continue to get better. Good luck!

Later in a tournament those chip unit numbers do not represent dollar value; especially dollar-for-dollar value.


This helped me just think of such big numbers as units, and not dollars/currency.


edit: also as mentioned; mixing in other hands that you raise with not only widens your range, but gets you comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Choose a hand you wouldn't normally raise with, but has potential, eg suited connectors/suited gapper, and pretend that they're AA, KK, or a premium hand.

ok

i get in money once in every 4-5 tournaments , i dont consider a noob anymore , but after bubble my game sucks very much ..thats i dont get it. Before that i play decent i think , raise bet 3bet etc . I have read many things .. i came to reason that my goal is only to enter cash .. after that i,m blocked .. how i pass that?

ok 2

in money now what?

As others have said, maybe you are worrying to much about the money, and at some level this will affect most poker players. For instance I dont think, any player can go into the main event final table and not be even just a bit affected by the massive sums at stake.

However these hands are from a 55c MTT, so its not exactly like, you are playing for something life changing. So honestly this sound like a mental problem, and I cant assist with that. Only you or maybe your psychologist can tall, why you are reacting in this obviously irrational way.

As a side note the going does tend to get tougher, when you run deep in tournaments. This is because, most of the bad players are now gone, and those few, who are still left, begin to take it more serious, when the final table is in sight. So you are much less likely to receive random gifts of an entire stack, as often happen early in low buyin tournaments like this.

" This is because, most of the bad players have busted, and those, who are left, begin to take it more serious, when the final table is in sight. So the average level of play tend to become better, and you are much less likely to receive random gifts of an entire stack, as often happen in the early stages. "


Yes i indentified that myself. How i beat these players? And i win 1 2 tournaments but that time i have very good cards all the way and luck upfront! But every time i want to make some variations, besides premium cards, i screwit , i lose big pots , i tilt , i lose !

Some smart pro once said - you can only beat the players at your table. Everything else going on in the tournament should be irrelevant to you, and is a distraction to playing well.

So following that logic consider;

#1. Closing that window on the left side of your images above.

#2 You should be able to feel, or learn to feel when late registration closes. Or just set a timer.

#3. Begin to feel when the bubble approaches - it should become obvious from the table dynamics.

#4. Continue to play the game that got you to this point.

You are changing the late game from early game. Thats strategy is for early games,on lte game you have to think about how they are facing the game, if you are afraid, they are maybe afraid too,so lets make our moves here!