
RammerJammer
Visionary
Silver Level
OK, poker pundits, here's my latest dilemma. (Ever notice how much poker resembles golf? Work one glitch out of your game and another leaps up to take its place!) I am absolutely dominating at the single-table sit-n-go's. I mean I'm crushing. UNTIL I GET INTO H2H PLAY. Then the wheels come off. I've booked easily a dozen runner-up finishes against only three wins in the last week. And a lot of the time, I enter these matches with a seemingly insurmountable chip lead. The latest debacle? 7800 chips to 1200 entering heads-up. Twenty minutes later, I'm out in second.
Obviously, something is dramatically different in my game when I reach this stage. Is it becoming psychological? You bet it is! My confidence is badly shaken. I play tight, I play aggressive, I fold the rags, I raise the big hands, I keep in mind that values are dramatically raised in two-handed. In short, I do what you're "supposed" to do in that scenario. And I keep getting my head handed to me anyway.
Anyone else struggled through mastering this final stage of every tourney environment? Any tips?
Obviously, something is dramatically different in my game when I reach this stage. Is it becoming psychological? You bet it is! My confidence is badly shaken. I play tight, I play aggressive, I fold the rags, I raise the big hands, I keep in mind that values are dramatically raised in two-handed. In short, I do what you're "supposed" to do in that scenario. And I keep getting my head handed to me anyway.
Anyone else struggled through mastering this final stage of every tourney environment? Any tips?