theANMATOR
Legend
Bronze Level
I've been feeling OVERLY tight when in the blinds about 75-80% of the time, when the blinds start to be meaningful, roughly 1-2 hours into a tournament.
It feels like I fold too much and I dislike that feeling that I might be being exploited by late position opens. But with junk cards J/3, 7/2, K/2, 9/4, Q/3, and two raises in front of me - the only logical move in my mind is a fold.
Over the past week I've attempted to adjust to this feeling by continuing more often, but this has felt like I'm just donating chip because being opp with junk cards is very difficult. Its really fit or fold, and more often than not - fold on the flop. So - that hasn't worked out too well.
Of the junk cards I've decided to continue with I'd estimate only a single digit percentage has resulted in a winning hand, and half of those have been bluff flop bets.
I'm still managing to min-cash consistently - which is something I'm dedicated to improve on, and this might be an area that can help.
I know this question is situational based on opponent tendencies, and the stage of a tournament so for the sake of clarity assume the opponents are unknowns and the event has ran long enough where the blinds are meaningful.
With the two stipulations mentioned above;
How wide do you normally defend your blinds with two raises in front of you?
How wide do you defend with only one 4-5x raise from CO/BTN?
Thanks in advance for all suggestions and opinions.
It feels like I fold too much and I dislike that feeling that I might be being exploited by late position opens. But with junk cards J/3, 7/2, K/2, 9/4, Q/3, and two raises in front of me - the only logical move in my mind is a fold.
Over the past week I've attempted to adjust to this feeling by continuing more often, but this has felt like I'm just donating chip because being opp with junk cards is very difficult. Its really fit or fold, and more often than not - fold on the flop. So - that hasn't worked out too well.
Of the junk cards I've decided to continue with I'd estimate only a single digit percentage has resulted in a winning hand, and half of those have been bluff flop bets.
I'm still managing to min-cash consistently - which is something I'm dedicated to improve on, and this might be an area that can help.
I know this question is situational based on opponent tendencies, and the stage of a tournament so for the sake of clarity assume the opponents are unknowns and the event has ran long enough where the blinds are meaningful.
With the two stipulations mentioned above;
How wide do you normally defend your blinds with two raises in front of you?
How wide do you defend with only one 4-5x raise from CO/BTN?
Thanks in advance for all suggestions and opinions.