Re: tournament strategy question

On Oct 18 2005 12:42 AM, matt wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> I've been playing in some B&M tournaments recently and though I feel I have
far
> more skill than the competition I always evantually lose.

most people think this, its what makes poker so popular.

> Here are 2 examples.
> All-in preflop against a larger stack
>
> 1.  I have aces, opponent has Kings.  king flops.  I bust out.
> 2.  I have AK, opponent has A9. 9 flops.  I bust out.  
>
> Both hands I dominated preflop and managed to get all my money in when I "had
> the best of it"  but I still failed to cash in the tourney.  
>
> Do I really need to be resisting these situations because even though I am
> favored to win If I play enough of them evantually I will lose.  I guess
this is
> a variation on the folding AA on the first hand of a tourney question.  
>
> Thoughts, comments?

No offense, but if you think like this, and cant see all the holes in your
reasoning, you aren't more skilled then them at all.

> much appreciated
>
> Matt


"If you think there's anything at all more important in poker than math,
you just don't know the right math"

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