Question About Tourney Psychology

[blakheart 3]

A perfect poker player would always bust out of a tournament with the best hand. It is the nature of the beast. If you only lose becuase of getting sucked out on, then you are playing above average poker. You should check out the tournament strategy section, there is some great advice in there. One key thought is that if you can manipulate the situation so that you seldom go to showdown, you have less chance of getting sucked out on. In otherwords, if the combination of your preflop action and post flop action is properly executed, you seldom need the best hand to win a pot. Carefull with this thought, it could spell your ruin if you are not careful.

[Dhall901 0]

Poker sucks because you can make all the right moves, and lose. It's gambling. It's hard to walk away knowing you played everything correct, with nothing but "well I played well"..it's an acquired taste.

[gouldjr27 0]

I honestly thought this post would get flamed real quick. I was very impressed with alot of the responses on here. Thank you for everyone's insight. Even though I wasn't the OP. Very nice work to guys like majorleague.

[sloshr 0]

You are probably playing too tight and not stealing enough blinds. You will get sucked out on at least once in just about every tournament. The trick is to have enough chips at the time that you can bounce back. To do that, you have to build your stack. That's why the great players will gamble early to either get a big stack or bust out early, rather than be blinded off to the point that you have almost no chance.

[Mike Matusow 0]

Getting sucked out on is a lot like getting syphillis, if you keep gambling long enough it will happen. . . I suggest you wear a condem, remember, safe sex is smart sex!MM

[hank213 1,823]

Poker sucks because you can make all the right moves, and lose. It's gambling. It's hard to walk away knowing you played everything correct, with nothing but "well I played well"..it's an acquired taste.

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