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A friend of mine recently said that he has not made a single mistake in the last 9 tournaments that he has played. These are all live large buy in tourneys. I obviously found this quite hard to believe, and joked with him about it. I'm sure that if I asked him today, he would say that he hasn't made a mistake in the last 15-20 tournaments. Assuming that he has played more tourneys since we last spoke.To be honest, I'm not a big fan of watching poker on TV anymore. I play so much these days, I feel like I am working even when I'm not working if I watch it. However, I saw a WSOP clip where Gus Hansen made a comment that he really shouldn't be here anymore. He was talking about the main event. And it was after a hand that he played poorly against Scotty Nguyen. A few hands earlier he called an all in raise with 1010 and got lucky against Tuan Lam's QQ. I found it intersting that Gus realized that he wasn't playing his best. I personally find that I make mistakes all of the time when I play tournaments. Obviously if you are playing a deep stack tourney as opposed to an online tourney, you can usually afford to make more mistakes. But quite often in tourneys, you can and will be punished for your mistakes.Plenty of variables also come into play, especially when playing live. Being a lag player, tag player, reading ability, etc. All of these things come into consideration when a person defines a mistake.When you play a tournament, do you see yourself making a lot of mistakes?If so, what do you qualify as a mistake?Just curious.

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There's so many variables as to what qualifies as a mistake, it's almost impossible to define them... For instance, a bad call pre-flop against one player may be a good call against another, bearing in mind implied odds etc if the villain is a loose aggro type.Persoanlly, I think the one general 'mistake' that can be assigned to a huge amount of tournament players is playing your own cards, regardless of whether it's live or online. As Annette_15 showed, playing blind in a 180 tourney, it's factors such as position, chip stacks, blinds, bubble play etc that are most important... regardless of actual cards.

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Watched the FT of rodwood today. shaundeeb won it. When someone with that history is playing $4.40, makes you wonder if there are some side bets with annette going on.

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When you play a tournament, do you see yourself making a lot of mistakes?If so, what do you qualify as a mistake?Just curious.
When I really decide I want to play a tournament online... meaning.... hey.. im gonna sit down... and play patient... and play well......... I hardly ever make a bad play. The thing that I cant seem to overcome these days is getting over the hump... The hump for me... especially in full tilt's double stack 24+2's or double stack 100+9's on occasion is when im nearing the money bubble with a slightly below avg. stack... blinds are getting big... ill make a raise with a hand like 66-1010 or an AK/AQ... ill face a reraise for my whole stack... and get it in on a coinflip... but i havent had the "BIG FLIP" go my way at all. after getting especially frustrated a couple weeks ago, I actually started keeping track of coinflips AIPF... i've won slightly less than 30% of those coinflips in the last 2 weeks. Its really getting disgusting. Its to the point where I have my mouse over the x on the table window when i see that im in with a coinflip hand. Its gross.sorry.... as i was writing this i busted out of another tourney to guess what... sigh.
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Persoanlly, I think the one general 'mistake' that can be assigned to a huge amount of tournament players is playing your own cards, regardless of whether it's live or online. As Annette_15 showed, playing blind in a 180 tourney, it's factors such as position, chip stacks, blinds, bubble play etc that are most important... regardless of actual cards.
My biggest mistake in a large MTT tourney is typically hitting the register button. Everyone else after that is considered minimal.I agree with James D. It takes thinking on a level I am not sure I have to take all information into consideration when making each and every decision. When you don't use all available information properly it should be considered a "mistake".
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When I really decide I want to play a tournament online... meaning.... hey.. im gonna sit down... and play patient... and play well......... I hardly ever make a bad play. The thing that I cant seem to overcome these days is getting over the hump... The hump for me... especially in full tilt's double stack 24+2's or double stack 100+9's on occasion is when im nearing the money bubble with a slightly below avg. stack... blinds are getting big... ill make a raise with a hand like 66-1010 or an AK/AQ... ill face a reraise for my whole stack... and get it in on a coinflip... but i havent had the "BIG FLIP" go my way at all. after getting especially frustrated a couple weeks ago, I actually started keeping track of coinflips AIPF... i've won slightly less than 30% of those coinflips in the last 2 weeks. Its really getting disgusting. Its to the point where I have my mouse over the x on the table window when i see that im in with a coinflip hand. Its gross.sorry.... as i was writing this i busted out of another tourney to guess what... sigh.
huh?
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I get distracted and start looking at porn.. hugeeee mistake...
Heh. Same here.I make a lot of mistakes in tournaments, though. I haven't taken the time to learn mid and end-game play properly. I will someday.
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I get distracted and start looking at porn.. hugeeee mistake...
I know you're just making a joke, but this is actually a very good point.The single biggest mistake I make, in most tournaments that I play, is that I always have the TV on in the background, or surf FCP, and other sites, and usually have 2-3 online conversations going. I rarely have my focus 100% on poker, and the more I think about it, the times that I do well, I usually have less going on around me. It's funny that I know this, yet I still keep doing it. I really need to shape up and truly treat this as "work" instead of "a loose job that I can do whatever I want when I want".
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I know you're just making a joke, but this is actually a very good point.The single biggest mistake I make, in most tournaments that I play, is that I always have the TV on in the background, or surf FCP, and other sites, and usually have 2-3 online conversations going. I rarely have my focus 100% on poker, and the more I think about it, the times that I do well, I usually have less going on around me. It's funny that I know this, yet I still keep doing it. I really need to shape up and truly treat this as "work" instead of "a loose job that I can do whatever I want when I want".
Yeah you're right, I make porn instead...
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Not playing as well as I should/can.Like troy, I usually have TV on, I'm reading stuff on multiple sites, some conversations, etc. I leave the stuff off, close explorer, and toss my away message up, and I play well.

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This needs to be QFT
No way..I once played an entire heads up tournament and only made 1 mistake the entire tournament.Dealt JJ, raise, reraise repeat x 3, all in, villian had KK GG me.One mistake. That's my record
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Not playing as well as I should/can.Like troy, I usually have TV on, I'm reading stuff on multiple sites, some conversations, etc. I leave the stuff off, close explorer, and toss my away message up, and I play well.
Being serious now, this usually is the complete opposite for me..I love to have a movie going or poker on, especially in the early stages, because i'm more prone to make mistakes early with hands I have no business being in.. Usually when i'm distracted i play ultra-tight, which most of the time is a good thing for me early..Course though, if I'm deep in a tourney the world is silenced...
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Everybody makes mistakes.

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No way..I once played an entire heads up tournament and only made 1 mistake the entire tournament.Dealt JJ, raise, reraise repeat x 3, all in, villian had KK GG me.One mistake. That's my record
...was it the first hand of the tournament?Anyways, MTTs and HU are so different.
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Being serious now, this usually is the complete opposite for me..I love to have a movie going or poker on, especially in the early stages, because i'm more prone to make mistakes early with hands I have no business being in.. Usually when i'm distracted i play ultra-tight, which most of the time is a good thing for me early..Course though, if I'm deep in a tourney the world is silenced...
Another problem, now that I thought about it, is just motivation in general.I played a college tourney last weekend. I was fine until I got there and sat down. After a few hands, I really didn't want to be there anymore.I also think that carries over to tourneys the more I think about it (at least for me); I absolutely HATE playing them, so I do things I normally don't do (ie playing garbage hands or creating a big pot with air/a weak hand), just so I can accumulate a big stack really quickly or bust.
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...was it the first hand of the tournament?Anyways, MTTs and HU are so different.
I guess no matter how obvious it seems the sw should always be included for the "slower" FCP members
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