Another Cash Another Disappoinment

Just got through busting out of the PokerStars $4.40 tournament. I cashed again but got knocked out fifteenth. I went card dead and had to push with QJs. Not that bad of a hand and I was only a 3 - 2 dog to A8s but he flopped an Ace and hit his flush and off to the rail I went.

I am starting to get frustrated again. I have re-adjusted my game again and it is helping me cash even more. Last year I cashed 17% in online tournaments playing in over 500 tournaments. This year I have played almost 200 poker tournaments and I have cashed in over 20% with several Final Tables but no wins yet. In actuality I shouldn’t be too frustrated at all. When I am getting busted I have my chips in good over 90% of the time. That’s exellent play and you would think I would be happy with that. Well, I am. The problem is that I know that I will have to play a much more riskier style of play to win more low stakes tournaments. That’s just not my style of play and I am not a big fan of taking draws when you can clearly out play your opponent.

On the other hand I clearly can see why some of these guys do so well and have more wins in this format because they play a high risk style of tournament. They do not cash nearly as much as I do, around 8 - 12%, but when they get there they have a truck load of chips giving them a chance to win the big one. I am going to have to re-think my play and make some kind of decision. Otherwise, I am afraid I will continue to toil in no mans land barely making the Final Table in these things. Either that or go back to playing Deep Stacks tournaments where I have a clear advantage over this kind of player.

I will let you know how it turns out.

Curtis III