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Message: [QUOTE="jackdonkey1717, post: 1626173, member: 74734"] I've officially gotten good enough an N/L Hold 'Em to get "close", but I can't quite get to the next level. I hardly ever get knocked out early. I start conservitive unless I have the nuts. Once my chip stack is larger than the other players at my table, then I can start making a few bluffs after already getting good reads on all the players at my table. Then when I get close to the cut I do one of 2 things: Play conservitive until I make the cut, or make a stupid mistake and just miss the cut. Two examples that just happened today. 7500 person tournament which pays the top 45. I have 245,000 chips and am in 3rd place with 61 people to go. I EASILY make it to the final table (or at least close) if I just stop playing all-together. I make the cut & there are 44 people left and I'm down to 188,000 chips, in 19th place but could still easily place into better money if I hardly play at all. I get king, five in the hole. Flop comes King, five, three. I go all-in. WHY? So stupid? A 20,000 bet would have been smart and I know it...but I do this to myself all the time and CAN'T force myself to stop. Guy with larger stack calls me with pocket kings...game over! 2nd thing that happened today (smaller tournament) Paid top 9. With 16 people to go I'm in 3rd place with 13,000 chips. 4th place has 9,000 chips. 9th place (the money spot) has 6,000 chips. Chip leader has 16,000 chips. Again a scenario where I'm guaranteed a spot at the final table if I practically stop playing all-together. I slow play a set of jacks, trying to milk it and make more money, instead of scaring everyone away. I let a guy river a straight on me which dropped me to 13th place. I didn't even get into the money. Final point and questions are: I'm good enough to get "close", which means with one or two adjustments I'd be good enough to get all the way. Who can give me advice on self control/strategies/smarter ways to play hands at those points in the tournaments, etc? Thanks in advance, Todd [/QUOTE]

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