What part of a tournament do you have the most difficulty playing?

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I would like to know, which part of the tournament do you have the most difficulty playing?

and you usually end up losing tournaments for what reason?
 
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my defect and which I am improving is that I prioritized entering prizes a lot and that is why I was running out of chips, I entered prizes but practically I was out quickly
 
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scuxbr said:
I would like to know, which part of the tournament do you have the most difficulty playing?

and you usually end up losing tournaments for what reason?
Final table on the rare times I make it, is the most stressful. Always hard whether to go for 1st/2nd/3rd or to let the others take each other out in order to finish 4th/5th/6th rather than going out 9th.
 
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At the final tables I have a hard time playing because I get nervous, and I have bad luck, I always lose with AA.
 
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Long time was the time short before in-money coming and first 20 hands after that. Now is much better.
 
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Late stages probably? Especially when according to (logical) estimated time tournament should be over long time ago but it still going lol ...
 
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I find it hardest to play early in the tournament when there are a lot of blinds. You wind up a lot of hands. I like it when there are few blinds on the bubble, you play carefully
 
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The vicious middle is hardest for me. In the beginning when the blinds are low I can wait for good cards and watch the loose player go all-in and eventually drop out. But in the middle, when the field has thinned out, one has to have a strategy. In the bubble though - if I make it there - I have already won and can risk something.
 
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For me, it's not about a certain period in the tournament that I find difficult.

The only part I find hard to face is not the style of the other players, it has nothing to do with my knowledge of poker or my experience neither. The problem is with my patience in some particular cases.

When there are quite long periods of time when destiny doesn't hold with me and I don't receive good hands (and I don't refer to only the monsters) in order to start a pre-flop decently. Plus, there are many moments when I fold weak hands and get an unexpectedly best combination of the table. And it doesn't just happen to me a few times, but countless times in a single tournament.

So, from my own experience, If we were to classify what are the most toxic elements that can slowly ruin a poker player it would be this regret that you didn't play some certain hands wich would have turned out good for your stack.

 
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To succeed in poker, you need to be patient. This is important in cash games and tournaments. If you find it difficult to accept defeat, it is a sign that you are not a very good player. Even the best poker players know that they can't win at poker all the time. Sometimes the outcome of the game is determined only by luck. The more participants in the tournament, the higher the size of the bankroll, the weaker the field, the less bankroll is needed. Emotions make the tournament target a nasty young internet guy with headphones who thinks he's playing well and deliberately dive under his raises, especially from the blind ("defend the blind"). But common sense says that such a player is more likely to know how to play than not, and playing with him from the blind (that is, out of position) is really bad. All this takes money from you, you pay with your money for emotions. This is the main aspect of tournaments well, if you get to the final table, the main thing is experience.
 
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For me, the most difficult part of the tournament is the pre-final part. With 2000 (+-) players I often reach 50. And then the disaster begins. In these 50 spend poker monsters, it is very difficult to pass them. At this critical moment, luck for some reason fails, and I lose.
 
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Being short stacked and going for underdog flips.
 
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It's hardest for me to play near bubble fight. I often have a short stack then and the prizes are so close, but I'm afraid I won't get to those prizes.
 
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dreamer13 said:
To succeed in poker, you need to be patient. This is important in cash games and tournaments. If you find it difficult to accept defeat, it is a sign that you are not a very good player. Even the best poker players know that they can't win at poker all the time. Sometimes the outcome of the game is determined only by luck. The more participants in the tournament, the higher the size of the bankroll, the weaker the field, the less bankroll is needed. Emotions make the tournament target a nasty young internet guy with headphones who thinks he's playing well and deliberately dive under his raises, especially from the blind ("defend the blind"). But common sense says that such a player is more likely to know how to play than not, and playing with him from the blind (that is, out of position) is really bad. All this takes money from you, you pay with your money for emotions. This is the main aspect of tournaments well, if you get to the final table, the main thing is experience.
Yes, true, though here goes unpopular opinion: sb sliding in makes it .25 in .50 equity pf situation.
 
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3 players, neither 2 nor 4, when 3 players left is something I need to practice more,I believe this is currently the hardest part for me... I end up getting into many hands which is not necessarily a rule (despite the low number of players)
 
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the moment before the last two tables are formed is usually heavy for me. I usually stay out trying to get more chips to get to the final table comfortably
 
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the early part was most difficult to me.
 
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Probably the hardest start is even in the middle, when there are a lot of fish that you can't read poorly playing.
 
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scuxbr said:
I would like to know, which part of the tournament do you have the most difficulty playing?

and you usually end up losing tournaments for what reason?
All stages of the tournament are equally important for me. There is no harder or easier part of the game. The main thing is to be focused and patient.
 
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scuxbr said:
I would like to know, which part of the tournament do you have the most difficulty playing?

and you usually end up losing tournaments for what reason?
I get very nervous, when I'm in the bubble, most of the time I'm defeated.
 
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Once down to the last table (or two) i tend to get excited and then start slipping
 
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The hardest part is playing in the later stages, because I often just want to hit the prize money. And when I get to the prize money there's already a small stack (most of the time this happens), and when I have 15-20 BB in hand I often have to go All-IN (I don't always get to double up). For this reason I often lose, so I think it's time to change my strategy, and take risks and try to build up the stack in the early stages of the tournament.
 
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it's hard to play in the final simply because you're already tired and you make mistakes because you're tired
 
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I have trouble playing the last moments of the game until the final table.. from the bubble to FT... we have a lot of ITM guys that don`t care about the result and I end oftenly losing either to a draw or my draw doesn`t hit against the J2s with a pair of 2 for the vilain.
 
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around the last 3 tables...i just run out of cards/ luck Ș)...I just cant pass this barried Ș)
 
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