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Originally Posted by 24601
The last tourney I was in, I was dealt AA first hand. I should have had alarm bells ringing off in my head, but in mid-position a guy raises 4 times the BB. I raise him to 12 times BB, and he goes all-in. It's a difficult position, but I called, he turns over (of all things) 22.
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This is an easy situation. You call and you win exactly as many as you should and you lose as many as you should. Unfortunately a lot of the losses may come before the appropriate number of wins materialise.
It's really important to come up with a way to deal with this. Good bankroll management helps because you are able to think in the long run rather than the hand (or tourney) in front of you.
5 minutes ago I lost a heads up tourney. I'd been back and forth with the guy for 15 minutes, he came back from a 4 to 1 disadvantage by winning with Q5 V my A5s and then when we were level again he called my allin with JQ V my KJ and hit a Q on the flop.
It hurt for all of 5 seconds and then it's gone, because being a decent player means not letting it get to you (and also perhaps not pushing KJ HU) and I'd like to be a decent player.
But recognising you have a potential problem is always the first step to fixing it
