Well, good to hear that I at least might know why I suck

I've heard the Sklansky book reccomended so many times maybe I should just read it... but isn't that a tourney book?

I don't read tourney books. They are usually written by pro's and each 'tourney niche' is different. I've found mine which works great for me at Poker Stars in 27-180 player games, but the tourney books usually deal with different situations. Reading tourney advice always throws me off my tourney game, so I've sworn them off.

Cash stuff, I need to read. Mainly I need to work on pot odds, and when to consider implied odds. That's my biggest problem. I think I overvalue implied odds all the time, especially on flush's.

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An earlier posted said in that in tournies he always wants to win. That's always a good goal, but its unrealistic. Be ecstatic with a top 3-top5 finish in MTT tournies, almost as if you got first. There's a lot of luck involved in getting that far, and often the best player doesn't win. I'm not advocating not playing for 1st (you should!) but be happy with those high place cashes.