Stupid question in "there are no stupid questions area". How do you win more flips?

I find myself getting to late stages of tournaments and seem to just be consistently losing flips when they matter the most (ie. either: becoming a top stack with few players left and big money payouts, or busting with a smallish cash).

So what is the secret, how do you win more flips in these key moment? Start praying to Buddha? Gain karma by doing nice things for people you don't know?

This is mostly just a venting, that is unless anyone has somehow solved this mystery and has some deep insight?

Ill always try to piss on the dealer , but mostly my room and screen is the only thing that is getting messy :P

Best way though is voodoo , I'll make all kinds of objects that are similar to my opponents and put needles in them :D

I used to tell people to work on their "Showdown Skills" when they'd complain about losing important flips. It was kind of an inside joke among some of us who used to keep up with each other's progress nightly MTT progress back when I grinded full-time.

Tournaments are tough to make a significant score in, especially if you're playing in large-field events. There are so many things that have to "go our way" just to make a deep run, and it can indeed become frustrating because there will be crucial pots that don't go our way in which no player makes an incorrect decision. That's just a reality we choose and must accept if we're going to play tournaments... no one is exempt from it in the long run and if we're winning players then it will all work out with an appropriate sample size.

My advice would be to experiment with cash games that are lower stakes than the tournament buy-ins you're used to ponying-up. There are indeed fewer All In Pre Flop (AIPF) situations in cash games, but they definitely aren't easier, at least in most cases... which is why I'd recommend playing lower stakes if you go that route.

Otherwise, look for ways to chip up that you could be missing out on in the MTTs you're currently playing. It's amazing how much value a tournament player can gain by picking up pots in situations that require some study and a lot of independent thought. The more frustrated one becomes with the coin-tosses, the less likely that player is going to be willing to experiment with seeking out more ways to extract value from my experience. I also used to tell people to stop expecting cards to help them out... because they usually won't (especially in the subjective view of a player who's frustrated by losing a bunch of key flips). Try to depend more on your own skills to make things work out in the long run, and also do some serious thinking about whether MTTs are for you, because you'll lose a bunch of key pots regardless of how good you are, and regardless of which format (MTTs or cash games) you're playing. Still, it works out in the long run. I know that's not what a frustrated player wants to hear, but it's the truth.

Best of luck to you!

-David

Didn't Brunson say he always just cheers for the other guy to win all the time?

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Originally Posted by eugmac

Didn't Brunson say he always just cheers for the other guy to win all the time?

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Lol, that's a cool way of looking at it.

The answer:

Get yourself in more situations where a flip helps you to win a tournament (ie: get deeper more often, even if this means playing more tournaments).

Just play more , so you will gain more flips in the long run =D

It's not what you know, it's who you know.

Marry probability's daughter, that might help.

Look for ways to chip up without just jamming it in and hoping to win flips. It is possible to win chips post flop with a 12-25bb stack.

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