Hi

Perhaps a stupid question but here it is anyways...

I am a reasonably successful mid-stakes MTT player. I usually do well with controlled aggression and decent hand reading results in some wins. I am inherently very aggressive, perhaps too much so on times and often, my aggressive nature gets out of control and thus, the better of me. I realize when this happens and find it difficult to listen to the inner voice telling me to back off. Perhaps I am a little too impulsive, thinking I can fold someone when there is no chance preflop, or perhaps thinking people are looser than they are.

Any comments on how to control the beast without taming it?

Cheers,
Andrew

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this isn't as bad as you think, you just need to run better

teach me to release the beast

I'm in the hell that is between... my beast only gets released against the nuts... and goes and hides against air!

probably the best 1st and second posts in the history of ssmtt

when ppl pick up on you being extremely aggressive it makes it easy to make plays on you. I.e. they hit hands and they are going to check call you down with middle pairs, high cards, etc, knowing that youre going to keep pushing into them and if they dont show resistance by RR'ing that you'll keep firing. You can also become easily bluffable bc obviously someone who is super aggro isnt going to hit everytime .. they just represent strength. Me being a more tight-aggro player i realize this aggression and that player becomes the target for my hero raises, call downs with A high , bluffing the river, etc. Unless of course they are a callbox as well as laggy then you just have to have patience and they'll stack off to you with top pair , etc.

my point being you have to mix it up. You have to know when to change gears from really aggro, to tight-aggro, to just plain tight. And obv it depends who you are getting into hands with.

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