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Originally Posted by PardoG
I remember thinking that is was dumb right after shoving running into AK, and feeling I should have 5.5K/Folded and battled with me 28K or so - given it's a liveament. I was trying not to be results oriented but reflecting on it I think I was frustrated because I had raise folded twice the previous orbit (once with 22, and once with A10ss) and was shown big hands - so obviously not a lot of light 3bet jamming going on but I just felt like I punted. I think the live dynamic is difficult. I was dealt KK & QQ once each and a couple small pockets all day literally building my stack by picking spots and pretty much outplaying my table which was quite weak. That is the difficulty for me in live tourneys - seems like so much value in almost playing incorrectly at times. Especially at a weak tight table.
if you're getting frustrated with weak starters, consider defending your BB a little wider and ofc stealing and restealing wider in late position. developing a light 3! range (suited mid-gappers, rag Aces) and targetting the medium stacks is especially useful.
i'd also avoid waiting several orbits before adjusting style. you don't want a
frustrated image when you start stealing, restealing and defending. for the exact same reason, don't let on you're card dead (showing cards, rolling eyes, comments).
if nothing else works, muck your cards to a different spot so the bloody dealer shuffles them in a different order next time.
