Hi there.

This is my first post at RIO.

I've been playing poker on/off for a period of 4-5 years now, but I seem to have some mental game issues in the late stages of the tournaments when there's less than 25 players left. 

An example from yesterdays session:

I made it deep in 10€ tournament and with 14 players left I'm in the top at a 1st or 2nd place having around 35 bb in my stack. However, I managed to loose it all and go out on a 11th place.

I noticed, that when I dropped to around 20 bb, I always think "Shit, I fucked up, I'm not going to win this tournament now w. only 20 bb".

I also seem to respect all of the other players way to much, always thinking, "shit, he's probably having AK or KK-AA" nearly everytime they raise, if they just have somewhat of decent VPIP/PR stats.

I now I'm being to anxious, and a bit scared, and I don't know if its because I need a bit more FT experience compared to how much experience I have in the early, mid and later stages of a tournament.

Anyone have any suggestion to what may help me next time I'm sitting deep in a tournament? Get up, get away from computer for 2 min? Perform some mental exercises? Anything!

Martin :)