How do you know when to take high vs. Low variance...frustrated and on downswing.
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How do you know when to take high vs. Low variance...frustrated and on downswing.
Hand takes place in higher buyin event but this is more of a philosophical question on aggessive high variance vs passive low variance.
ACR 1million gauranteed 2 day event. No reads. No icm but we are deeper into day 1.
I had a fairly easy time in the tourney so far. Above average stack. Kinda cruising. Table had solid players.
8 handed I open hj JThh 2.2x sb calls 45bb eff flop QT2hsh pot about 6bb sb chk I bet 4bb he xr to 11bb I jam.
The line is solver approved. But I could also chk back flop and go to the turn. I can call his turn bet or delay cbet if he chks. If I brick I get away and move to the next hand. Different ways to play the hand.
I chose a higher variance play. I lost. I am ok with it but this is where I don't know what is right. With higher variance play if I win and double I am sitting well, but if I brick I am out. If I take a lower variance play I don't win the pot as often but I am still in the tourney. Is the higher variance play the right one? In a tourney should you skew to the lower variance side of things?
When do you take a shot to build stack, when do you just take the lower variance route?
I am also on a down swing and feel frustrated and pissed and have no confidence.
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In my view, it seems that you have a tendency towards cash players: wanting to win the most pots when there is no need to expose yourself to such risk; especially if you were doing well in the tournament. I could be wrong, but it's something I notice even in close friends who transitioned from cash to MTT.
This can definitely be a problem later in tournaments especially with icm. We are all taught early on that the pre icm stages of a tourney indeed play out like a cash game and should often be treated as such. But I find myself not so sure of that when tourney life matters so much vs. chip accumulation.
I don't know if there ever are a lot of stages that are truly "pre-ICM". ICM is always lurking somewhere in the equation.
Great question, which i have been wondering myself. I'd love to see more answers/ opinions on this !
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