I was at your table in the FTP Nightly a couple of days ago and you didn't say hi back to me .

I might not be the best person to ask about playing well, but I've played 2500 tourneys this year so when it comes to volume I think I can give good advice.

First of all, I don't think 12 tourneys a day is that small of a number. I play a little more than that, but definitely under 20 unless it's Sunday. So you need to figure out how to play more sessions.

One of the annoying things about being a tourney pro is that there are only certain times of the day when good tourneys are starting and your schedule is pretty much locked in to those times. We don't have the freedom to play whenever we want, that cash game players have. On California time, most of the good daily tourneys start between 10 AM and 2 PM, or between 5 PM and 9 PM. I have no idea why, but there's very little value to speak of between those times, so when I play a session it's basically always one or the other. FWIW here is what my session schedule looks like.

Morning session:
10:00 Stars 100
10:00 FTP 75
10:30 FTP 50 cubed
11:00 Stars 100 rebuy
11:15 Stars 20 cubed
11:30 FTP 20 rebuy
12:00 Stars 50
12:00 FTP 150
12:15 Stars 50 rebuy
12:30 FTP 50
1:00 FTP 100 rebuy
1:30 FTP 30 rebuy
2:00 Stars 50
2:00 FTP 120 knockout


Evening session:
5:00 Stars 100 rebuy
5:00 FTP 150
5:30 FTP 30 rebuy
6:00 Stars 150
6:00 Stars 20 rebuy
6:30 Stars 50
6:30 FTP 50
7:00 FTP Big Double
7:30 FTP 50 cubed
8:00 Stars 100
8:00 FTP 100
8:30 FTP 50 rebuy
9:00 Stars 70 6-max
9:00 FTP 70 knockout

Lately I've been adding a couple of other tourneys in there like PCA super satellites but that's basically it. Anyway, I try to get in 4 of these sessions a week, and then obviously play the Sunday majors. If you're having trouble finding the motivation to even get 4 sessions in a week then maybe you should put together a schedule and stick to it.

Looking at your OPR, a couple of other things I noticed:

-You seem to be playing tourneys throughout the day, for example playing both the morning FTP 150 and the evening one. Seems like you'd be in front of the computer all day. Whenever I do that I get burned out and end up not playing at all for the next couple of days.

-I'd stop playing those FTP 26's. They are a waste of time for a player of your ability, especially when you don't play that many tables and you're missing other much higher value tourneys. The 20, 30, and 50 rebuys are great and you won't believe how soft they are.

Anyway I just thought I'd share how I manage to get in the volume that I do, hopefully you can find something helpful this long ass post. Congrats on your success.