All in on Flush Draws

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Ok, so I've noticed this so much with the low limit tourneys and even ring games. People go all in on flush draws only, and maybe an over to the board. And in tourney's this kills me because they catch often enough to knock me out. However, i can't fold when I know that I have the best of it after the flop. I'm not really asking for advice, Just wondering what other people think when they see this. The fish do it so often because they catch often enough to think it works. I don't really have the BR to play any MTT's for more than a $10 dollar buy-in right now and I can't make it to the money ever cause I seem to lose these situations a lot. I would like to become a more solid tournament player but I don't know how. I play SnG's and I play just fine in them, even 2 and 3 table SnG's I can kick some butt in, but I've never made it to the money in an MTT yet. The people I talk to (around home who don't really know poker at all) assume I just must be bad and that's why I don't make it to the money. I tell them to look at my +BR to prove that I'm not bad, but they don't understand the short run/ long run of things. However, I just don't think I should have to get lucky to play better in MTT's. If anyone's got any ideas for me, let me know.

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However, I just don't think I should have to get lucky to play better in MTT's.

hahaha.....HHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....ROFL.....HAHAHAHAHAH AHA....ok sorry couldn't help myself.

Ok serious response now...you will have to get lucky to win tournaments...period. Noone has ever won an MTT going in with the best hand everytime. As far as going allin on flushdraws, there is a difference between pushing all in and calling all in. Calling all-in with nothing but a flush draw is a fav for low buyin fish. Nothing you can do about it. Here is something you also need to remember, if someone is holding 2 overs and a flush draw...and you just have a pair, you are behind...example: Board is 8d 7d 3s, you have Jc Jh, villian has Ad Kd, he is actually ahead of you 54:46. Now lets change that and say he has Ad 4d so he only has one over, you are only ahead 52:48. If you put your opponent on Axs and you know he will call all-in on a flush draw, this isn't exactly a good time to get all-in in the early stages of a tourney. Try and play this out post-flop instead.

As far as you doing good in single-table and multi-table SNGs and not cashing MTTs, move up slowly. I highly recommend the Party Poker 3-tier MTTs. Everynite at 7:34 PM, 7:36 PM, and 7:38 PM EST, Party has 3 $10 MTTs. The 1st is capped at 2500 entrants, the 2nd has 250 entrants and the 3rd has 99 entrants. Start with the 99 player one and move your way up. Variance is directly tied to the size of the field and winning one or two of the smaller ones should definetely help your long term confidence. BTW register for the smaller ones an hour or two in advance, they fill up quickly. Hope this helps.