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 In the money vs final table
Hi. I just played a 500 runner $1 rebuy. Flamed out in 30th when my qk ran into a slowplayed ak on a king high flop. Cost me $3 (one rebuy first orbit to weight my stack, one add-on at the break), returned a little bit more..
That's not what the post is about. I deserved to donk out on the button, got lucky not to.
Why? Well, after a couple of hours I was well ahead of the average chip count and playing well. Then I closed down. I think it's because I started looking at how close the bubble was, and hoping to reach it. Crazy, I'm happy to lose three dollars in one hand of limit but it seemed that after two hours it would be a waste not to cash in (emotional investment).
I've decided that's wrong. After two hours it is a waste not to do everything in my power to make the final table, where the return on investment starts to become worthwhile.
How do people here stay focused into the third and fourth hours of MTTs? Should the target alway be the final table? Playing as well as possible? Or? Does it make sense to aim for ITM first? Assuming here that the buy-in is nothing (<1%) of a bankroll....
any thoughts appreciated, I'm going to study the hand history to try and define the spots I should have limped, bet or stolen...
cheers.
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