the odds become diminished by a large margin: hitting a nut flush shot becomes very very useful. Hitting a set (three of a kind) are lowered because you'd likely all in pre flop, and a straight draw becomes no reason to play without it being open ended. keep this in mind when playing a single person.
You played fairly conservative which helps get to that last point in the game, I find that's when you need to take a moment and mentally switch gears to charge and find a way of controlling the table. I've run into this issue too and it's a big issue for me as well. I've found taking a few hands off and losing a few blinds can help shake that, and randomly coming back strong.
You played fairly conservative which helps get to that last point in the game, I find that's when you need to take a moment and mentally switch gears to charge and find a way of controlling the table. I've run into this issue too and it's a big issue for me as well. I've found taking a few hands off and losing a few blinds can help shake that, and randomly coming back strong.
I played in a showdown tournament a few times, and my strategy paid off perfectly until there were only 2 remaining. And then I lost spectacularly in a 2 man game.
IOW, in a table of 6-10, I ended up near top chip holder every time at the showdown stage, but as soon as blinds raised to a crushing amount at the 1v1 part, I am a useless turd, and finished 2nd every time. My only victory was a triple "All-In" where I was able to cover, and I beat them both.
The more aggressive the pre-flop action, the more I would lose.