OK so we all know the score. Get low stacked M hits 5...start looking for a decent hand and push!!!! Gets any lower get worried.
Right!!! I seem to have a problem with M of 5. Every time my M hits 5 and I find a (low - medium) pp and push...I get hoofed out of the tourney.
I have just sat and played my absolute 'A game' for a day and a bit. Day one I lost 2 hands inside the first 5 hands of the tourney (was turning the radar on and tuning in!!!). After that I did not lose a single pot showed - until my exit hand. The only 3 pots I lost were laydowns (after I'd commited decent amounts of chips in some cases). One bottom pair against top pair (ironside!), one AK into KK (correct me if I'm wrong again Ironside!!) and another AK into AA.
I hit day 2 low stacked and massaged it up from an M of 3 to just above 5. Then I pick up pocket 10's, push and get busted by
(fair enough call, I ain't moaning). But yet again, I'm busted with an M of 5.
I've noticed this occuring previously and have begun to allow myself to drop to an M of 3, picking up top quality hands and THEN pushing. It usually coincides with a rush of cards too. Doing this I have enabled myself to hang on and hang on, much deeper into the tourney - and then get my rush of cards and hey presto.
So my question is...
Is it worth ignoring all hands at an M of 5 until you get qq,kk,aa - even if it means dropping to 3???
Is it better to play the stop/go when you have an M of 5?
Opinions please!!!