Looking for some tips/advice after blowing a great chance this weekend !!

[nastro 1888]

Hi lads/ladies, I was playing in my 1st tournament this weekend ( paddypower irishopen qualifier ) and somehow managed to get knocked out at the death when in a seemingly unbeatable position :wall:wall:wall just under 400 started in the 1st heat with 10 going through to the final 40 at the end of the month, 50 qualified from 400 of which I did going into the final with 31,000 chips ( 2nd best ) I disposed of all my table with me and a girl remaining, I had just over 140,000 chips to her 22,000 which to me should have been a matter of time before winning through ( started at 1200 and this was 2230 on saturday night ) this is now a " heads up " situation which I assumed to just stick to my strategy which worked successfully allday, but my mate said in work last night I should have changed my game at this stage, I was of the thinking at the time " just call or fold constantly and pick my moment as she was constantly going all in ". With the blinds at 4,000/8,000 after doing this for about 7 hands this shifted around 60,000 chips to her and she had me by the balls by this stage, my mates who stayed to watch me shook their heads at the end when I was papped out. So what should I have done ? with hindsight Id obviously have called her and likely won at least 1 hand but i was confident of picking her off as I had such a strong lead - what advice would you give if in this situation again ? cheers nas

[Dodger]

Re: Looking for some tips/advice after blowing a great chance this weekend !! It took me a long time to get my heads up working at the end of tournaments. Tight aggressive would get me there but then I'd be bullied out of it and could never win...which appears to have happened to you here. Read a few articles about stepping up the aggression levels and started being hyper aggressive but that didn't work either...I was being too aggressive. Finally settled down to a loose aggressive heads-up style and, although by no means perfect, my heads-up game improved enormously. There are a few on here who will be able to give clearer advice but, for me at least, a higher than normal aggression level with a larger hand range made a big difference.