Playing for first ??

[The4Aces]

Hello i am wondering if i am playing for first too a crazy extent. In my last 230 tournamnets i have placed first 22% of the time but ALSO placed 4th 18 percent of the time. Is this a leak in my game? getting to aggro on the bubble?

[citanul]

i dunno, what structure tournament are you playing? are you making money?

citanul

[The4Aces]

24% ROI at the 55s on party.

[The4Aces]

also only 35% ITM so most of my finsihes are first.

[citanul]

if you can find a way to sustain this, then you have no problems at all. i personally doubt that you can. but whatever. if you're making money, then how should we be able to say that you're doing something too much or two little?

citanul

[elcheapo]

Looks good to me until you start hitting a tough stretch of 2nd's and then your ROI drops. Any time you're getting 22% 1sts your doing something right. Just got to make sure that you look at everytime you finish 4th and make sure sure you can justify your push based on chip position and player tendencies and obviously the cards.

[DasLeben]

Don't even worry about ITM if you're making money. It's just not important if your ROI is solid. Now if you had a 3% ROI and a 35% ITM over a large sample, there'd be some concern.