Converting 2nd places into 1st places - X posted in Pyschology

[rOCKeMdEAD]

Help required from some of you more experienced players. Below are the figures since I started making proper notes of my STT play. I realise that these are such a tiny sample that they cannot be definitive of my true results but I think they are fairly indicitive of my results prior to starting to keep stats. So can we take them as true figures for the purpose of this posting.

I play 6 seater tournies ($10) two at a time + micro limit NL Cash games. I had reasonable results at 10 seater Limit STT but have stopped playing those through bordemn. I'm a tight aggressive player but i'ts not unknown for me to loosen up and switch between.

The problem I have is the heads-up part of the tourny. Of the second places below I can think of perhaps half a dozen where I went in to HU with maybe 60% (4000) of the chips at about the 400 BB mark and managed to lose.
Problem is I can't see why. It feels as though I'm hitting a run of rags as soon as it's HU and having to fold the first x hands. Problem is that the opponent is then nearing my stack and then thinks I'm weak and starts leaning on me. I end up all-in on something only half decent out of frustration and end up getting called and busted.

I realise this is a very loose question but how do I lay the law down early on HU and how do I do it against the different styles of opponent?

If anyone can give me advice on converting any of the lower results (3rd into 2nd) or can spot any holes in my stats then it'd be very much appreciated.

Can I just re-iterate that I think the figures below are pretty close to the mark with respect to my previous results.

Cheers guys,
Mark (Punkguy on Betfair/WillHills)

1st 26
2nd 27
3rd 16
4th 15
5th 11
6th 10

Total 105
ITM 53
ITM % 50.4761904761905

1st% 24.7619047619048
2nd% 25.7142857142857
3rd% 15.2380952380952
4th% 14.2857142857143
5th% 10.4761904761905
6th% 9.52380952380952

[axeshigh]

With barely 50% ITM, it seems clear to me that your game must be suffering from major leaks. That, or your sample size may be too small. I would highly recomment reading the FAQ before posting again. Cheers.

[deathpotato]

Considering that only 33% of the spots pay, I'm pretty sure that 50% ITM is quite good. Not that I know anything about 6-player STTs.

To the OP: If you have 60% of the chips going into HU, you should expect to lose 40% of the time against someone of equal skill. Having a chiplead HU is far from a gimme, and the constant pushing of HU play with high blinds ensures that individual results are defined mainly by who gets the good hands to call with.

[Nicholasp27]

here's a rule

if 8000 chips in tourney and 200/400 blinds, if EITHER player has 3k or less chips, push ANY TWO from sb

don't wait for good hands...if u have rags, u can still push if ur first in the pot if the blinds are a high enough % of the stacks