In this age of aggression in the poker world, we sometimes get so caught up in winning that we do whatever we think it takes to bring home a victory. It’s easy to do, and I’ve done it myself numerous times. However, here’s a little food for thought the next time you’re playing in a poker tournament:
I recently played in a tournament on Full Tilt in which I reached the final table with a fairly short stack. Nine players sit at the final table, and within fifteen minutes, seven of them were gone. I played two hands before it got to three way and didn’t knock out a single person. Everyone else at the final table was throwing their chips around in hopes of giving the chip leader a run for his money. As it turned out, I was severely short-stacked (6:1) when it got down to heads up, but second place wasn’t a bad payday.
If you find yourself fortunate enough to be at a final table with a lot of aggressive players, don’t think it’s a bad thing to sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. You can’t win every all-in, but if you don’t put your chips in the middle, you can survive for a long time unless you’re really short-stacked.  If you think about the other players at the table as your teammates instead of your sworn enemies, in certain situations, it can work to your advantage.
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