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I thought I'd do a piece on Common Tournament Mistakes. Hopefully it might help. Note, this is for tournament play not cash play.
Common Mistakes
1) Playing too loose in early stages
2) Playing too tight in latter stages
3) Calling too much, rather than picking situations where you can lead the aggression.
4) Limping for more than 10% of stack
5) Not being able to lay down a good hand when the danger signals are there. (eg AT/AJ with an EP raise before you. eg2 falling in love with your high pocket pairs. eg3 feeling you should always be seeing a flop everytime you have low pocket pairs or a low suited-ace, regardless of cost and position)
6) Not calling a bet where you have the pot odds. This doesnt have to be a draw, it can be a direct question of value bets/value calls. Eg 20,000 pot, you miss everything, and you fold to a bet of 2000 on the river. Eg2, you raise a third of your stack pre-flop and then fold to a re-raise that would put you all-in.
7) Not paying enough attention to position.
8) Betting too light on the turn when there are draws on. A pot size bet on the turn is massive +EV for you against a flush draw/open-ended str draw.
9) Betting the nuts too strong, when you could get paid off at value.
10) Being too card dependant. Waiting for cards for too long, rather than waiting for situations.