Can't hold on to early chip leads - what to do?

[SENPAI69]

In every tournament in the beginning am taking chip lead easily but cant control it then what can i do to make it better

 

[dannystanks]

Study stack sizing strategy. Some people have problems when deep stacked because they forget to protect what’s really important, your stack. So they play way too many hands, or they are calling really big raises pre flop only to fold when they miss and it eats up a lot of chips.
There could be a number of things you might be doing wrong. Study up and soon you will start seeing the mistakes you are making. Poker isn’t magic, it’s hard work and it takes a lot of effort on your part to figure this game out. Good luck friend!

 

[bablovod]

If you score a big stack, hold your horses; every player at the table really wants to rob a big stack.
Good luck at the tables)))

 

[tagece]

In every tournament in the beginning am taking chip lead easily but cant control it then what can i do to make it better

Some players tend to play very loose when have a deep stack. Experiente player s knows how to explore it. Maybe you should change your strategy and wait for good spots.

 

[WrongUsername]

happens to all since is a game of luck. good luck next time

 

[mattiebumpo]

Unfortunately it happens a lot. I think it is important to play solid poker in position. Sometimes it is easier to justify loose calls when we have a big stack.

 

[emsea9o5]

You need to play less hands. Only play premium hands. Play your position. Fold Ace rags in early position.

 

[mariale_1990]

I try not to play all the cards that come into my hands, I try to be very patient and not risk my chips unnecessarily, sometimes it seems that having a lot of chips and the blinds being relatively low is worth the risk in each hand, but I think That is not the case because if you do not manage to win the pots your stack goes down little by little and when you realize it you start to despair because your stack has decreased

 

[eetenor]

In every tournament in the beginning am taking chip lead easily but cant control it then what can i do to make it better

One issue you may be having and you will have to do a data dive to know is there are many players willing to gamble early and therefore have wider ranges and play those ranges poorly post flop---Thus you are scooping up large pots early from players giving away EV--When you get to later stages of MTT's the ratio of very weak players to solid players is far less---actions that won you big pots vs weak ranges early now lose you big pots vs tighter ranges.

If you have a tracker you can filter it for just these types of hands and see if you are over playing 1 pair hands on boards that do not favor you for example.

 

[rachelle2291]

You need to tell us all your secret to being able to "easily" take the chip lead