Secrets of the Amateurs

I made the last 8 of the Heads Up tournament on Stars last night, taking my game-by-game record in the tournament to something like 15-4. In the first round I laid down the pwnhammer on Dario really hard, as follows :

Hand #1
Poker Stars $200+$15 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t10/t20 Blinds - 2 players
Hero (BB): t1680
Dariominieri (BTN/SB): t1320
Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BB with Jc Th
Dariominieri raises to t60, Hero raises to t240, Dariominieri calls t180
Flop: (t480) 5d 9s 9h (2 players)
Hero bets t260, Dariominieri calls t260
Turn: (t1000) 4h (2 players)
Hero bets t1180 all in, Dariominieri folds

Hand #2
Poker Stars $200+$15 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t10/t20 Blinds - 2 players
Hero (BB): t2110
Dariominieri (BTN/SB): t890
Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is BB with Kc Js
Dariominieri raises to t60, Hero raises to t240, Dariominieri calls t180
Flop: (t480) 6d 5d Ah (2 players)
Hero bets t260, Dariominieri raises to t650 all in, Hero calls t390
Turn: (t1780) 9h (2 players - 1 is all in)
River: (t1780) Qc (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t1780
Hero shows Kc Js (high card Ace)
Dariominieri shows Jh 8c (high card Ace - lower kicker)
Hero wins t1780

Total domination I'm sure you will agree. I also shipped 4th in the Party $500 for $5K + change so it's been a good start to the month. I've been making another beginners video for Pokerswat, and something I was talking about there struck a chord with my own play - I've been avoiding certain sites and tournaments because I've been running bad in them, which is stupid. At the end of the day there really isn't that much difference between tournaments with the same buyin on various sites, and I'm cutting down my volume pointlessly. Hopefully fixing that will help with throughput this month.