An Unfortunate Asymmetry

[Fletch46]

I experienced this first hand recently. My friend and I were in a tournament and we play at about the same level. At the dinner break we had exactly the same number of chips. Neither of us was getting cards but right after the break my friend's table broke and he was moved to a very active table that had had lots of turnover. When he got cards he won big pots. On the other hand, I played with mostly the same players all day so when I won, the pots were much smaller and it was hard to get ahead. Thanks for the advice on how to deal with this situation.