or3o1990
Legend
Silver Level
I've been playing these for awhile now and choose them mostly because the vig is low and they're pretty quick (about 40 minutes). Also, you only have to place top 3 to win. I've had success playing them over the last year but not as much improvement as i'd like to see! I can tell my play is improving and im making better reads as well but i'ts continuing to be one hell of a grind.
I've read a couple of different strategy's in the past. Some say to play extremely tight in the early stages to save chips for when the blinds are higher and money is more likely to it's way onto the table. I've also read postings from other players suggesting to play more loosely in the early stages while it's cheap to see cards. I've tried both methods and have had some success both ways.
Either way i find myself most of the time like the majority of the other players at the table with less than 12bb by the time the bb is 150. Because not a whole lot of action takes place until this point most of the players still have close to theier starting stacks of 1500. Strategically this puts you in a push/fold mode right? Well, I've learned to try and play the table more and while i will sometimes still only raise if i think i can get away with it and still be left with a respectable stack.
I've been trying to limit the number of coin tosses i find myself in but the way these tourney's play out stealing blinds is everything. So i'm forced to shove with a wider range of hands when in position. Call it variance or bad luck but i find myself getting crushed alot of the times by hands i have dominated or getting called by 10's while shoving 9's. i usually get away with stealing some blinds before this happens but it's getting to the point where i don't feel confident shoving anything but aces. I still pick my spots and get it in but once called i never feel too good about it no matter the cards.
Anyone play alot of these have any tips? should i save all of my chips for higher blinds and big cards or play wide from the beginning hoping to make a few hands? what kind of a range should i be shoving or playing in different positions when there's 8 players and 6 have less than 15bb?
I've read a couple of different strategy's in the past. Some say to play extremely tight in the early stages to save chips for when the blinds are higher and money is more likely to it's way onto the table. I've also read postings from other players suggesting to play more loosely in the early stages while it's cheap to see cards. I've tried both methods and have had some success both ways.
Either way i find myself most of the time like the majority of the other players at the table with less than 12bb by the time the bb is 150. Because not a whole lot of action takes place until this point most of the players still have close to theier starting stacks of 1500. Strategically this puts you in a push/fold mode right? Well, I've learned to try and play the table more and while i will sometimes still only raise if i think i can get away with it and still be left with a respectable stack.
I've been trying to limit the number of coin tosses i find myself in but the way these tourney's play out stealing blinds is everything. So i'm forced to shove with a wider range of hands when in position. Call it variance or bad luck but i find myself getting crushed alot of the times by hands i have dominated or getting called by 10's while shoving 9's. i usually get away with stealing some blinds before this happens but it's getting to the point where i don't feel confident shoving anything but aces. I still pick my spots and get it in but once called i never feel too good about it no matter the cards.
Anyone play alot of these have any tips? should i save all of my chips for higher blinds and big cards or play wide from the beginning hoping to make a few hands? what kind of a range should i be shoving or playing in different positions when there's 8 players and 6 have less than 15bb?