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i been reading this book called "THE POKERTOURNAMENT FORMULA" BY ARNOLD SNYDER I RECOMEND THIS BOOK FOR ALL ON LINE FAST TOURNEY PLAYERS OR JUST ANY ONE THAT PLAYS HOLD EM TOURNIES!!!!!!!!!!!!:deal: Also i been trying a new super aggresive stlye of play and it works well if u know when to slow down if we have any super agrs players here you know what i mean :)
 
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oh one more book i recomend is "The Toa of poker" by Larry W. Phillips
 
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How about small ball, creating that aggressive image when your not at all. Seems to work for me, betting small, but over minimum, people seem to only call and never raise unless they have monster hands in which you can fold. When I learned this I had a lot more cards seen, and pots won.
 
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I have read PokerTournament formular by Arnold Snyder.

I think the stratagy that he outlines isn't the best, so I wouldnt reconmend people read it as a how to play poker book.

However his analysis of tournament structure is excellent. Its done in great detail, and is not a topic which is often written about.

His super agressive style isnt that great.. but as he points out, the blinds are going up so fast that you are forced to play extremely agressive to even have a chance of making the final table.

What I really liked about the book was how he analizes tournament structures, and how you can look for tournaments which do not require this super agressive style of play. Although these do tend to be bigger tournaments than most of us play.

After reading it, I made the decision to vear away from tournaments entirely, and to concentrate on cash games which are more dependent on skill, as the blinds do not rise.

I hope to, in the future, return to tournaments, but only when my bankroll allows me to enter tournaments of around $100+

So yes I would reconmend that anyone who plays tournaments reads this book, but you may find yourself opting to stop playing small stakes tournaments entirely as a result!!!
 
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Seems to me that a lot of the super-aggro players tend to build up an early lead but lose it quickly when their large raises start getting re-raised by players with the nuts (cards) and balls (guts) after they are figured out.
 
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most of the time I'm guilty of puppyfeet's example, occasionally when I do slow down I can do better
 
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