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the best strategy to use when approaching the bubble and the chips are pucas ? It is better to be aggressive or is it better to let the bubble go and stay in the game ? and if you have many chips the best estragégia and burst the bubble or wait for another player to do it?
 
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Make your game always thinking of variance ( EV + ) .
 
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first of all: wrong section I think ... you have to post this in tournaments, not cash games :)

2nd: your strategy in that phase kind of depends on your "goal".
you just want to get in the money? -> play tight.
you're going for the tournament win? -> there are plenty of chips to be earned during that phase ... cause everyone is especially tight :D (but that's risky, of course, since you can easily run into a good hand and lose).
 
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Depends on chipstack. If I'm in first place by +55 bbs I tend to fold everything besides top 5% of hands, as at the bubble+ chips won are less valuable than chips lost. If <15bbs begin shoving less valuable hands that still have shown down value (any pair, any ace).
 
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The best is to play normally like you always play and avoiding the actions that you would regret!
 
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2nd: your strategy in that phase kind of depends on your "goal".
you just want to get in the money? -> play tight.
you're going for the tournament win? -> there are plenty of chips to be earned during that phase ... cause everyone is especially tight :D (but that's risky, of course, since you can easily run into a good hand and lose).
Agreed, but I think the goal should always be to win a tournament.
If you want to be a winning player in the long term, min cashing is not worth the trouble of playing a tournament and if you add the times that you don't manage reaching the money, you should definitely play for the win.
The only exception there should be, is if you're playing a satellite where 'ITM' = a ticket, so there is no difference between 1 or just ITM. In all other cases, try to collect more chips on the bubble and improve your chances of winning.
 
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A lot of players become carefully nearing the bubble because they won't be in danger losing their stack or a big part of it just right before. Before the bubble the blinds are already quite high so that you often cannot afford seeing the flop for fun.

On the bubble you should try collecting chips to came as far as possible. Before the bubble its like carefully testing, you should not be that aggressive. It's like the milestone of every tournament...
 
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