Is it possible to win/do well in poker tournys with a wrote down strategy

I have played poker for about 10 years mostly online not really for high stakes unless through sats. I have a lot of notes and things i should do wrote down i.e startin cards position sensible bets when 2 fold etc. I was thinkin of writing like a script for me 2 stick 2 cse i jst donk out through stupidity in most tournys would this work or does it just sound daft ?

It is not foolish to have a play chart like a football coach. I would recommend if you are first starting out or trying a new philosophy, have a written out plan, notes, etc for quick reference. Once you get into good habits, you can put it away. If you do this in a casino, do not make it noticeable. Try to do it discretely. Your opponents might take you out of your game by mocking you or asking questions.

If (part of) what's holding you back is that you never had or got away from solid fundamentals, then a back to basics-type approach may well be helpful. But, there's a limit to how far just this will take you. Formulaic but solid ABC poker is enough to beat the lowest stakes, but you'll need to expand your game beyond that as you move up small stakes.

After 10 years of online poker , I think u know how to play solid ABC-Poker. To bring ur game to a higher level u should read some poker books and watch vid , I believe its better rhan to have a to do list , cause every hand affords diff solutions, if poker would be that easy to beat with a to do list everybody would stick to it.
gl on and off the felts

There are many unwritten/written rules when playing tournaments that are related to blind sizes, position, opponents playing style and ranges. 3 betting from the blinds to re-steal or for value, bet sizing ,bubble play, etc etc etc.


So yea you should try and find some good material to watch or read related to tourney strategy. I'm sure you will find it to be very helpful and will most likely assist you to achieve better results.

ahh superb feedback is there any vids or person in perticular worth watching and readin up about ? also when i wrote a rough guide out yesterday it worked to a certain extent but like you say each hand different. My struggle is i play 2 much for fun and not serious enough. I think my rough guide has its good points but defos isn,t the perfect solution. Also any good forums here worth readin that helped any1 ?

SnizzleKicker said:

I have played poker for about 10 years mostly online not really for high stakes unless through sats. I have a lot of notes and things i should do wrote down i.e startin cards position sensible bets when 2 fold etc. I was thinkin of writing like a script for me 2 stick 2 cse i jst donk out through stupidity in most tournys would this work or does it just sound daft ?

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I would do whatever works. If you've identified a leak and want to change the behavior associated with it, then having a visible note might help. I'd be curious if it does, and may try it myself.

Yea mostly what Vinyl and Arjon said...

My question is has your game changed in any way through this ten years of your playing? have you se some significant difference of the game when you started playing and now?

Anyway Gripsed is your friend if you dont feel like reading books, check out his youtube channel...

DrazaFFT said:

Yea mostly what Vinyl and Arjon said...

My question is has your game changed in any way through this ten years of your playing? have you se some significant difference of the game when you started playing and now?

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Awsome question yep its got worse the more i think i know.Like playing 4:1 on the river for as close to 1/8 my stack and understanding odds,hands,range and tells and even like folding q,q, a,k sometimes because i,ve got a good read on a monster. This gonna sound daft again but i think when i didn,t know these things i played better just on fell for the cards and gut instinct rather than numbers and odds. If i knew why that was i,d be chuffed

On a side note i,ve been trying my wrote down system which practiclly covers all the bases but only in freerolls its working well. Obv i,m going big A,K should be taking pots and j,5 is calling for 1/2 his chips but thats freerolls ha ha i,m still counting them not as mistakes. So i played 8 freerolls with what i wrote out results so far are 8/8 no wins but thats not to say it was down 2 what i wrote down because i also wrote down reasons for going out each time 5/8 times was because i played hands i didn,t have wrote down or never folded when i,d had wrote down i would I WOULD ASK PPL TO TRY THIS I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THIS IS NOT PPLS NUMBER 1 REASON other 3 were all in A,K called by j,5 out in long run thats not a bad move other 2 times where set got out drew on river 1 against an up and down and 1 against a flush draw.

I,m gonnae stick a wee $15 in tonight go for apply my system in real money games see how i get on

AND I CHALANGE PPL TO WRITE DOWN A GAME AND STICK TO IT i,d guess ppl will make same mistakes as me and go for it with like a,j a,10 10,10 on the button when you,ve got wrote down you,ll fold

but i,ll post my results as soon i have them