Sprint Or Marathon?

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Heads-up, 6-max, 10-person, or 10 to 100 people sit 'n go's can all be considered sprints. The rest are marathons. In a general way, the longer the marathon, the greater the tournament pay-off. True, there are shorter tournaments available at cash sites, where the buy-in raises the prize money, respectably. But, generally speaking.... Nevertheless, For the sprint you will have to duck the rushes of those who are getting cards that match the board, if you are not, particularly if you have poor bluff-developing skills, as yet. The same can be said of the marathons, but, one thing I want to bring out about the marathons is how you can switch on and off. What I mean by that is, you can be doing great in a marathon, when, suddenly, your magic turns off. Your stack starts to dwindle a bit, It's making you nervous. You don't like the pullback. It's the same feeling you get that the stock market gives you. The pullback tempts you to panic. This is when you go into preserve-the-stack mode. Keep track of your cards and the board. let them sync-up again. This will help keep you from going from hero to zero. The longer the tournament, the greater must be your patience and discipline. Although you are only a few double-ups from once again becoming a force to be reckoned with, impatience can destroy your stack. On balance, patience must be employed at the shorter tournament, as well, just not for the duration of the longer tournaments, obviously.
 
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Profile of Dead Money

Every tournament has them. They can occur at any point in the tournament. But, the majority of them are in the beginning of the tournament. They seemingly have no rules they live by. They will call you down, no matter what there hand is! They will launch all-in, no matter what their hand is! Their plan is to try to get lucky, get a stack going, and somehow transform into a good poker player later! They're also not very good at seeing what the board is doing. Seven people could be in the hand. The board has three flush, plus the board has paired, plus there's 4 parts of a straight on the board, and they will STILL go all-in on pairing the high card on the board, or two-pair (because that's such a giant hand [sarcasm])! You may see them raising bid pre-flop every time, even though they are completely out of sync with the board. They will re-raise in like fashion. They will continue to re-raise, completely oblivious to the fact the other bettors are just ready to swoop 'n scoop those chips with any decent hand! Trappers go through these types like a hot knife through butter. The aggressive will provoke them by letting them win a bluff, and then provoke them all-in when they have the upper hand. Finally, dead money can also be a calling station. They are so afraid of being bluffed, they call off all their chips with an inferior hand, instead of folding and having a go next hand.
 
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You make a good argument on the 2nd post. But for me, my mind works different. What I find works for me, is I don't talk or think about what my opponents played called , shoved or fold,..
I focus only on my hand, whether it loses or wins, my goal only is to play the hand correctly. By doing this, I think it helps me through the longterm to making the right decisions. So by this being said, whoever and whatever they play, shouldn't affect your decision as long as you don't think about what everyone is doing.
 
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also, I like your idea how it relates with sprints and marathon. With tournaments there are times I see chances to play faster or to slow down. If my opponent are getting restless, im going to keep pace and sprint on.
 
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