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OwnedbyCow
Enthusiast
Silver Level
At the beginning on most tournaments that I play, I can usually get a nice stack of chips by figuring out who the weak players are and waiting for a decent/good hand. I will eliminate quite a few of these players, but then once they have been eliminated, my stack will begin to deteriorate. If it isn't deteriorating, I will get a cooler hand and lose a huge portion of my chips.
If I have a really great hand, I will play it one of two ways. I will mix up this strategy and sometimes I will play it aggressively or passively. I try to bluff the other players into thinking that my hand isn't great. If I have something like A-10 straight, I will sometimes play really passively to see if I can get someone else to do the betting. Once they begin their push, I will just call all the way until the river. If the pot is really large, I will then play aggressive and bet/raise a large amount to pull even more chips. If the flop passed and no one made a bet, I will abandon this strategy and begin doing 1-5bb bets to see if I can get the most value before everyone folds. On the other hand, if I feel like it could be beaten, how do I know when I should fold?
Throughout the tournament, I aim for suited high cards or AA-QQ. I am even a bit cautious about those pocket pairs as most of the time, I still get beat when I finally get to the showdown. Should I be betting/raising these before every flop? Most of the time I will try to call if someone else has raised, but then depending on my stack, I may raise these if I am the first to raise.
My favorite hand to get is AK suited. I will play as low as J 9 suited. Once the hands are lower than this, I avoid them, but should I? A suited connector such as 79 seems really dangerous to play, so I will avoid them. Would it be better to try and see the flop as long as it is cheap?
Also, I think my largest problem is this. No matter what starting hand that I have, I will usually always fold if the flop didn't turn out the way I wanted it to. I know other players notice this and they start to exploit that weakness of mine. If I have AK suited, but then on the flop it is 3 7 10 rainbow and then someone else does a raise of almost any amount, I will fold. Should I try to see anymore draws?
I don't do any large bluffs very often, I only try this against tight passive players or when everyone has checked to me. If I am one off on getting a big hand I may try a minor bluff depending on the situation. Large bluffs are very rare, while the minor bluffs I use a bit more commonly to reduce the amount of players in the hand.
What am I doing right and what could I improve on? At the beginning it works great and I can target the weaker players, but once the tournament is about 2/3 completed, I become the weak player and my tightness gets exploited.
If you need anymore info or want me to clarify on anything, please ask.
Thanks.
If I have a really great hand, I will play it one of two ways. I will mix up this strategy and sometimes I will play it aggressively or passively. I try to bluff the other players into thinking that my hand isn't great. If I have something like A-10 straight, I will sometimes play really passively to see if I can get someone else to do the betting. Once they begin their push, I will just call all the way until the river. If the pot is really large, I will then play aggressive and bet/raise a large amount to pull even more chips. If the flop passed and no one made a bet, I will abandon this strategy and begin doing 1-5bb bets to see if I can get the most value before everyone folds. On the other hand, if I feel like it could be beaten, how do I know when I should fold?
Throughout the tournament, I aim for suited high cards or AA-QQ. I am even a bit cautious about those pocket pairs as most of the time, I still get beat when I finally get to the showdown. Should I be betting/raising these before every flop? Most of the time I will try to call if someone else has raised, but then depending on my stack, I may raise these if I am the first to raise.
My favorite hand to get is AK suited. I will play as low as J 9 suited. Once the hands are lower than this, I avoid them, but should I? A suited connector such as 79 seems really dangerous to play, so I will avoid them. Would it be better to try and see the flop as long as it is cheap?
Also, I think my largest problem is this. No matter what starting hand that I have, I will usually always fold if the flop didn't turn out the way I wanted it to. I know other players notice this and they start to exploit that weakness of mine. If I have AK suited, but then on the flop it is 3 7 10 rainbow and then someone else does a raise of almost any amount, I will fold. Should I try to see anymore draws?
I don't do any large bluffs very often, I only try this against tight passive players or when everyone has checked to me. If I am one off on getting a big hand I may try a minor bluff depending on the situation. Large bluffs are very rare, while the minor bluffs I use a bit more commonly to reduce the amount of players in the hand.
What am I doing right and what could I improve on? At the beginning it works great and I can target the weaker players, but once the tournament is about 2/3 completed, I become the weak player and my tightness gets exploited.
If you need anymore info or want me to clarify on anything, please ask.
Thanks.