Strategies in MTT
I joined Bovado a few weeks ago and have enjoyed the site.
I dont play many micro tournaments. I usually play the $10 - $30MTT range but have played some higher and some lower games as well.
Here is what I have found online. In the early stages of the tournaments, players are trying to chip up fast so you see more reckless play and many unfortunate beats. That seems to change once the games get into the 150-300 blind range. Players tend to protect their chips more except for players that have less than 1500 and their only play seems to be ALL IN.
I tend to buy in late on most games. Somewhere around the first break. Games have late registration until 65 min for most and some are even longer. I can avoid the loose play this way.
I have a higher the 50% ITM ratio so far.
I played a $10MTT $8000 guarantee yesterday that had 1025 players and placed 25th. Thats the 2.5 percentile. Just under 5 hours of play. In the entire game I played only 15
hands past the flop and was only dealt 9 pocket pair.
The point being, PATIENCE is the key to the MTT tournys. I'm usually watching TV or writing software when I play. I have multiple screens to make this easier to do.
One thing I DONT like about bovado is the anonymous players.
You cant make notes for future play because the player numbers change at every tournament.
Hope this info help.
If you want any other pointers you can PM me as well.
Shep