On the bubble

When i am on the bubble or 10 15 places away from entering money i play like a maniac and it has cost me very much.
Whenever i am on the button or cutoff i play very agressive in deep stages.
Which has sometimes benfited but it has made me bust more.
What should i do?
I do this because i am always looking to take down the tourney.

My advice would be to wait till after the bubble bursts and then take advantage of small stacks going all-in with mediocre hands because they're just glad they made the money.

Being too aggressive just before the bubble bursts, when its mostly the big stacks who are playing hands and trying to steal chips, is somewhat counter-productive.

Very often I get knocked out at bubble because my play was not enough aggressive.I should shove more often to get enough chips to burst that bubble

so close, yet so far

I have been caught up in the same boat. This is when you need to keep in the back of your mind that you now have to be patient. Stand up take breath of fresh air, regroup. The good part about this, you are not the first person that has been in that position.

I don't understand why you must be aggressive near bubble. Whoever says that you should apply pressure is partly right for me. Be aggressive against nit opponents or very small stacks compared to yours.

I find no reason to fight against the same stack like yours or against better opponents. Be careful. Some tournaments require more that the bubble aggression in order to final table them!Also be extra careful in blind versus blind situations because many times the BB wakes up with a monster!

I can relate. I am an exremeist. I have been too aggressive or not enough near the bubble.

Your style of play may have payed you better than you think.

I don't think you should play bubble too aggressively. But the weak game is also not worth showing. Aggressive play can be shown with a good hand. Steal blind bets from weak players. You can play connectors 5h:, ) and small pocket pairs more often if you can watch the flop without damaging the glass.

the game on the bubble directly depends on your stack! if you are a chip leader, it is profitable for you to play aggressively if you are short it is worth the wait for money and go win the tournament!

I don't really play that much differently on the bubble .... My only goal is to try and win, and finish absolutely the best I can, and do everything I can to play well ...

If I have an edge I will push it .. if I see people who are playing scared, hoping to make it to their min cash, and it is obvious, I will apply pressure, and try to steal... otherwise I just play my game and roll on ....

I would really rather exit near the bubble than to keep going into the more important final stages of a tournament without what I feel to be a sufficiently sized stack to have the freedom to make decisions other than shove or fold .... but taking negative EV risks to try and pad my stack is not in my playbook ... unless I go tilty, or am that short stacked ....

One final thought ... I do not feel it is my job to try and take anyone out, if the opportunity comes great, but I will try not to make bad decisions blinded by the prospect of eliminating one more. The blinds, antes, and other players will do this for you as a natural progression ... just my opinion ...

Wreckless betting will only win you a few pots before someone understands what you're doing and/or catches a hand. You have to manage your table image and understand what betting like a maniac does to your range. When you're first in and have favorable position such as the HiJack to the button your range will be somewhere around 33+ A10o+ A2s+ KJs+ KQo Q9s+ J9s+ 108s+ 98s 87s 76s 65s (If you're playing live this range is a bit wide). If your a maniac and show worse hands you range will be even wider. Any good player is going to open their range. You lose your fold equity the moment your called with a speculative hand. Without fear equity these bets will cause you to get called more frequent. That doesn't mean you can't use that to your advantage and play with a big hand in the same manner but now you'll only be playing the top 5% of hands and not to mention you could still get outflopped. Also keep in mind your stack size to the other opponents and if your mid stack play aggressive but with caution. If you the big stack put players in situations that puts them at risk of going out but make sure that you understand if you lose that hand what it will do to your stack and if your the small stack you should be shoving with huge hands and staying out of the way with the other 94% of hands unless you're at a very tight table then I suggest to open up your betting to the top 20% of hands when you're first in. I hope this helps you. There's much more on this topic but I'm not writing a novel

It's always tricky around the bubble because some of the other players at your table are gonna tighten up. This is when I tend to watch for who I think might fold when they're in the blinds and exploit the situation. After the bubble, a lot of the players that were being tight will try to double up. Have the hand and take them down. Cheers

I've never had a lot of luck by the bubble. I seem to take a lot of beats or the big stacks want to play big pots. Most of the time now I wait until right after the money and try to pick off the short stacks. Once people cash they really loosen up and shove with a wide range.

from my experience, playing aggressive on the bubble has it's own merits but without falling into wreckless spilling chips left, right and center. People get much tighter on the bubble, so they tend to play stronger ranges, which leaves you a lot of blinds to pick off, which you should do by raising a small amount. Also, if you are the bigstack you can try to abuse the table, but be ready for situations when people get too aggressive on the bubble which means they will have something strong

Min cashing is not my goal so playing aggressively around the button with a big stack is a good strategy. Playing like a maniac maybe not so much. May back off a little on the aggression and pick your spots where you have an advantage over the villain, based on position, player type, stack sizes.

if you want to win tourney, don't play how maniac on bubble. don't hurry up and play with short opponent. if you cant do this style befor bubble , simple take a pause, go to take a coffe or tea!!!

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seeyouthru said:

When i am on the bubble or 10 15 places away from entering money i play like a maniac and it has cost me very much.
Whenever i am on the button or cutoff i play very agressive in deep stages.
Which has sometimes benfited but it has made me bust more.
What should i do?
I do this because i am always looking to take down the tourney.

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I play tight to try to get to the money, getting close and then bustting
out is not my style. After you make the cut off then attack the
small chip count hands because they are just happy to have made
the money and may play lousely.

On the bubble you can play either very aggressively or very neatly

On the bubble you can play either very aggressively or very neatly. If you have a large stack, then you can play very aggressively, use the fact that everyone wants to get into prizes, and in most cases they will do the pass. Well, if you have an average or small stack, you need to play neatly and wait until other players fly out to get into the prizes. Everything is simple here). Of course, you can choose a different strategy for playing the bubble, but the chances of success are very small.

I agree with many of the comments ... the way you play in the bubble will depend on how big your stack of chips is ... if you have a large stack of chips try to play aggressive against the villains who almost do not have. .. and if you find yourself in a situation where you almost do not have to wait for the bubbles to pass and if you think you will not arrive you should choose a hand and play all-in

I don't like to trick off a tourney I have been playing for hours just to try to stupidly double up. I would suggest trying to play tight on the bubble for say a 100 tourneys and see how it works out GL PLAYER.

wow! had the same issue here. Thanks guys for the advice really needed it!

Be smart and don't play very risky and agressive. But more win % have a luck

Think the key is to know the villans better, if you can steal with a min raise that is better than stealing with a jam, or if you can limp stab the flop thats even better, and if you know the villans very tight you dont need to call their rejam.

I always try to reach the bubble ...
But this sometimes leads to the fact that the chances to win the tournament to become less and less ... because the remaining chips are no longer enough ..)))
It is necessary to apply aggression and stable dynamics ...
and then the victory will be ours !!! ...))))):elefant:

I always wait for the bubble to burst since I do not see the need to risk my chips unnecessarily, the only way I risk is that I need chips to be able to be ITM, now after the bubble explodes there if I apply everything I want do