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tmannie
Rising Star
Bronze Level
The problem I have with tournies and , i say this after many, the first hour or two the cards run smoothish for me,thereafter I go card dead right until we are in or close to the money ,
by which time I am badly blinded down , and at this point usually recieve my first decent hand (for a long time)usually AA or KK which more often than not I lose with my allin to a big stack. I am talking of a consistent pattern over a good few thousand tournies. My observations , in spite of all the good advise about playing tight in the early phase etc, is that the wild early phase players amass many chips quickly and when they know how to put the brakes on thereafter usually make the big money.
I am wondering if that is not an approach worth trying , i.e. get knocked out early many times but when it works it is a good ticket to the final table with many chips. Although I remember one tourny where the cards worked well for me initially , in fact I was the chipleader by miles , but my best hand thereafter was J4 , I eventually got blinded out 2 spots before the money.
I actually now only play free rolls or free ticket tournies because of my tourny experience to date.
by which time I am badly blinded down , and at this point usually recieve my first decent hand (for a long time)usually AA or KK which more often than not I lose with my allin to a big stack. I am talking of a consistent pattern over a good few thousand tournies. My observations , in spite of all the good advise about playing tight in the early phase etc, is that the wild early phase players amass many chips quickly and when they know how to put the brakes on thereafter usually make the big money.
I am wondering if that is not an approach worth trying , i.e. get knocked out early many times but when it works it is a good ticket to the final table with many chips. Although I remember one tourny where the cards worked well for me initially , in fact I was the chipleader by miles , but my best hand thereafter was J4 , I eventually got blinded out 2 spots before the money.
I actually now only play free rolls or free ticket tournies because of my tourny experience to date.