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AceZWylD
Visionary
Silver Level
Hmm. My other thread has gone largely ignored (OK, completely ignored). So, for the sake of getting some help on this topic, i'm gonna post another one, perhaps with a little more detail.
I recently began playing deep stack tournaments. In all, I have played in 3, finishing ITM in 2 of them for little more than 2 times my buy in. Obviosously, ITM is a good thing, but being at the bottom of the payscale hurts. I play a TAG game in the early stages, and it helps me get through to the middle stages. As everyone likely knows by now, I primarily play SnG's where the fields are much smaller, and steal attempts are not being made against a full table in the mid and late stages. I am struggling to figure out how to open up my game. I generally don't like just limping into a pot at this point, because I am committing chips to the pot that would begin to cripple my stack. But if I get a standard 3-4 BB raise called or re-raised, then I am pot committed for the rest of my stack with a re-raise or on the flop.
Am I playing perhaps TOO tight in the early stages, not giving myself a strong enough chance to accumulate chips? What things should I be looking for when making a steal attempt at a full table? Does the fold/shove theory still apply with an M of less than 10 in MTT's as it would in SnG's? What hand ranges should I be willing to put my chips in with?
Thanks for any and all advice on this topic.
I recently began playing deep stack tournaments. In all, I have played in 3, finishing ITM in 2 of them for little more than 2 times my buy in. Obviosously, ITM is a good thing, but being at the bottom of the payscale hurts. I play a TAG game in the early stages, and it helps me get through to the middle stages. As everyone likely knows by now, I primarily play SnG's where the fields are much smaller, and steal attempts are not being made against a full table in the mid and late stages. I am struggling to figure out how to open up my game. I generally don't like just limping into a pot at this point, because I am committing chips to the pot that would begin to cripple my stack. But if I get a standard 3-4 BB raise called or re-raised, then I am pot committed for the rest of my stack with a re-raise or on the flop.
Am I playing perhaps TOO tight in the early stages, not giving myself a strong enough chance to accumulate chips? What things should I be looking for when making a steal attempt at a full table? Does the fold/shove theory still apply with an M of less than 10 in MTT's as it would in SnG's? What hand ranges should I be willing to put my chips in with?
Thanks for any and all advice on this topic.