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I have recently been having a difficult time cashing at mtt touneys. I have decided to try a new stradegy. For the first 3 to 4 levels while the blindes are low, I will only play a very select quality hands. AA,KK,QQ and AK. I have always said I was going to do this, but never seemed to have enough patience. I will be very serious about doing so now and see how things turn out! Good idea or not?:icon_sunn
 
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That's how you should play. Also play high sc in position and pp for cheap preflop
 
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Personally I think this is kind of old school but of course 'it depends'... depends on the dynamics of your table.
I actually like to try to pick up the chips from the spewy donks in early levels (why let another good player add them to their stack when often in early levels there's alot of chips that are getting tossed around & given up freely). Just pick your spots carefully.
 
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If you are only playing these hands and you come in raising you aren't going to get paid off as often as you would like--unless it is early in a pokerstars $1 MTT Donkfest. But, if all you are interested in is cashing than this can get you close to the money bubble. But, more times than not when you get there you will be extremely ss.
 
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Personally I think this is kind of old school but of course 'it depends'... depends on the dynamics of your table.
I actually like to try to pick up the chips from the spewy donks in early levels (why let another good player add them to their stack when often in early levels there's alot of chips that are getting tossed around & given up freely). Just pick your spots carefully.


^^this.

A lot of experienced MTT players currently play loose when relative stack sizes are high, even though this is not the classic advice that you will find in (for example) Harrington. It does need experience to get away with this, though. You absolutely have to be able to sense when your hand is second best and let go of it. If you are a beginner, tight is still right.
 
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It is a good idea to play premiums in early MTT levels. An even better idea is to look at a starting hands requirement chart from very experienced players (they have played tonnes of hands) and they can tell you what hands are profitable from which position, on average.

After looking at a few charts like harringtons or phil gordons you should apply what you learn so you get a feel for what hands you can play profitably from which position (skill at reading the board comes with expereince as well I believe). And this will also depend on where the TAG or LAG players are on your table. you need to be flexible and constantly adapating to the the players and their changing styles as the levels increase.

GL
 
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Playing premium hands early on may get you reasonably deep but wont get you winning.

You have to expand your range according to position

Playing solid starting hands will soon be picked up on and the only pots you will win will be small but pots you lose will be bigger as your hand can be well defined

early on when blinds are small and stacks are deep connected cards and small pairs have a high implied value and should be open raised the odd time to add deception to your game and when you hit you can take down a huge pot and also if a high card comes on flop you can represent it

If I see a tight player raising I will call in position quite a lot with any connected cards and will aim to take it away from him on flop/turn on a raggy board.

You may slip into the lower cash payouts playing very tight but prize structure of games compels you to aim for FT at least to get a good return.

But ....if you playing 10-20 mtts per session ....thats a different animal :)
 
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This is a bad idea, but I wouldn't do it because than you become easier to read. It becomes harder to win a big pot, because people can tell that your super tight. Maybe try to be a little more loose, like playing suited connectors in mid to late position at a affordable price. Mix it up, because if you don't, you'll get eaten up by those players who take notes and pay attention at the table. Good luck on your tournaments.
 
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