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You make a awesome deep run and get in the final table as CL having around the double of chips that the second in chips have. Whats the best strategy? Let then busts each other and play extremely tight or come along to the ride and play a loose game?
 
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Make a lot of small bluffs, steals and small C-bets. Don't risk your stack. Don't accept coin flips unless you're already pot committed. Just bully the other players with small but frequent bets which they have to fold to (because no one wants to come 9th).
 
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Play small ball poker, take advantage of your position and your stack. I don't agree with the previous post when he says dont accept coinflips. You certanly dont want to flip with someone deep as you, but with short stacks especially in turbo tournaments you want to take coinflips to incrise your stack. Cause you are going for the prize.
 
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I like to value bet large in this situation. Don't leave chips on the table
 
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I agree with the 3rd post u don't take a coin flip on equall stacks only with short stacks as they have a bigger range of playing hands as they are desperate to increase stack size. but large stacks are more likely to be playing made hands preflop. I like to play small ball and play the cards as they are dealt. I don't bluff a lot on FT as u don't need to. people are there because they have run great or played well. play out your cards and trust your abilities they got you this far. I keep my style the same on FT as the entire tourney.
 
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If a player has 50% your chip stack, I would try not to get in a coin flip with him. Because if you lose, he'll be the new chip leader and you'll be down to his level.

If they're really short-stacked then yes, I agree that coin flips are okay, but if they are capable of bringing you down from 1st place to 5th place in a single hand, then I don't think it's worth it (unless you're already pot committed). Because once you lose your big stack, you'll lose your power to bully others from that point onwards.
 
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If youre at the final table, theres only one think i would and thats the first place.

I'd play by my stack and position. I'd wait my chanche to double up my stack. Idcalled every 3bet with ace high or pairs.
I would never play a loose game or bluff cards.

You make a awesome deep run and get in the final table as CL having around the double of chips that the second in chips have. Whats the best strategy? Let then busts each other and play extremely tight or come along to the ride and play a loose game?
 
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think the best strategy is the ole bruce lee ie "be like water" by identifying the various villans leaks and attacking them

some villans may fold a lot to 3b, some may fold to steals, some may fold to cbets, etc.
 
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All depends on your stack, if you went out for a final table with a little stack, that at a good hand go All-in, if you are a chip-leader, to steal that blainds and to play more aggressively.
 
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Havent really played a final table of a big field tournament. but i believe its better to play more loose against players with shallow stacks but really tight against players with other big stacks. Never more than 3bet them with anything less than KK. Even call their raise with QQ. Try to have some tight plays as well to balance things. For example dont go all in with any two cards against the short big blind when its folded to you (being the SB)
 
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stay calm and wait wery good hand

situation can change anytime on final tabel.even if you have many chips
 
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For me the right thing to do is to put pressure on stacks that are best placed , in the case 2nd 3rd and 4th maybe 5th . Abuse 3bet -light and avoid unnecessary flips
 
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I feel that playing a smart, position based, pressure style targeting those who are more passive and looking to ladder. smaller 3 bets will many times gather more respect from the CL as their stacks are always at risk. depending on your position at the table I typically try to avoid a confrontation with the players who are nearest to me.
 
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Knowing ICM and Small ball strategy, you can be very effective.
Don't press the short stack, but the rest of the table.
By ICM, other players want to avoid greater stacks, waiting short stack get beaten, unless (of course) they get a big hand in a great spot.
 
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as if I was in your place, I would try to be careful and do take notes on apponenta on their game, differentiate between them by type
 
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there are many players whose first priority will , instead , move up the pay scale . A valuable part of your final table strategy is to identify who " play to win " and who plays to climb the ladder of payments. If you identify timid opponents who are less likely to run riresgos , then you should make sure to play many hands with them. Similarly, those players who want to " bet " to take the first prize are candidates for big hands only when you have very good bets .
 
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Observe the table dynamic,make note and exploit weaknesses on the table.Any mistakes during this time will hugely impact your icm.
 
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My opinion

At the final table, you know the players know how to play. So....

Sometimes, I like to let the table decide the bet. Laying low betting minimum to get in. Make them get a big head. It seems when you think about a situation a different situation comes about.

Other times, I use small power bets to see what I can get out of the hand. If you go all-in they usally fold. However, a 700 to 1300 power bet they might call. It does keep them in so they could donk out.

Othertimes, When the blinds are big, it is a good idea to go all-in for blinds. You like to get one blind every time the dealer button goes around.
 
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Play small ball poker, take advantage of your position and your stack. I don't agree with the previous post when he says dont accept coinflips. You certanly dont want to flip with someone deep as you, but with short stacks especially in turbo tournaments you want to take coinflips to incrise your stack. Cause you are going for the prize.

Relevant YouTube video (skip to 10:31):
Watch from 10:31 to 10:51. This is where Jason Somerville (the chip leader) make a fold against a short-stacked player purely on the basis of avoiding coin flips.

This is what I'm talking about. When you're the chip leader, you want to take the lead. You want to bully other players and lead out with things like weak Aces and small pocket pairs, but if someone leads into you, you generally want to avoid that and wait for a better spot, because your deep chip stack is far better spent bullying others than coin flipping.
 
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Read up on ICM and how to apply it to final table.
 
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Nice topic! I will try to use some of the tips given here.
 
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small bets, try to steal some. Let them thin the field also
 
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If you have an average stack or below, it is better to get a good hand, given that the prizes at the final table is very attractive.
 
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You make a awesome deep run and get in the final table as CL having around the double of chips that the second in chips have. Whats the best strategy? Let then busts each other and play extremely tight or come along to the ride and play a loose game?


Coming the chipeleader, normally we make more mistakes, but when i have the most chips, I open more hands, normally im very tight, but with the chiplead, i became a litle loose... Play more hands, like suited conectors, only conectors in early positon, because the players with less chips wants to win, and normally they only will play good hands, and if we win the antes and small, and bigblinds, i will get some chips, because in the final table the chips of the pot pre-flop will be a good pot....
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