TenJack
Rock Star
Silver Level
Hey! I am a cash game player normally, but decided to play a tournament this weekend. It was live with a 200ish field. Just wanted to get some tips and ask a few questions about certain hands.
First hour went pretty good. Got a big stack going with the help of 2 huge hands, scored a few knockouts. For the first stages of a tournament, is it best to play TAG or LAG? i was playing pretty loose, found that i bled some chips getting involved in to many pots.
After the field got narrowed down to around 50, i found myself with a massive chip lead. What do i do now? play tight and only get involved in a few big hands, or get a bit more loose and use my stack? I tightened up a little bit, is that bad?
with 3 tables left (27 field) avg. stack around 35k, I'm in second. The game got really passive. I guess shortys were laddering, but even the big stacks started playing super passive. The bubble was coming up, top 20 got paid, what are things for that spot i can do? I got really loose-aggro, mainly taking blinds and using c-bets to win small pots. Should i tighten up here as well?
Final table. 9 players, avg. stack a little over 90k massive lead again with over 50% of chips in play (somewhere in the 550k range.) I played really tight, only getting involved with premium hands in pos. (TT+, AQs, AKo)
Down to heads up. stacks around even, i have him slightly covered, around 25BB each
I play my normal heads up cash game style, i slowly start coming out on top. Here is the final hand.
Hero is n bttn with Ad 2d
raises to 60,000
Villain 3 bets to 120k, hero calls.
Flop 10d Jd 3s
Villain bets 160k
Hero calls.
Turn Kh
Villain is all in.
Hero calls.
Villain shows Ks Qh
River 4d.
Is that how i should have done it? Is getting it all in with a str8 draw and a flush draw bad?
Thans for any tips! sorry this is sorta long!
First hour went pretty good. Got a big stack going with the help of 2 huge hands, scored a few knockouts. For the first stages of a tournament, is it best to play TAG or LAG? i was playing pretty loose, found that i bled some chips getting involved in to many pots.
After the field got narrowed down to around 50, i found myself with a massive chip lead. What do i do now? play tight and only get involved in a few big hands, or get a bit more loose and use my stack? I tightened up a little bit, is that bad?
with 3 tables left (27 field) avg. stack around 35k, I'm in second. The game got really passive. I guess shortys were laddering, but even the big stacks started playing super passive. The bubble was coming up, top 20 got paid, what are things for that spot i can do? I got really loose-aggro, mainly taking blinds and using c-bets to win small pots. Should i tighten up here as well?
Final table. 9 players, avg. stack a little over 90k massive lead again with over 50% of chips in play (somewhere in the 550k range.) I played really tight, only getting involved with premium hands in pos. (TT+, AQs, AKo)
Down to heads up. stacks around even, i have him slightly covered, around 25BB each
I play my normal heads up cash game style, i slowly start coming out on top. Here is the final hand.
Hero is n bttn with Ad 2d
raises to 60,000
Villain 3 bets to 120k, hero calls.
Flop 10d Jd 3s
Villain bets 160k
Hero calls.
Turn Kh
Villain is all in.
Hero calls.
Villain shows Ks Qh
River 4d.
Is that how i should have done it? Is getting it all in with a str8 draw and a flush draw bad?
Thans for any tips! sorry this is sorta long!