higher buy in MTT Advice

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lukeellul92

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So, I've been practicing my tournament play lately, trying to purely keep my online poker as tournament poker. (cash games I play live, as well as live tourneys every monday).

I've been buying into Tournaments on pokerstars between $1-$5.50 (The big $5.50 etc), but the game is still very loose and dangerous at this level, and with close to 5000 players in these tourneys with a large majority playing loosely, I feel its almost damaging to my tournament strategy ?

I'm wondering if I should maybe deposit a little bit more and try a bigger buy in tourney, maybe a $15-25ish buy in?
Anyone have any advice? Tournaments are something I really want to focus on and get alot better at. More risk, but far more reward.
 
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There is no sense, if you do not beat low buy-ins, at the higher limits you will lose all the money much faster because in medium buy-ins more regulars, you will not even have an advantage against weak players at this buy-ins..

Advice, you need to work more on the game, find leaks , read books, watch VODs etc..
 
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Look the tourneys where the variation is lower(smaller field, blinds go up slowly per round and so on) or play some satellites etc..
 
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hi!
i recommend you to play in smaller field tournaments with the same (1.50-5) buy in
you can try some deep stack tournaments too,to improve your game in 3betting etc
buy ins between 5$ and 20$ have no diference in the players and their style
good luck
 
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I rather spread my money on lower stake with many tables than a one table medium/high stake game.

As they say, more entries, more chances of winning.
 
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You find loose players at all levels of buy ins. To me, the biggest thing is making the correct plays, even if it doesn't mean you win. If you loose an all in to bad play with AA, you can blame the loose play, but knowing you're ahead, you still make the same play every time.

I prefer the deep stack-turbo tournaments on carbon. They allow you to play the full tournament, but don't take as long. I think this helps you deal with stack size, loose players, tight players, and big stacks. The 2,000 chip buy ins can have you short stacked early if you don't win a hand right away.
 
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