How do you manage the last stage of a tourney ?

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Here i am talking about that stage when only 10-20% of the players remain...for me it seems to be the hardest part..usualy i grow and i grow till the moment i dont grow any more :)) and the blind gets bigger till my stalk becomes 5-10 BB..and if i want to survive i need to double my stalk twice or more...how do you do it ?
 
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Use position to exploit any weakness on the table but at the same time need to widen the range a bit.
 
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well personally I expand the range with push, I play connectors from 78s well and of course it is important to know though some information on the rival, I use HM :D
 
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the first thing that you should analyze is your stack and the awards usually have to be conservative in bubble if you have a good stack is stealing blinds and maintain a strategy of play solid against the rivals with your same size chips
 
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play aggressive and exploit every weakness in the table press hard
 
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I find the same happens. I've found as others said picking spots and being more aggressive against mid to small stacks. Also not being afraid to shove wider ranges and hope to get called with worse or pick up blinds.

And be aware of stacks close to your size, equal, or larger to your left acting after you. This definitely changes things. If all the stacks left to act are small I might put them all in with a really wide range to take a chance to get their stack OR steal binds. But if there's a stack that can damage me badly or knock me out and they haven't acted, I'm more selective with what I bet with and how. Of course also be aware that some players might notice this.
 
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keep in mind when your stack to pot ratio is 8 to 1 or lower, you should be shoving preflop. and the fewer people left to act to your left your range of hands to shove with should widen.
 
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You are right, entering the bubble is the most critical point of a tournament because everybody wants entering it and the blinds are kind of exploding. Use your position, late positions like on the Button are more comfortable exploiting others or stealing blinds by an raise than early position SB, BB, +1 or +2.

Of course, thats no guaranty but it could work...
 
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Here i am talking about that stage when only 10-20% of the players remain...for me it seems to be the hardest part..usualy i grow and i grow till the moment i dont grow any more :)) and the blind gets bigger till my stalk becomes 5-10 BB..and if i want to survive i need to double my stalk twice or more...how do you do it ?

its usually part where i simply go all in with almost anything except KQ AQ and JJ and close my eyes waithing for sound :)....
if you have luck you win, if not, you will loose even with AA anyway.
 
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its usually part where i simply go all in with almost anything except KQ AQ and JJ and close my eyes waithing for sound :)....
if you have luck you win, if not, you will loose even with AA anyway.

so u go all in with any hand exept AQ JJ KQ ?!
 
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Agression is never the solution

Lots of besides you suggests to play aggressively. I had played, but it doesn't works for me. Maybe i play too aggressively. In the final tables there are a lot of good players who can take advantage of your aggressive play. That's my experience. :(
 
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Lots of besides you suggests to play aggressively. I had played, but it doesn't works for me. Maybe i play too aggressively. In the final tables there are a lot of good players who can take advantage of your aggressive play. That's my experience. :(

at the final table u should not play aggresive...play tight and carefull
 
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I am not often in that position, i play agressive so by this time i am out or in much better situation!! My advice is to be more agreessive with 15bb not wait to go so close, because if you do, you cannot wait for huge hands any more, and because of it big stack will call you easier..it is ok to go to itm, but big money is at the end...
 
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I play fairly tight but open up my range in late position and if i get down to around 10 BB i start to shove Ax pocket pairs and 10 or better hands then add suited connectors if i dont pick up a hand got lucky in a hand where i shoved A8 and got called by 88 3 handed with about 11 big blinds and flopped an A but im always content with making the money and after that part once the blinds get you down have to make moves and hope to win.
 
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