How to play this tournament?

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Playing in a tournament in a couple of days and need to know how to best play to give me the best chance of winning money.

This is structure of this tournament.

($40+$10) 3,000 starting chips, 20 minute blind levels. $10 dealer add on for an additional 2,000 in chips.
 
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Live or online? I'm guessing live?
 
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Where? It is likely that the casino has a website and the structural details are available.

Are there rebuys?, Add-ons?
 
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Honest opinion... if you don't know how to properly play a $50 ($60/w addon) tournament I wouldn't suggest you play it
 
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Honest opinion... if you don't know how to properly play a $50 ($60/w addon) tournament I wouldn't suggest you play it

Bad advice, lets assume the guy is a millionaire and can afford it. I would also assume he is doing this both for the experience, and the entertainment.

Start with all the chips you can, so don't avoid those 'dealer chips' up front.

Properly play?????
 
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I will say that 20 minute blinds is no time at all for a live game though, it's like a turbo or hyper online
 
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Hard to say without knowing the blind structure, or at the very least the starting blinds. But this is essentially a turbo, borderline hypo turbo by live standards, based on just the increase intervals. If the blind structure is flat and starting blinds are something tiny like 5/10, then there is a lot more play.

Turbos require aggression. Don't play loose and throw around chips, but you need to get chips in our stack as quickly as possible. Let me clarify by saying as quickly as possible within reason. If you are playing a hand PF, don't limp, raise it up. Don't get involved in big pots unless you have a big hand. The worst thing that can happen is getting forced into All in mode by the blinds, losing a lot of chips early can get you in a tight situation. There isn't a lot of time to rebuild gradually in these cases.

Now this is just the type of strategy I like to deploy in turbos. But if you aren't comfortable with it, play your own game. Regardless of structure, being comfortable gives you the best shot at cashing. And all of this should be altered if your table isn't allowing it to happen. If everyone is calling raises PF, divert your strategy. The old saying goes, play the opposite of what your table is playing.

Oh, and definitely do the dealer add on. For the cost, everyone will likely do it. But it gives a big advantage over those who don't.
 
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I will say that 20 minute blinds is no time at all for a live game though, it's like a turbo or hyper online

My experience suggests this is not as bad as one might think. It is about 2 orbits per level which actually surprised me. It gets bad in a hurry tho after the chip up, when they get rid of the cheapest chips.

We have a new member here who might have already reached his daily post limit.
 
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Is this a Daily? If so the structures tend to be 20 minute blinds starting at 25/50 and doubling every 20 minutes. You will get about 1 orbit per level and the ones I have played in seemed to be LOLDonkaments to me. you cannot wait for hands you need to take stabs early as you stack keeps getting smaller compared to the blinds so quickly. I have stopped playing them and wait for the bigger buyin events with longer levels
 
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I bet the blinds are going to be very big in this tourney. You have to gamble a lot so you can't wait for good hands.
 
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