How To Run Deep In Tourney

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What's Your Strategy On Making Final Table? I Seem To Play Lose At The Start And Tighten Up As The Game Proceeds. I Feel Like It Should Be The Opposite But I'm Always Short On BB When The Bubble Comes Along.
 
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Play the opposite and see how you do then.
 
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You must play carefully, studing the game and the maths of the game, and be patient.
 
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1- Never get under ten bbs. if you do the BB-SB will call you even with crappy hands and eventually they will win.
2- Try to stay always above the avg. if you can't see number 1.
3- Try to read your opponents not only when you are up to play but also when they play each other. Analyzing and observing is POKER.

ps. After all its a game of luck if you don't have your luck don't push it. Try another day :). With skill you can come further in tournaments then average players.
 
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Try deja in middle position , and then to play bingo ) )
 
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do not be afraid to fold does not make you less another player and see who 'll be mostly above average in chips entering ITM
 
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I Believe the most important is to have patiance. You are going for a tournament, it may take a while to get to the end. No need to rush
 
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Play the opposite and see how you do then.

This. As people get busted the table becomes short and the value of your hand increases. Therefore you should widen your range as people get busted.
 
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play to win the tourney or at least top 5(that is where the money is and that is the deepest) . you shouldnt shy away from going for few coin flips sometimes.
 
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Im tight in the begining but i loose up in mid stage and then if im low stack im tight on the bubble and after the bubble again loose
 
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Try playing tighter early on, maybe play a few marginal hands against weaker opponents in position. As you get to the antes open up your game a bit but continue to play position! Antes matter, sometimes you will have antes that are a bigger percentage of the BB, these are much more worth fighting for. As you approach the bubble you need to consider your stack and your opponents as well as how tough of players they are and how much cashing means to you. If you have a sizeable stack and small to middle size stacks at your table that are trying to make the $ then you should exploit them and beef up your stack with looser raising. No matter what stage of the tournament and no matter your stack you should have one goal, play each hand as well as you possibly can. If you do this and study how to do this you will succeed. Good luck!
 
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I have done decently doing the same as you . I play a little looser at the beginning for little time is vested .. I do choose good hands to venture in with .. I find j 10 and 10 9 are great , especially when suited . After the first 20 minutes I tighten my game up . I usually make final 100 and battle from there .. GL :)
 
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minimize loss maximize gain for example half the time its a crap shoot 50% luck other 50 is knowing when to put 90-100 percent of your stack in the middle play tight but def loose at beginning because pleanty of donks still I start tightening up as I sit with a comfortable 50bb and play tight as long as you can get yourself into good situations and dont stray away from 50+BB youre good to go
always aim for top 5 for example the other day I had 146k chips and some reason bad connection but I still finished in 28th/1210 and only got 18.5 but 1st is 875 dollars so theres a Biggggg difference between cash payouts the deeper you go into the tournament...dont worry about that worry about gaining chips by betting your good hands and knowing when to get out.
 
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I play tight most of time early in a tourney unless I think I have a read on a player.Patience,position & bet sizing I think are the most important in a tourney. Hope the cards run good.
 
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I agree about coin flips, but don't get into them needlessly. If you get a good stack and it's getting close to the bubble or you've already gotten ITM, then you have to decide whether or not to risk a significant portion of your chips in a flip. An MTT is like a marathon. You're not going to win it with one hand, but you can sure as heck put yourself in a bind if you play a bad hand.
 
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I agree about coin flips, but don't get into them needlessly. If you get a good stack and it's getting close to the bubble or you've already gotten ITM, then you have to decide whether or not to risk a significant portion of your chips in a flip. An MTT is like a marathon. You're not going to win it with one hand, but you can sure as heck put yourself in a bind if you play a bad hand.
I embrace coin flips as long as the odds are in my favor if you see the payout structure....
 
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Agree with those who say that you always should aim to get to the final table. If only to think about getting to the money it wont be profitable to play tournaments at all
 
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I play carefully, patient and also try as much as posible to study the opponents and adapt to the game ;)
 
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I play tight at the beggining, taking less risks getting KO'd but if I get a good hand I'm not gonna be scared of shoving the chips in. Ultimately you are going to have to shove all your chips in from time to time if you get a massive hand and with little luck and a bigger stack you can get a little loose.
 
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Be patience but stay alert and observe the table dynamic.
 
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I find my issue in large low stake tournaments is that I can usually make the money, but never have a big stack to be able to run truly deep. I actually find I'm more aggressive early, taking advantage of unknown opponents but tighten up as we go. Probably backwards as I read the above...

Example: Played a $0.11 MTT on Stars today. 4700 people entered, 900 paid or thereabouts.

Couple of coin flips early got me a top 5 stack with 1500 left, but I ran into the issue I always seem to get into: I can't build it. Either I go card dead, and bluffing at low stakes, even close to the bubble doesn't work for me, or, I tighten up and coast into the money. After that, because the flood gates open, I find I have trouble getting a stack to get me to the final table.

In fact, the last MTT I made, sadly, was one of the $0.02 SnG that starts 990 players. Finished 5th that day.

I also hit a wall when playing aggressively where I'll spike AKo or TT, raise pre and then totally miss the flop. I'll get a flush or straight board with AKo, or get AQ6 or AK4 suited with TT. I'll continue, and then get called.

So I guess to sum this up,

- What's the right mind set to keep a top 5 stack a top 5 stack through the middle stages of a tourney. Your play has to change, but how?
- What's the best way to tackle missing a flop with a premium hand? Do you fold, cut losses and go at it again? Or do you push back and hope for a fold?

Keep in mind, I'm dealing with Stars and micro stakes...

I finished 167th, respectable, but went card dead after the bubble, saw nothing better than A9o, and was getting raised & re-raised constantly.
 
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My strategy is a solid game, without trying to risk everything my stack in wells complicated trying not to get short on the bubble, to be able to play loose and be able to put pressure on weaker players . Do not compete with the leaders in tabs , only do so with a good hand.
 
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I usually have a list of hands for each round that I am willing to play. They do tighten up each round.

Just remember you can't play every hand and you should let others do the heavy lifting. When I get card dead I remind myself this is the time to take my mental break and just watch. I also remind myself that this is a 5 hour tournament and I need to be able to play for 5 concentrated hours.

You only need to win a few really good hands to get doubled up. Try to sit back and relax and watch the play and learn your players.
 
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