I need MTT advice

iBluffdaRiver

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can someone please give me some good advice for early and middle stages of MTT ? I usually play SNG but decided to play this friday at a MTT for 10000 dollars buy in in 100 dollars and really don't want to get knock out to early the player pool is about 1500 players or so . thank you CC for your time :ac4::ac4:
 
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don't be greedy. I mean fold marginal hands. don't bet more than 20% of your pot unless you have KK and above or if you have a made hand after the flop. Poker is evolving. its ok to play only if you feel safe about your hand. at the same time, measure your emotions. take care and good luck.
 
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Early stages of an MTT
Play very tight, our aim right now is too survive not to make any 'sick' plays and try to win the tournament. We are mainly going to be opening up from the SB - Hijack postitions unless we have a top 10% hand, and calling and open from the BB vs Sb-hijack with a hand that can flop well.
For example dont call from the BB with K9o vs an UTG raise.
Blind levels are small making the pots small so unless we have a big hand preflop and we flop well we are not trying to double up in these stages. Play it cool and just survive.

Mid stages
Now we can open up are range a little bit and play a few more hands opening up from mid positions more happily, we are will find our stack dropping below/ playing against players with -20bb frequently, again don't panic and make some stupid flip decision to try and chip up be patient and play the cards you get, we are not wanting to flip our way to the final table when we can make much more profitable plays without risking our stack with 77 vs AK 8x in a row we wan't to play as little variance poker as we can. We aso want to be taking advantage of stealing the blinds from the SB and Button with a decent range.

Know your push/fold strat at different stack depths knowing what you can call from the big blind -10bb vs a known fish.

Late stages
This is where your knowledge of push/fold for different bb's will help a lot as we will find ourselves below or vs below 10bb frequently. We will be pushing all in from the button and SB frequently to steal blinds but don't do this with any 2 cards, know your ranges and when to play them. This is still a patients game until the final 3-5 players at the FT but we have less time to be patient so will need to know when you can shove certain hands profitably when we are shorter stacked/ vs short stacks.

This is a very rough explanation of how your mindset 'should' be throughout the different stages of an MTT, obviously lots of variable factors come into play whether you're playing a turbo,hyper,bounty etc..
 
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Always play the player. But you need to play a lot less hands at the beggining. When you get in to a hand than its a different situation. Thats when you have to outplay your opponent. Stay calm and reasonable. Gl!
 
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Always play the player. But you need to play a lot less hands at the beggining. When you get in to a hand than its a different situation. Thats when you have to outplay your opponent. Stay calm and reasonable. Gl!

Maybe live, but online play the cards in front of you. Don't make a bluff with nothing thinking I'll out play him OTF when you have very little information about the player in micros you'll be playing different players a lot.
 
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All of the above is really good advice. The only thing I would add is to pay attention to the blind structure and pay attention to your stack in comparison to the blinds. I usually like to wait until the antes kick in before I start trying to steal blinds.
 
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Early stages of an MTT
Play very tight, our aim right now is too survive not to make any 'sick' plays and try to win the tournament. We are mainly going to be opening up from the SB - Hijack postitions unless we have a top 10% hand, and calling and open from the BB vs Sb-hijack with a hand that can flop well.
For example dont call from the BB with K9o vs an UTG raise.
Blind levels are small making the pots small so unless we have a big hand preflop and we flop well we are not trying to double up in these stages. Play it cool and just survive.

Mid stages
Now we can open up are range a little bit and play a few more hands opening up from mid positions more happily, we are will find our stack dropping below/ playing against players with -20bb frequently, again don't panic and make some stupid flip decision to try and chip up be patient and play the cards you get, we are not wanting to flip our way to the final table when we can make much more profitable plays without risking our stack with 77 vs AK 8x in a row we wan't to play as little variance poker as we can. We aso want to be taking advantage of stealing the blinds from the SB and Button with a decent range.

Know your push/fold strat at different stack depths knowing what you can call from the big blind -10bb vs a known fish.

Late stages
This is where your knowledge of push/fold for different bb's will help a lot as we will find ourselves below or vs below 10bb frequently. We will be pushing all in from the button and SB frequently to steal blinds but don't do this with any 2 cards, know your ranges and when to play them. This is still a patients game until the final 3-5 players at the FT but we have less time to be patient so will need to know when you can shove certain hands profitably when we are shorter stacked/ vs short stacks.

This is a very rough explanation of how your mindset 'should' be throughout the different stages of an MTT, obviously lots of variable factors come into play whether you're playing a turbo,hyper,bounty etc..
Thank you for posting this info. For me this sounds like sound advice. I seem to do quite well in small SnG's but not very well in MTT's. I will try this approach in my next tournament and see if I manage to survive a bit longer than usual [emoji41]

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In the beginning is to look at the play at the table. There are many players who prefer using bluff to double at an early stage. Approximately 20-30% of the players careful. Take a look and try, with the help of his powerful cards to win at the cheater. To your game, too, look closely. Your powers of observation and caution will allow you to pass on, usually with a good bankroll. At the final stage, everything is in your hands and intuition.
 
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Well, everything is standard, wait for a good hand, and be ready to fold even AA ... On the situation. But it still does not give 100% guarantee...
 
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Early stages of an MTT
Play very tight, our aim right now is too survive not to make any 'sick' plays and try to win the tournament. We are mainly going to be opening up from the SB - Hijack postitions unless we have a top 10% hand, and calling and open from the BB vs Sb-hijack with a hand that can flop well.
For example dont call from the BB with K9o vs an UTG raise.
Blind levels are small making the pots small so unless we have a big hand preflop and we flop well we are not trying to double up in these stages. Play it cool and just survive.

Mid stages
Now we can open up are range a little bit and play a few more hands opening up from mid positions more happily, we are will find our stack dropping below/ playing against players with -20bb frequently, again don't panic and make some stupid flip decision to try and chip up be patient and play the cards you get, we are not wanting to flip our way to the final table when we can make much more profitable plays without risking our stack with 77 vs AK 8x in a row we wan't to play as little variance poker as we can. We aso want to be taking advantage of stealing the blinds from the SB and Button with a decent range.

Know your push/fold strat at different stack depths knowing what you can call from the big blind -10bb vs a known fish.

Late stages
This is where your knowledge of push/fold for different bb's will help a lot as we will find ourselves below or vs below 10bb frequently. We will be pushing all in from the button and SB frequently to steal blinds but don't do this with any 2 cards, know your ranges and when to play them. This is still a patients game until the final 3-5 players at the FT but we have less time to be patient so will need to know when you can shove certain hands profitably when we are shorter stacked/ vs short stacks.

This is a very rough explanation of how your mindset 'should' be throughout the different stages of an MTT, obviously lots of variable factors come into play whether you're playing a turbo,hyper,bounty etc..
Thank you for the information, my problem is that I can not get to the bule
 
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