I want to improve in the MTT.

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Hello friends my ambition is to be a good player MTT and for that I would like to read some books of theory to talk about it.
What would you recommend me.

Forgive my English :(
 
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Practice, practice, practice. Playing a lot of hands is the best way to gain experience. Negreanu's power hold em strategy is a good read. If you're playing online freerolls is good experience. There are a lot of fish at freerolls that'll go all-in with any two cards, but you'll still end up playing quality players. Reading books is good, but there is no substitute for actually sitting down and playing
 
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I would recommend playing as much as you can with Freerolls until you get to a point where you are winning and building a small bankroll. At that point, playing small micro tournaments and get a feel for which game you do best at. When you find your best game, then try and play your bankroll from those games and see where that brings you. If you are feeling good, deposit some money and play the higher paying tournaments. But as the post above states - Practice, Practice and more Practice is what it takes to become a real good player.
 
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Practice and making right decisions and also understanding the play.
And be ready to loose with AA :)
 
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Practice, practice, practice. Playing a lot of hands is the best way to gain experience. Negreanu's power hold em strategy is a good read. If you're playing online freerolls is good experience. There are a lot of fish at freerolls that'll go all-in with any two cards, but you'll still end up playing quality players. Reading books is good, but there is no substitute for actually sitting down and playing



Ok friend seeketh that book to study.
With respect to the freeroll play all that I can of course those of Cardschat is the principal in play as for the least amount of people playing on it, the variance has less influence. Despite this and play a game I could barely Tight cobra. Coming in 42nd.
I want to go slowly creating my bankllor and other Mtt to climb, as well as our friend advised me FlyingFitz.
For my taste I prefer the MTT Cash games.
I see them more appetizing hehehe .... :D
Thanks for your advice will practice more.
If someone wants to recommend another book I appreciate ... :cool:
 
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Reading books is great if you get all that you need from them. But I think you can learn just as much or more by asking questions right here. And then take what you learn to the tables and see what works for you because at the table is where you will get the experience that you will need a lot of if you plan to become the player you want it be. And that is going to take a lot of time since you will have to study your books, ask a lot of questions here to get a lot of needed advice, and then you will have to spend time at the table. There is no fast way to do it. GL to you
 
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book is good, but pratice is better, IMO.
 
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pokerstars has a school you can join if you want MTT advice.


Hello friends my ambition is to be a good player MTT and for that I would like to read some books of theory to talk about it.
What would you recommend me.

Forgive my English :(
 
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First decide how much money and time you want to spend on poker. Buy books related to what type of games you want to play. Play as much as you can and analyse your hands and ask for advice. If you can get a private coach or watch live streams.
If you are fairly new to poker, I'd suggest you read about basic poker strategies, pot odds, position play and other related stuff.
 
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I want to go slowly creating my bankllor and other Mtt to climb, as well as our friend advised me FlyingFitz.
For my taste I prefer the MTT Cash games.
I see them more appetizing hehehe .... :D
Thanks for your advice will practice more.
If someone wants to recommend another book I appreciate ... :cool:

MTT's might have a juicier payout, but they are also a lot harder to cash/final table frequently.
This generally doen't make them very good for "creating" a bankroll, some people can pull it off of course,
but it's definitely not the ideal/easiest way to start,
and even then..

You'd be best off starting with at least 100 buy-ins,
have some decent bankroll management & be prepared to re-deposit when you get some bad swings,
because else you can't keep that bankroll up.

^ Not keeping that bankroll in check is the #1 way I see people get in serious trouble/losing what is left of their BR.

Also, books are good, books give knowledge;
but never forget: Experience can't be extracted from a book, experience is something you must.. experience..

Sitting down at a table, either online or offline, that's where you learn the most important things, things a 100 books can't learn you.

Greetz
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greate strim you runnig good poker goodluck!
 
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Reading books is great if you get all that you need from them. But I think you can learn just as much or more by asking questions right here. And then take what you learn to the tables and see what works for you because at the table is where you will get the experience that you will need a lot of if you plan to become the player you want it be. And that is going to take a lot of time since you will have to study your books, ask a lot of questions here to get a lot of needed advice, and then you will have to spend time at the table. There is no fast way to do it. GL to you



Papac friend're quite right, I know I have a long way to go to achieve my game with commitment and dedication will achieve my goal. And of course also with the help of their advice thanks ..... ;)
 
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Practice is good, but u are right, the theory is very important also, in the Amazon you find some free books and other times are always on sale.
 
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Well EsnneyPk I'm glad that you see it's going to take more than just playing to get your game to the point you want it to be. For that you will need a ton of patience, because there are going to be many ups and downs, and at times you may want to say to hell with this, because it's not working. And it's not going to work if you don't keep trying. Believe in yourself, and no matter what keep your thoughts positive, and when you don't have a good mind set, just don't play. Remember this, poker will always be here and you can play anytime you want to, but you don't need to play when you don't feel like it because if you do you are not going to be focused and you probably will lose. That's just a fact for all of us, I've just realized that poker is just as much of a mind game as it is a game of skill. So GL to you.
 
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Harrington on Holdem for No Limit Tournaments Volumes I and II are must reads for aspiring tournament players.

If you aren't constantly counting your big blinds and how many rounds of blinds and antes you have left to determine your best strategy you will be glad you picked these up. (Keep in mind, doing this for your opponents will give you insights into what they should be doing as well).

After studying those, playing a lot of tournaments and familiarizing yourself with push/fold charts will be your best path for improvement.
 
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Survival is key, but don't act weak because of the element of survival. Pot control is key when deepstacked.
 
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About online poker normal, you just have to roll tournaments because look vidio, work with a trainer and the results will go trust me

I would really advise you to work with an online coach, it helps to not be expensive
 
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Harrington on Holdem for No Limit Tournaments Volumes I and II are must reads for aspiring tournament players.

If you aren't constantly counting your big blinds and how many rounds of blinds and antes you have left to determine your best strategy you will be glad you picked these up. (Keep in mind, doing this for your opponents will give you insights into what they should be doing as well).

After studying those, playing a lot of tournaments and familiarizing yourself with push/fold charts will be your best path for improvement.

One of the few posts that actually answered the man's question! Good job! :)

The original Super System by Doyle Brunson, and Super System 2 are also very good reads. Harrington's books are great, and if I had to mark a major differential between HoH's and SS's, I'd say SS's are more about learning feel, and the HoH are more about learning the technical aspects.

One of the most important things I use as a tournament player comes from HoH, even though I'd used it before he wrote the book. It is known as the "M-Ratio" for those that haven't read it.

Link for discussion of M-Ratio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-ratio

Honestly, it probably deserves its own thread with so many new tournament players here... that concept alone can turn a bad tourney player into a decent one.

(EDIT: Also, since you are looking for books on theory, I can't believe I didn't mention "The Theory of Poker" by Sklansky/Malmuth -- I used to always recommend that as the first book in the library.)
 
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I suggest you 2 things.
1. Register at pokerstars' poker school. They have good advices for MTTs.
2. Watch videos and streams of people playing MTTs, it helps a lot seeing other people play.

You can also read a book if you can find a good one.
 
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Harrington on Holdem for No Limit Tournaments Volumes I and II are must reads for aspiring tournament players.

If you aren't constantly counting your big blinds and how many rounds of blinds and antes you have left to determine your best strategy you will be glad you picked these up. (Keep in mind, doing this for your opponents will give you insights into what they should be doing as well).

After studying those, playing a lot of tournaments and familiarizing yourself with push/fold charts will be your best path for improvement.

One of the few posts that actually answered the man's question! Good job! :)

The original Super System by Doyle Brunson, and Super System 2 are also very good reads. Harrington's books are great, and if I had to mark a major differential between HoH's and SS's, I'd say SS's are more about learning feel, and the HoH are more about learning the technical aspects.

One of the most important things I use as a tournament player comes from HoH, even though I'd used it before he wrote the book. It is known as the "M-Ratio" for those that haven't read it.

Link for discussion of M-Ratio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-ratio

Honestly, it probably deserves its own thread with so many new tournament players here... that concept alone can turn a bad tourney player into a decent one.

(EDIT: Also, since you are looking for books on theory, I can't believe I didn't mention "The Theory of Poker" by Sklansky/Malmuth -- I used to always recommend that as the first book in the library.)


Thanks guys for the recommended books, and I'm looking to study,
and e read the Mentality Poker player and is very interezante, I recommend it.
 
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I suggest you 2 things.
1. Register at pokerstars' poker school. They have good advices for MTTs.
2. Watch videos and streams of people playing MTTs, it helps a lot seeing other people play.

You can also read a book if you can find a good one.


I'm on Intellipoker, and have much reason have very good material MTTs, and other modalities. ty
 
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I would recommend finding a good training site (free if possible) and practice playing freerolls if your bankroll is limited, but once you get any decent size bankroll, I would play the microstakes MTT's and work my way up from there. Although I stated you should play freerolls, I wouldn't necessarily try and play them with the idea of building a solid bankroll not in today's age of players because many players just go-all in and/or their play is so erratic you will get discouraged easily from the bad beats and suckouts, so play some freerolls to gain experience, but look to move up as quickly as possible.
 
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banking control is the key. The rest is own experience.
 
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