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Anyone have strategy suggestions or book suggestions on MTT (1000-5000 entries) later stage play...bubble to final table, with average chip stack? Looking forward to hearing from you all!!! Thank you...
 
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The strategy is simple
The moment we are in ITM
The only thing we should be doing is playing aggressive and keep accumulating stack till we reach final table as FT is the only one with decent payouts
With Average Chipstack we should be looking to immediately shove any +EV hand and double up and should continue to pressurise opps using much of our fold equity using position until we get a decent stack to play with
with Average Stack we can shove a wide range of hands 77 + , A5s+ , 9J to K9 suited , JT to KT suited , and QJ , QK , KJ etc

after we have succeeded in building a good stack we can play tight say top 5% of hands till we double up and build strong stack where we can again widen our range and play like suited connectors, suited broadways , pairs for setmining etc

The most important thing is We should be aggressive with whatever hands we open and should target specific players who play like exactly we need {i mean fishes } and keep winning pots
and we also must be targeting short stacks and keep pressure on them especially tight players
We also need to able to bluff by spotting weaknesses in playing line and steal pots with nothing
 
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Right after the bubble it can be a pretty hectic scene,you really need to have a good look at how players where playing before the bubble to get a rough idea of how they will play against you.
The players that where timing down each hand and have lower stacks will be way more active and likely to call behind a allin,so you need to be able to see how many low stacks are at the table.
The players that abused the bubble are still going to be active as well for the most part as it is hard to change cycles for most players.
So knowing the table I tend to sit back a orbit and see how the table is reacting to the bubble bursting,if there is a donk I am looking to double through them and find a spot to isolate them from late position.
It really takes practice to get the flow of a tourney,I found playing sngs helped me with later game strategy as you master the 45,90 and 180,the flow runs pretty similar in tournies.
 
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1)Always open for x2.5 in mid+ position.
2)Avoid all in calls from stacks with 17+ bb
3) adjust your actions to a HUD program (well that's a bit advanced but you need it soon or late)
 
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I think Tech hit it on the head. Usually the problem most players have is they start tight, and continue to play tight as the blinds and antes rise, watching their stack dwindle because the cards don't come. You have to widen your range and take some chances early rather than the final 20.
 
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The strategy is simple
The moment we are in ITM
The only thing we should be doing is playing aggressive and keep accumulating stack till we reach final table as FT is the only one with decent payouts
With Average Chipstack we should be looking to immediately shove any +EV hand and double up and should continue to pressurise opps using much of our fold equity using position until we get a decent stack to play with
with Average Stack we can shove a wide range of hands 77 + , A5s+ , 9J to K9 suited , JT to KT suited , and QJ , QK , KJ etc

after we have succeeded in building a good stack we can play tight say top 5% of hands till we double up and build strong stack where we can again widen our range and play like suited connectors, suited broadways , pairs for setmining etc

The most important thing is We should be aggressive with whatever hands we open and should target specific players who play like exactly we need {i mean fishes } and keep winning pots
and we also must be targeting short stacks and keep pressure on them especially tight players
We also need to able to bluff by spotting weaknesses in playing line and steal pots with nothing



Will support all written above.
But I think it is necessary to consider many factors, always can be different. But aggression I think needs to be in the draw always, when you are sure...
 
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Untill bubble(ES) - TAG... almost nit. Yes sometimes ou will be folding good hands(better hands) but you dont want to be i situation were you 3bet with AA and get 4-6 bet allins, so possition and TAG
Bubble a bit more loose. You will (most likely) not be the chip lead so you have to make EV+ plays. Your stack will be small so be mindfull.
By this stage most(as in not all), even bad, players tend to feel the money so most(as in not all) start playing good poker, or atleas not shove A6o from UTG for 35BB. But here and there can be proffitable to steal/bluff since people tend to NIT-up to atleas min cash.
post buble people tend to loose up =) as they got some $$$ so it's back to good poker.
FT is heavely "who you play against". The only word of caution is that you dont lose good play beacuse you are the chip lead.

The most important thing is We should be aggressive with whatever hands we open and should target specific players who play like exactly we need {i mean fishes }.... ...and we also must be targeting short stacks and keep pressure on them especially tight players
We also need to able to bluff by spotting weaknesses in playing line and steal pots with nothing
this too
 
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I cashed if I try to play tighter. Aggression is not appropriate. With an average stack, any mistake can lead to the loss of a large part of the stack. If someone goes to the Allin be ready to send to fold a good map.
 
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It depends very much of your priority about the tournament. Most of the good players are using bubble time to risk and to take the stack of those who are playing tight. Also this could be the time of the tournament, when you will show to the others players the way you play and in later stages a change of your aggressiveness would be very useful.
Remember that the big money are in the final table.
 
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Wait for good cards


This is a losing strategy long term and you will realize that after you sit waiting for KK+ only to get no callers or lose to 58os,you need to learn how to exploit image and weak players to get deep in any tourney.

When I first started playing I sat with a guy two seats to my left and he attacked my blinds the whole tourney and was able to survive just on that alone. My mistake was I let him know I was a fan and pretty much advertised I would be scared to get in a pot with him. Always reflect back on that and one other time when I gave Lodden a bad beat on the final table.
Rail exploded!:)
 
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At the bubble, many players play very tight just to get in the money.

That would be your time to be agressive and accumulate chips. If you have such rocks among you and they shove after a raise, you know they got a hand.

After the bubble, you will probably see a lot of All-Ins and very aggressive play. If you managed to agressively accumulate chips during the bubble play, you should have the bigger stack and can dictate the play
 
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play with good hands, shove all in instead of risking more than 25% of your stack preflop to avoid being pot commited, try to steal blinds in late positions specially against tight players with an average stack.
 
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1)Always open for x2.5 in mid+ position.
2)Avoid all in calls from stacks with 17+ bb
3) adjust your actions to a HUD program (well that's a bit advanced but you need it soon or late)

HUD? Sorry, I should have stated that I only play live tournaments...
 
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Right after the bubble it can be a pretty hectic scene,you really need to have a good look at how players where playing before the bubble to get a rough idea of how they will play against you.
The players that where timing down each hand and have lower stacks will be way more active and likely to call behind a allin,so you need to be able to see how many low stacks are at the table.
The players that abused the bubble are still going to be active as well for the most part as it is hard to change cycles for most players.
So knowing the table I tend to sit back a orbit and see how the table is reacting to the bubble bursting,if there is a donk I am looking to double through them and find a spot to isolate them from late position.
It really takes practice to get the flow of a tourney,I found playing sngs helped me with later game strategy as you master the 45,90 and 180,the flow runs pretty similar in tournies.

Solid advice I agree with.:)
 
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With average stack to play carefully with high-stack opponents, don't go to the bank just with call, make pressure on short-stacked opponents, but your aggression must be supported by more or less good cards.
 
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With 12BB+ i play tight, usually just limp. High rise and go all-in with QQ+.
With less than 12BB I go all-in preflop with bigger range like AQo+ 99+, and ATo+ 66+ when there is less players on the table.
Less stack bigger range.
 
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I'm having problems with hyper MTT. There is not enough pair of percent to bubla.Starayus keep the range of TT +. Can eat advice?
 
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I see there are lot of good pieces of advice but one more thing is that we should always remember about really ''good luck''! As for me, I play only when I have a ''good '' cards !
 
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