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I have more success in micro tournament ( from 0,27- 1 USD buy in ) , and much less in bigger ( 3-15 USD ). Think its because on little buy-in tournaments players are more bad , and go in hands with everything, so you can bust them easily. Or not ?? :dontknow:
 
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Agree. There are many LA at lower limits especially at the start. There are times though the table changes to TA mode.
 
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it could be a sample size issue, but mtts should get harder the higher the buyin

think a lot of it has to do with the lower stake players tend to make more mistakes like calling shoves deep with aj or 44
 
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I tried some micro tournaments with low buy ins and i never could win nothing and I dont know what i am doing wrong so please someone give some information ?
 
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allways

I tried some micro tournaments with low buy ins and i never could win nothing and I dont know what i am doing wrong so please someone give some information ?
I m in the bubble on 75% of this tournament, and advice is no preflop all in , allways see the flop. After 1-1,5 hour you are in the bubble without many hands played.;)
 
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Most likely you're right.
It is necessary to gradually raise the bar
 
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In some case you're right but in some times not )
Id depends in waht case you are and how you're playng (your tactic)
 
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Lots of fish at the micro tables, not to say I am not one of them from time to time. I think the low buy in allows for people to be more carefree in their playing....
 
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Probably the only reason I ever win anything is due to people calling with dressed up rags
 
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I know a few people who make a living in those low stakes. GL tonight
 
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the other side of coin - lucky autocallers make me tilt =(
 
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not play

One good strategy is not play att all first 15 minutes of tournament ,and call small bets after with AA, KK,AK ,QQ .First 15 minutes ( maybe 20-25) lots of fish are out
 
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One good strategy is not play att all first 15 minutes of tournament ,and call small bets after with AA, KK,AK ,QQ .First 15 minutes ( maybe 20-25) lots of fish are out

A very bad idea, with premium hands you must 3bet/4bet and going all in, because many bad players can call with very wide range like AJ+ or middle pairs....

You can call only with marginal hands like suited connectors or low pairs..
 
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nope for me

A very bad idea, with premium hands you must 3bet/4bet and going all in, because many bad players can call with very wide range like AJ+ or middle pairs....

You can call only with marginal hands like suited connectors or low pairs..

I busted so many times with AA or KK in early fazes of tournament because they call with everything . For me first 15-20 minutes of not playing work fine so far.
 
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For me, and doing the same thing, I just play real tight and limp when I can with suited connectors, and small PP. I like those one who will play anything. If I get a big stack in the first hour, it's because of them. Then I can take my stack of do the same ones that go lucky. LOL
 
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I play every day micro tournaments , and find find myself on nice profit there.Its small money , but still...:dancing: Goood feeling
 
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A very bad idea, with premium hands you must 3bet/4bet and going all in, because many bad players can call with very wide range like AJ+ or middle pairs....

You can call only with marginal hands like suited connectors or low pairs..

This ^^^^^^^

I busted so many times with AA or KK in early fazes of tournament because they call with everything . For me first 15-20 minutes of not playing work fine so far.

Not this ^^^^^^

Ask yourself did you get it in good, if you answered yes then there is nothing you can do about the result.


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Really.When I play micro it seems to be a crazy poker, but it is not poker probably when player go all in utg+1 with 75o when it is early tournament with 80bb+ it stake...
 
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yea

Really.When I play micro it seems to be a crazy poker, but it is not poker probably when player go all in utg+1 with 75o when it is early tournament with 80bb+ it stake...

Thats why I say i dont play first 15 minutes or 20 , you have so many players all in with zip . Like this one yesterday - UTG +1 raise 3 BB - middle position reraise all inn ( and quess what ) button ,SB and BB call all in . That was after 3 minutes of start tournament . You dont wanna be in that hand with AA or KK or AK. :shot:
 
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Sometimes it seems to me that in cheap tournaments and especially in freerolls harder to go far. Because of many all-inners and other crazies at the beginning. Either you fight with them and high probably lose. Or you sit and wait till they are gone, and lose your stack on blinds.
 
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I think not seeing hands early in micro mtts is a big mistake for several reasons. Most are rebuy tourneys so you see many shoving stacks weak early looking to dbl and triple up against others doing the same. If you just deposited $100 a couple of 2 or 3 bullets means nothing. They are just having fun and there huge value in catching a hand against them... especially with position. It's here you need to build your stack in order to play in the 2 levels before rebuy closes when you see many regging for 12bbs hoping to get lucky... a strategy unto itself or just sticking a buck into the machine hoping for cherries. I've had good success with TAG play looking for positional isolation spots while avoiding, if at all possible (made easier with position) multi-player allin races. Super tight EP... look to isolate the idiots in LP... along the way try to see flops cheap (lots of limped pots) with str8 flush type hands and pps to flop the nuts. LOL... you'll still bust out a bunch to the burros, but you'll build a stack often enough to run deep and pay for your earlier busts plus the many more to come. After all, in the money stages you'll be facing a bunch of the same players who built their stacks with shove monkey tactics who'll see 2 sevens in their hand, not know what to do so open shove 32bbs from EP. Yum-yum.
 
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In early stages of tournament its important to see the flop , then I act. Just raise 1 BB in early stages ,not more. Thats work for me for now.
 
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the reason that it was advised not to play for the first quarter hour is because you would have a hard time seeing a flop. too many all-ins early. i'd basically do the same save for premiums until the table settles down a bit. Open up your range a bit against the autoshovers. you wouldn't play pocket 10s vs a shove against a competent opponent early in the tournament, but you are likely well ahead of these guys doing it. you will meet a lot of ace rags. (had this exact scenario yesterday. met A5o)

yes, you will get out a good amount because of magical lucky shoving donkeys (villain flopped their ace in my story). Sadly there is no way around this aside from slowly losing a fair portion of your stack from blinds from waiting and being significantly behind the people who called them and won.
 
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