In the late stage of the tournament, more and more players are shrinking. No more than 20 players. This aspect has an impact on dynamic games. We must define our goals. Is our only goal to win the tournament? Depending on this, we play more loose or more tight. First of all, we must win. Sometimes we will choose from the tournament a little earlier, but we can move on if fortune is on our side.
This is due to the fact that the prize money grows very slowly to the final table, but this is where a huge jump in the amounts paid is already taking place. The further we go in the tournament, the, of course, the larger the prize amount we receive. Therefore, at this stage, we must play tightly, but aggressively, trying to use our chances.
In the middle and late stages, the ratio of the size of the stack to the size of the blinds is small. In addition, often ante also enters the game, which further increases the preflop pots. The average stack in a tournament at this stage in most cases is 25-40 BB. On the one hand, this is still too much to just play All-in right away, but on the other hand, too little to count on a full-fledged game after the flop. Therefore, the correct strategy would be a tight game. Do not pay attention to loose players who play very actively. Our task is to wait for very good starting hands and play them extremely aggressively.We no longer have to call cold calls to raise from our opponents, as in this case we will often be forced to play postflop with marginal hands against the continued preflop aggressor bet. And this is very problematic, because, in the case of a call on the flop, we will often be already quite strongly attached to the bank. At the same time, the pot on the turn will be almost the same size as our stack.