Matt Vaughan
King of Moody Rants
Bronze Level
Hey all. So I recently won an $11 satellite ticket on Merge. I'm used to playing a lot of $1, $2, and the occasional $3 tournaments (like dollar dazzler, $2 bounties, stuff like that).
I'm currently playing in the "Daily Deepstack Freezeout - $1,750 Guaranteed" which has an $11 buy-in. The levels increase every 20 minutes (about 3 to 4 times longer than I'm used to from smaller buy-in MTTs), and everyone starts with 5k chips, blinds 20/40.
Things I believe I need to think about:
- Play tighter for longer - Obviously you want to play tighter in the earlier stages of most MTTs, but with 20 minute levels, I can obviously afford to be alot nittier in the early stages. I think I may need to deliberately keep the brakes on though, with those awkward KJo type hands, especially out of position
- Still value bet mercilessly - I know that it's a higher buy-in, but this is something that I know I still have to do. I sometimes fall into the trap of trying to slow-play big hands, expecting (or hoping) that my opponent will bet for me. But especially in early stages, where my hands are going to be stronger, I need to value-bet the crap out of everything.
- Don't get frustrated by better players/ Play my best game - There is a veyr good chance that I'll be out-classed here. Who knows? All I can do is play my best game, get my chips in good, hope to win a few flips, and pray I make a deep run!
I'm really just looking for any advice here on how different play might be, how I should be changing my own play relative to the smaller buy-ins. (And a rail never hurts, but this is the wrong forum for that ).
Cheers, and thanks in advance for any wisdom offered!
I'm currently playing in the "Daily Deepstack Freezeout - $1,750 Guaranteed" which has an $11 buy-in. The levels increase every 20 minutes (about 3 to 4 times longer than I'm used to from smaller buy-in MTTs), and everyone starts with 5k chips, blinds 20/40.
Things I believe I need to think about:
- Play tighter for longer - Obviously you want to play tighter in the earlier stages of most MTTs, but with 20 minute levels, I can obviously afford to be alot nittier in the early stages. I think I may need to deliberately keep the brakes on though, with those awkward KJo type hands, especially out of position
- Still value bet mercilessly - I know that it's a higher buy-in, but this is something that I know I still have to do. I sometimes fall into the trap of trying to slow-play big hands, expecting (or hoping) that my opponent will bet for me. But especially in early stages, where my hands are going to be stronger, I need to value-bet the crap out of everything.
- Don't get frustrated by better players/ Play my best game - There is a veyr good chance that I'll be out-classed here. Who knows? All I can do is play my best game, get my chips in good, hope to win a few flips, and pray I make a deep run!
I'm really just looking for any advice here on how different play might be, how I should be changing my own play relative to the smaller buy-ins. (And a rail never hurts, but this is the wrong forum for that ).
Cheers, and thanks in advance for any wisdom offered!