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kichukdave
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Im Kichukdave, and i need some help on how to play micro sngs on full tilt poker!
Labman got you started out with one of your most important tools. Here is another one: https://www.cardschat.com/forum/tournament-hand-analysis-51/ <-- this is where you can ask questions about tough spots where you don't know the answer, or you just wanna explore different situations and further understand some fundamental concepts.
Apart from that... It's going to be really hard to give you any advice, because you haven't really asked a specific question, lol. I suggest you pick a topic you're unsure of and we'll start from there.
Ok. let's go with bet sizing.
Minraises and minbets are out. Why? first of all you are offering your opponents tremendous odds to call with any overcards and any draws. It also makes you look terribly weak (wether you are or not) and thus leads to your opposition calling wide (as in a wide range).
Here's an example:
You are on the button with AQ (suits don't matter). The blinds are 25/50 and you raise to 100. The guy on the BB has 910. It is only costing him another 50 to call so he does. The board comes J Q 5. Great flop. The pot is now 225 and you bet 100 again. You are now giving your opponent 3 to 1 odds to chase that straight. let's say now the turn is a 2. You still have the best hand, but you again bet 100. Your opponent only has to call another 100 into a pot of 425 to see that river card. Not only does he have the right odds to call, but he is porbably also thinking at this time that you have nothing and might call because of that (if he does not know or think about odds). An 8 comes on the river, making the board J Q 5 2 8. Still looks good for your AQ, but your opponent has now made the straight. See what I'm getting at?
If you had bet, say 200 on the flop and followed that up by another 2/3-3/4 sized bet on the turn, your opponent would not have called to see the river, and you would have still gained that additional few hundred chips form his chasing.
Questions?
Understand that theKAAHK actually gave you 2 lessons - number 1 is not minbetting unless you have a damn good reason, and number 2 is know your pot odds, so if you're the guy in the above situation, you can recognize that you're getting great odds to call with 9 10.
Here's a link to check out:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/start_pot_odds.html
I'll add a few basics here. Assuming you're playing single table tournaments vs multi-table of course. On a side note, while I do take stabs at major multi table tourneys, I tend to stick to singles as there's less variance and the games don't last for hours.
In all honestly, the game doesn't really start until the blinds hit 100. That's why you'll read most people playing very tight until then. You have no idea how easy it is to make up chips once you hit this level. And it tends to get rid of the very loose players. Remember to play from late position and play with strength. No limping, no min raises. Start with 3xBB, then reduce it down to 2.5 BB once the blinds hit 150 or so. The more people you're up against in a hand, the harder it is to win.
The only hands I play early in a tourney are high pocket pairs, A,10+ and even then a lot of time I need to be at least mid position or later. If I'm CO or the button, then I'll also add suited connectors to my range.
That said, trying to limp in with a low pocket pair is fine, just be ready to dump them if you don't get the 3 of kind. Also don't bluff!!! Save bluffing until you get more experience. And even then it needs to be saved until later in the game.
Once you get further in, then open your range up.
Ok...this was a bit of rambling...but I think it'll get you going.
Also don't bluff!!! Save bluffing until you get more experience. And even then it needs to be saved until later in the game.