My Rules of poker MTT

1) Never call all in preflop unless I have JJ or better AK suited AK of suit or AQ
2) Never fish for cards if I have 9 10 and flop is 8 J A and some one goes all in my chances of winning does not warrant a double up.
3) never ovsr bluff it's OK to bluff a little too much and you get caught with your pants down.
4) 1) and 2) get ignored when I have the other players dominated with my chip stack.

Can any one think of any rules you would add or what you would change.

I think my decision making is a little too complex to summarize in the form of a few rules but I do hear where you're coming from. One quick observation regarding your rules is that position should play a factor in your decision making process and I don't see a mention.

No rules here, each table and situation is different.

I only iron rule not play tournaments bankroll - the rest of the circumstances!

In certain situations your rules are the best play. However I can name many times your rules will give the incorrect decision.
Example rule 1 if you only have 5 Big Blinds and pick up pocket 10's you are supposed to go all in.

I recommend reading the first 2 tabs (Beginner Poker & No Limit Holdem) in this section

https://www.cardschat.com/poker-strategy.php

They are lengthy but from these you can formulate your own personal mtt strategy. Your strategy should be variable depending on factors like type of opponents, chip stack, time of mtt. From there I suggest testing it out over time and ajust it accordingly where you see fit.
Examples:
You should have a strategy against a tight player and a seperate strategy against agreesive players.
You should have a strategy when you are big stack and one when when you have a small stack.

firstcrack said:

I think my decision making is a little too complex to summarize in the form of a few rules but I do hear where you're coming from. One quick observation regarding your rules is that position should play a factor in your decision making process and I don't see a mention.

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everything is correctly said about the value of the position
this is an important point when making any decisio

I like the idea of writing down strategy ideas but would make these rules more general. For example, in rule #1 your calling range should depend more on the specific situation.

If, for example, a player shoves 5bb in the small blind, you should be happy to call with K2o from the big blind. But if a tight player raises UTG, and he gets raised and reraised by other tight players, you might fold even JJ or AK and go all-in with only aces and kings.

A good way to get these ranges (when facing prior shoves) is with free software such as here.

Collin Moshman said:

I like the idea of writing down strategy ideas but would make these rules more general. For example, in rule #1 your calling range should depend more on the specific situation.

If, for example, a player shoves 5bb in the small blind, you should be happy to call with K2o from the big blind. But if a tight player raises UTG, and he gets raised and reraised by other tight players, you might fold even JJ or AK and go all-in with only aces and kings.

A good way to get these ranges (when facing prior shoves) is with free software such as here.

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best advice and rule
in general, I believe that all this is included in the section - player disciplin[emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji123][emoji123][emoji123]

Treat all rules as guidelines. Each hand is its own situation. You need to remain flexible depending on so so so many variables.

Early in a MTT I play really tight and watch other players to see if I can see any leaks LAG players I target especially when I have a strong hand sit and let them try and bully me of the pot when I have them dominated. Players who fold a lot min raise and its cheap chips. My rules are basic and do have sub rules for various situations the rules I put are just basic rules.

Well, I don’t even know whether to agree or not .. I don’t think that there should be such kind of rules, I need to adapt to my opponent in every situation and vary

How can you adapt to people who call a a raised BB with & 5 7 O/S and they hit 4 of a kind. you cant i would have trebled up if i was not ripped of with something that rarely never happens except to me.

You know I can so easily fall out of love with poker. especially when the luck factor favours donks. Its not just online though. I was in Genting casino playing one of their tourneys. Sat with KK raise 4 BB some donk calls with 9 4 O/S flop comes 2 3 5 turn is a 10 and rivers a 6 why is it rewarding dim whit players. I really dont get it have i done something wrong in this life or am I just that unlucky that I shouldnt bother gambling full stop. It is so so frustrating !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

martinf1971 said:

1) Never call all in preflop unless I have JJ or better AK suited AK of suit or AQ
2) Never fish for cards if I have 9 10 and flop is 8 J A and some one goes all in my chances of winning does not warrant a double up.
3) never ovsr bluff it's OK to bluff a little too much and you get caught with your pants down.
4) 1) and 2) get ignored when I have the other players dominated with my chip stack.

Can any one think of any rules you would add or what you would change.

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If this rules work for you thats ok but you need to change from time to time something you cant play by the rules all the time

Sharpblack said:

Treat all rules as guidelines. Each hand is its own situation. You need to remain flexible depending on so so so many variables.

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Treat all rules as guidelines. Each hand is its own situation. You need to remain flexible depending on so so so many variables.

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my basic rules are rigor and discipline over the long term but above all you have to adapt to the playing styles of your opponents. usually players bet too often and don't check enough. personally I always set myself the goal of playing a game of reduced variance and playing as little flip as possible.

I am starting to slow my play down a lot. Like ok I have A K Suited so my preflop bet will be 3 or 4 X if I do not connect on the flop I will check. If someone comes in with a min bet after the flop I will gernerally call, If someone put a 75% + pot bet then I will more than likely fold Unless the board is decent such as 2 of my suits and I need 1 to get my run giving me about 18 outs ( 9 suited cards , 4 cards for the run , 3 Aces and 3 Kings) but if the board just leaves me with 6 outs 3 Aces and 3 Kings I will fold because I cant get the pot odds I need to justify calling, In that scenario all I have lost is 3 or 4 blinds which is nothing really. But if I am short stack anyway A K suited I will just shove all in very good chance to at least double up. So yes depending on the board depending on my situation these are the things that decide how I play a game. In live poker I play the same people week in week out you know who folds who calls with 6 7 os so you can adapt very easy to who you are playing. Theres on person if you just do a 2 X and they dont have higher than 7s or A J then they fold so they fold to you 75% of the time an when they call you roughly know what they have got and tighten up.

I think you need to "be like water" and adjust to the villans and the icm.