Sharing on some common knowledge and views towards MTT

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YeuLy

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Hey all,

Greetings from singapore, im new to cardschat.
a fishy recreational poker player but a great fan of this game. 8 months old experience. ( focusing on NLHE online MTT,cash games and live cash games )

I really enjoy the process of playing in MTT, although im no great at it. (only managed to cashed in 1st in one and only micro MTT under my belt)

i would appreciate players here to share your views on my approach in general towards MTT. (and maybe in the process discuss your approach too to improve on my game)

Early Stages-
Mix around a little, ABC poker, slight limping on speculative hand if landed on a reasonable spot, playing strong on position. (basically taggish)

Middle Stages-
Widen range by a little, playing sightly passive till near bubble/2-3 levels before bubble. (Beware for strong 3 bettors).

Bubble to cash- to FT
Gears Switch, play strong push and fold, strong position, find good spot to steal vigorously.

this is basically my MTT style in general. please critics

I have encounter a few bad bad experiences in early stages.
-Cards Dead
-Real bad spots

I sometimes do have bad experiences in near bubble stage where i have real hard time to find a spot to open up to up my gears. which often ended up being tight again.

How do you guys overcome these?

Lastly, (off topic)
I am puzzled as my performance is way much more better in live cash than online :(.

Forgive me for the long post, and also greetings to all :).:p
 
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You'll need to adjust your game depending on different stakes online and live play,
typically if you play low buy in mtt's
Your job is stay alive and ofcourse you need to win flips to win big mtt's , higher variance strategy (more buy ins) but sometimes it pays off,
if you prefer to just cash and move up the ladder take a more safe shot with lesser chance of 1st place, the better strategy would be to focus on playing a strong hand range and maximise your pay offs in position, likewise adjust and be more aggressive if its full of limp/checkcall fish types.

Another aspect to remember is you cant expect to win in every mtt due to the field sizes, so dont let it get you down if you get knocked out a few times and get a few bad beats. Thats normal.

But very important to adjust to your table and as a key tip write something down about every player, how they play an exposed losing or winning hand.
so you can see if they bet weak with caution or if they bet strong with caution to try and bluff the pot. etc
Bubble play is fine just remember dont fear the bubble, make sure you have as many buy ins as you need to play poker at a mindset where your emotionally unnattached so losing 2 or 3 games wont even make you blink.


Last thing live is alot weaker, also online every player will have the same amount of luck it almost seems sequenced since we go through so many hands, so if your not exploiting you will just go around and around in circles and swings,
The key is to maximise your good variance and minimise your bad variance (yes this means folding premium hands) when your clearly beat or have bad equity on the flop/turn
 
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There are a lot of players who are better live than online. Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey even. Online is a total different beast and requires different skill sets. Live, you have a few extra things you can look at to decide. Online, not as many. More people online are more likely to be aggressive, or more aggressive because there is less pressure to bet.
I like your rough strategy plan. In the early stage of tournaments, you should be less aggressive. By that I mean, less raising. You can see flops if you are a strong post flop player, but in general you want to play from position. That will give you the best chance to succeed. Bet from position, and contination bet on the flop.
You want to get more aggressive as the game goes on, but still remember position is key. That is what I will end on. Position. Play from position.
 
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Early Stages-
Mix around a little, ABC poker, slight limping on speculative hand if landed on a reasonable spot, playing strong on position. (basically taggish)
I recommend playing solid TAG poker until you're at least a break-even player in entry-level MTTs. Your description makes it seem like you're trying to do more. Mixing it up a little plus limping occasionally can come later. Make sure you have a solid foundation for your game first before you start to build on top of it.
 
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I recommend playing solid TAG poker until you're at least a break-even player in entry-level MTTs. Your description makes it seem like you're trying to do more. Mixing it up a little plus limping occasionally can come later. Make sure you have a solid foundation for your game first before you start to build on top of it.

Well noted, i mix around reason because in early stages often goes into multiway pot. or if ur cards dead, then ur only playing with position. position in early games since deep stack, chances of being outdrawn is way high.
 
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need to record players info


for me it´s necessary to play knowing some players, at least having some information,

so try to play same mtt´s and start a notebook to register figurative hands, so next time you face them you have more info to develop your game

basically what you are doing is the same i do, and of course you have a little more time than me playing so maybe you can give some tips back too
 
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I don't exactly play based on tourney stages, I play based on stack sizes, which should generally follow the tourney stages you described. Unless you end up big stacked in the middle or short stacked early they will generally be about the same...but I feel playing based on MY stack size instead of tourney stage gives me more precise control over ever changing situations.

First consideration: my stack size.

Second consideration: their stack size (especially if I have them covered)

Third consideration: tourney stage or other psychological game conditions that may influence my opponent's behaviors (ex. bubble play, or the existence of a micro stack ITM, or a feud between 2 players)
 
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