sharing a Late reg tactic that works
The fact that patience is a virtue when playing poker, actually players who have no patience will most commonly lose their stack faster than the time it would take to reach the blinds levels where you would be at level 7-10, so inpatient players oftentimes like to late reg - big blinds, and if they're seated on a table without any sharks who have managed to 10x their starting stack, a well-placed all in from time and time again will often make the opponents fold, if played right - impression is key in poker. Let the opponents think you're short-stack tilting when holding high pocket pairs or bullets (AA), go all in after playing a hand (make good use of time, so everyone notices your hand, and showdown), with a smaller winning chance, if possible, get the player who seems to play safest in a hand (to avoid any re-raise that steals half your stack), and keep on continuation betting, but place small bets, who seem insecure and as obvious bluffs - the pot is 1500, you raise 150. 10% raise, if the opponent is holding high cards, or 4/5 straight or flush draws, chances are that you are ahead if holding any pair, but the % of fulfilling the flush/straight (35% after flop on flush, 32,5% with straight draw, open-ended of course, half if gutshot draw) will most likely make most players call a 150 raise, even though there's approximately 2/3 chance of not hitting the hand, and with a flop of 2-5-9, nobody expects anyone to hit anything, and if so, they can still win with high cards, or the flush/straight they're hunting. Lets say the
odds play out as it most likely will in this situation, the opponent is sitting with unpaired 5678, he/she will either
bluff bet, or check. Even though you actually hit a pair (with your crappy cards , let's say 2-8o), checking might be the best option, thus having a showdown and telling the whole world that you're the kind of fish-player that goes into a hand with a big raise (compared to your stack, lets say 5 BBs) and no matter if winning or losing the hand, maybe your pair of 2's does the job (which would aggravate the opponents even more, if the opponent had a decent hand and you won with crap), because they will think of you as a fish, a player who bet a third of his stack with 2-8, and thus, when you actually hit the hand of dreams (AA or something like it, and then raise, more players will most likely call, because they feel that they got a responsibility to cleanse the table/pond of fish, so all of a sudden you get 5 calls on your pre-flop, 5BB, pocket aces, followed by a 6th player, likely the button or blinds with a re-raise, maybe one that puts you all in. Even though if all or 4/5 of the ones who called your raise now folds, you've increased the value by a big margin, so many ''dice-rollers'' or gamblers (all in with J10) will often call. You just lean back, with the odds in your favor, and watch as your stack, which was 1/4th of the average, puts you on top ten, just because you downplayed your skills by seemingly being a fish who makes dumb choices, by risking a third of your starting stack. This tactic will often work in a late reg, semi-expensive MTT or a single table, and with a piece of luck at the right time, you will have a stack larger than the average, but done so in 1/10th of the time the grinders and blinds-stealers will. Conclusion is that with a portion of luck and skill (the factor of skill in this situation shows in the fact that you're actually hiding skill and posing for a fish. As soon as your stack gets above, then you show the table how you had them going by folding alot, except limps, and grand hands, which should be re-raised if there's more than one or two players in the hand. This will tell you something about the players who talks after you - you've made it clear to the most players who are actually good at the game (the ones who analyze the hands step by step) will see what you did there, which is pretty brilliant, so they'll respect your raises from now on, and if anyone behind you calls your 4-bet, then be cautious, cus somebody most likely got monsters hidden, trying to squeeze value by just calling and checking - and at the turn or river, will make a big raise, 1/3-1/2 of the pot. Either it's a risky bluff, bullets or full house they got. If so, folding is often the best way to play a hand
Hope this post made any sense to you, it's my first post here
Sorry for it's length and inconsistency, I hope you get what I'm saying, understanding the examples and such
But most importantly, remember patience. Calling an all in with KJs after a streak of only getting small number-cards will most likely lead to a loss of chips, and the other players respect on your bets, which actually is well played that it's being manipulated throughout a tournament, you don't want it to be like everyone folds when you join a hand, then you're locked up and should play a broader range of hands, have a showdown and lose a small percentage of your stack, then your bets won't be as respected anymore, and guys wanna rumble with your bullets or kings again. Always camouflage your gameplay (and do NOT make the same moves over and over whenever you got a good hand, switch your playstyle often.
Late regging can be awesome, but you should always have a tactic when doing so
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