Strategy for the beginning of a tournament

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What is the best strategy for starting low buy in tournaments?
 
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I think the first 2 or 3 levels is a good time to try accumulate chips. With the blinds low, the price is right for 2.5x preflop raising with a wider range, and some limping. After the first few levels I tighten up and notice I get action( because they have a perceived loose aggressive table image of me. When in low buyin tournaments, it is a great time to experiment with different strategies, and see what works for you.
 
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I think the first 2 or 3 levels is a good time to try accumulate chips. With the blinds low, the price is right for 2.5x preflop raising with a wider range, and some limping. After the first few levels I tighten up and notice I get action( because they have a perceived loose aggressive table image of me. When in low buyin tournaments, it is a great time to experiment with different strategies, and see what works for you.


Agreed. At the start of the tournament, when the blinds are low, I'll call on low bets on interesting hands like suited 6 & 7 and similar. As the blinds get higher, I'll only continue calling "interesting" hands depending on my stack.
 
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the first thing is you have to set your hand ranges, it is true that in the early stages you have to go for the chips but keep in mind that more than one juegado at your table can think the same as you, play calmly stick to your range, is constant.
 
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What is the best strategy for starting low buy in tournaments?


The strategy of the game in the early stages depends on which tournament you play (turbo, hyper, hyper-turbo or usual). In tournaments with the usual speed it's better to play tight-aggressive, in tournaments with turbo and hyper speeds I prefer to go into the bank with draws hands (J10, QJ, etc.) and suited connectors, because the blinds grow very fast and you need to try harder, also concerns tournaments with deep stacks .. This is my opinion!
 
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At the beginning of tournaments you need to be concentrated and take your time, because it is at the beginning of the tournament that many make serious mistakes.
 
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At the beginning of the tournament you do not have to rush, look at the opponent as who is playing and wait for a good hand.
 
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I think it all depends on the blind structure and the number of participants. But you should start, in any case, tight, avoiding an all in with marginal hands
 
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every time all in is not so good
 
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You'll never get anywhere if you're an ignoramus, idiot, to play a pretty poker to see, you need to know if you behave at a table, the other players are watching with which cards you make a raise, they note which the value of your bets when you have some draw. So play politely respecting your opponents' bets, know that your opponents are there for the same purpose as you, they want to win the tournament. They will want to eliminate you, they will want to win your stack, in a table with 9 players someone can come with a good hand to play. Face your opponents with good cards, have the patience to wait at least a Js and play that hand with caution, see the flop, if you do not hit anything, fold without any. Play aggressively when you have a big hand, play aggressively when you hit a three of a kind on the flop or when you hit something better. Good luck at the tables.
 
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Hi there!

In the begining of an MTT, I tend to get involved in many hands and investing the minimum (doesn't mean limping : open raise or call raise/3bet in position + Cbet)
This helps me get many little pots. If you stay deep as the tourney goes, you can apply this strategy along the way!
I just get as many little pots as I can. Needs practice to be effective.
Also, many other factors have to be taken in consideration, the table dynamics, weak and good players, stack sizes, blinds and antes, speed of the game...
 
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if the tournement is hipert turbo, you have a little opcion at the end, but if its slow, you play waiting and dont bet a lot...
 
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The deeper a player goes in a poker tournament - the more amount of prize money he receives. The later the stage of the poker tournament - the bigger the win. Players who fly out early in the poker tournament either do not receive any prize money, or receive only a tiny part of the prize pool. In the most recent stage of the poker tournament, the main part of the tournament tournament money is played out.
 
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The early stages of the tournament are characterized by a large number of various draws, because the stack size, relative to the blinds, is large enough. In the early stages of the tournament, your opponents can enter the rally with a fairly wide range of hands. However, one should not lose vigilance, because the opponent may have a dominant hand. At an early stage of the tournament, your strategy should be focused on taking chips from not very skilled players. Try to do this until someone else does it.

The middle and late stages of the tournament should be used to increase your stack, because it is in these tournament stages that the blinds / antes start to grow seriously and most of the tournament players drop out. In these tournament stages, you should play as aggressively as possible pre-flop in order to win the highest possible the number of hands, not reaching the autopsy. By aggression on the post-flop, you have to put pressure on your opponents, opening with a wide range of hands, the size of your bets, squeezing them out of the bank or forcing them to pay your hand in the hope that they will get there and they will gather a strong combination.
 
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Consistency, bet, check and raise ...hold on the bluff

Hi There - this is a good thread .

I am always looking at spots in an orbit...not just mine but the players at my table, depending on the buy in..i will consider early wide range but then im looking to exploit the weak or loose aggressive player.I vary my approach to early stages in a low buy in..often recreational bingo players will in early blinds push any pair and any ace..the key to cashing in freerolls to micros is patience and to play for the long win not just the immediate win.:D


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What is the best strategy for starting low buy in tournaments?


Hey. I'm afraid to give bad advice, but at the starting of a tournament I act very loose pre-flop and try to look for any opportunity for doubling. I play 12 tables, often I leave many tournaments in the last places, but often on the final table I've a big stack. I play a tournaments for 45 people, ROI = 52%, I take a first place is more often than seventh three times. In usual SNG, you need to play the opposite, donэt take risks in the low blinds.
 
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Много думал на счет ранних стадий турниров и не согласен с тем что играть надо очень тайтово. Кто-то может предложить математическое обоснование такой стратегии? Думаю очень много зависит от структуры турнира, от количества слабых игроков в турнире. Возможно от еще каких-нибудь факторов.

Давайте смоделируем ситуацию, что мы играем турнир где 70 процентов "слабых" игроков. Что произойдет в результате? Слабые игроки быстро повыбивают друг друга и их стеки сосредоточатся у нескольких счастливчиков. И к тому моменту как прийдет время расширять сознание диапазон их стек уже будет в несколько раз превышать наш. С расширением диапазона наша рука будет лучше скажем в 3 из 5-ти случаев против руки слабого игрока. Чтобы сравнять стеки, надо несколько сравнений. Не лучше ли переиграть оппонентов на ранней стадии?
 
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Много думал на счет ранних стадий турниров и не согласен с тем что играть надо очень тайтово. Кто-то может предложить математическое обоснование такой стратегии? Думаю очень много зависит от структуры турнира, от количества слабых игроков в турнире. Возможно от еще каких-нибудь факторов.

Давайте смоделируем ситуацию, что мы играем турнир где 70 процентов "слабых" игроков. Что произойдет в результате? Слабые игроки быстро повыбивают друг друга и их стеки сосредоточатся у нескольких счастливчиков. И к тому моменту как прийдет время расширять сознание диапазон их стек уже будет в несколько раз превышать наш. С расширением диапазона наша рука будет лучше скажем в 3 из 5-ти случаев против руки слабого игрока. Чтобы сравнять стеки, надо несколько сравнений. Не лучше ли переиграть оппонентов на ранней стадии?

У вас должны быть сообщения на английском языке, чтобы вы могли добиться успеха на CardChat в один прекрасный день.
 
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I play early stages extremely tight, almost nit. I do this for many reasons.
1. Chips in the beginning stages are worth less than the same chips at the final stages.
2. I want to get a feel for the other players.
3. I want to establish a tight table image so I can bluff later.
4.
 
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In the beginning I think we should try to keep the chips, play only with good hands. Well, if you go all in only with premium hands.
 
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Много думал на счет ранних стадий турниров и не согласен с тем что играть надо очень тайтово. Кто-то может предложить математическое обоснование такой стратегии? Думаю очень много зависит от структуры турнира, от количества слабых игроков в турнире. Возможно от еще каких-нибудь факторов.

Давайте смоделируем ситуацию, что мы играем турнир где 70 процентов "слабых" игроков. Что произойдет в результате? Слабые игроки быстро повыбивают друг друга и их стеки сосредоточатся у нескольких счастливчиков. И к тому моменту как прийдет время расширять сознание диапазон их стек уже будет в несколько раз превышать наш. С расширением диапазона наша рука будет лучше скажем в 3 из 5-ти случаев против руки слабого игрока. Чтобы сравнять стеки, надо несколько сравнений. Не лучше ли переиграть оппонентов на ранней стадии?
You have a good strategy, really letting the weaker opponent build a very large pot can be tricky, they will push us and can win us with bad hands or strange moves.

But still I believe that play tight be a good choice, and we can bet more when we are the best hand and we will extract value of players weak, and when we are deepstack can play more loose and use best our position.

Please type in English, this forum is only in the English language, will be more easy for everyone interact.
 
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my strategy is to read my opponents as best I can, not to enter all the plays because for me it is not worth it, unless I have cards that I like, many times it depends on the late registration and if it is a turbo or slow tournament, try to play as safe as you can so as not to lose chips unnecessarily
 
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Sometimes I'm calm, here comes a monster hand I called from all in, I call and I lose to 72o
 
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I think it depends on your table. There can be a big difference between the kind of play at different tables. If your table is tight be lose, if lose, tighten up, do the opposite.
 
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my strategy

in tournament start I prefer to play more passive, I expect monster hands or strong.
and I always open raising 2.1 or 3.5. and sometimes I open marginal hands by intuition.
This is my strategy. :cool::cool:
 
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