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I have a new favorite tourney on Carbon - the 10 p.m. ET hyper turbo $5.50. I like it because it will finish in less than 2 hours. I had been playing the $2 $1k guaranteed tourney that starts at 7 p.m. ET, but I finished second in that one once and it didn't wrap up until after 2 a.m. ET, so I can't do that one any more.
When I first played the Hyper Turbo event, I thought I would have to play like the title - hyper aggressive. I figured I would need a double up about every 15 minutes (3 minute blind levels), so I opened up my range early, saw my stack (3k starting chips) get whittled down to less than half in the first 3 levels and was out shortly thereafter.
The next night I tried it and decided I would be more patient. I basically waited until my stack would be one of the lowest at the table and then when I got a good shot, would shove. This strategy seemed to work fairly well. About the first 5 times I shoved, someone would call and I would win to get a much-needed double up. That would put me back in the middle of the pack, and then I would just wait again for my next opportunity.
What I noticed about the HTT was that most of the other players were very aggressive. It got to the point where almost every hand was a shove, leading to a showdown, leading to somebody getting eliminated or losing a significant amount of their stack. I ended up making it to the final table the second night. I've played that tourney three more times since and cashed twice.
How do you guys approach hyper turbo tourneys? I think my patient strategy works well to get me past the bubble, but then I'm not sure that is the best way to play once you get into the money.
When I first played the Hyper Turbo event, I thought I would have to play like the title - hyper aggressive. I figured I would need a double up about every 15 minutes (3 minute blind levels), so I opened up my range early, saw my stack (3k starting chips) get whittled down to less than half in the first 3 levels and was out shortly thereafter.
The next night I tried it and decided I would be more patient. I basically waited until my stack would be one of the lowest at the table and then when I got a good shot, would shove. This strategy seemed to work fairly well. About the first 5 times I shoved, someone would call and I would win to get a much-needed double up. That would put me back in the middle of the pack, and then I would just wait again for my next opportunity.
What I noticed about the HTT was that most of the other players were very aggressive. It got to the point where almost every hand was a shove, leading to a showdown, leading to somebody getting eliminated or losing a significant amount of their stack. I ended up making it to the final table the second night. I've played that tourney three more times since and cashed twice.
How do you guys approach hyper turbo tourneys? I think my patient strategy works well to get me past the bubble, but then I'm not sure that is the best way to play once you get into the money.