TOURNAMENT STRATEGY

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I've been discussing tournament strategy with friends now for two years, and once you get past all the fluff, it seems everyone has their own style mixed with more hard-wired philosophies of the game that depicts the way they play. Since poker is SO situational and personal and very different from tournament to tournament, I wanted to throw out a few key categories and get everyone's one sentence philosophy as it relates to their style.

I'll start it:

Presence (live) - keep fairly quiet and observe at all times.

Early Tournament Rounds - sit back and watch for a few orbits, see how the cards are falling and then decide which strategy/style to incorporate focusing on chipping up early. Pot management is key.

Betting - keep it consistent (and leading persistent) and use it as a tool to put people to tough decisions to give you information on your next play(s).

Mid-tourney Rounds - do not call a lot of hands, either be in raising or re-raising.

Bubble Play - play to win and/or for the FT, not just the money.

Final Table - patience and opportunity.

Overall - do whatever you can to gather information and push people to give you valuable info to make good decisions and/or make them make bad decisions.:cool:
 
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T{hanks for the advices, I've been having trouble to get to the final rounds, sill take this advices in account and try to improve my game, see you there
 
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This sounds very effective, and is pretty much what I try to do.

Bubble Play - play to win and/or for the FT, not just the money.

This depends on my stack size relative to the blinds and the other players. If it would take a big run of luck for me to place in the top three, then I am not too proud to focus on getting in the money (ITM). Once I'm ITM, I'm very aggressive, because the difference between amounts for the lower payouts is usually small.
 
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A question for topicstarter: when did u win your first tournament?
 
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Great advice, these are pretty simple rules, but it can get you money quickly if you believe it and you keep it consistent
 
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Good points OP. You should break down each section even more...
 
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