Whats a good strategy to play a deepstack tournament?

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I'm planning on playing the $2.20 deepstack tomorrow. Any advice? Do I play a little looser? Little tighter? Same as usual?
 
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It makes sense to play looser because you have a bigger stack of chips and you can handle the blinds alot easier if you lose some hands and its only a few bucks so its not something to worry about if you do get knocked out. But for me I play the same no matter what and I don't let anything change my game.
 
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If the levels are long, and there is an ante game tight.
 
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Early stages do not narrow your range. You want to have suited gappers like 9Ts, JTs which are better to have than AK, AQ or 99+ because of 3 ways+ possibility, where our premiums are more likely to beat.
 
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I'm planning on playing the $2.20 deepstack tomorrow. Any advice? Do I play a little looser? Little tighter? Same as usual?

Play ABC cashgame poker until stacks start to get shallow(45BB or less). Adjust your PFR down to 2-2.5× the BB. In the late stages most of your value is in stealing the blinds while at same defending your BB. Avoid FPS (fancy play syndrome). Solid poker is best at these stakes.
 
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play tight at first, let fly fish, and then after the bubble to expand the range of hands
 
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i play a lot of acr 25k starts I am tight let game come to me. I will get to 300k usually when needed and get to money as long as dont screw up lol and not pay attention to position and whats happening. Tonight slept on it called all in with cards wouldnt have if watching how close was to money lol so took a beat like should of for not playing right.
 
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Play ABC cashgame poker until stacks start to get shallow(45BB or less). Adjust your PFR down to 2-2.5× the BB. In the late stages most of your value is in stealing the blinds while at same defending your BB. Avoid FPS (fancy play syndrome). Solid poker is best at these stakes.

I so agree!!!
 
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in a game with deep stacks time is slow. so do not rush to play fast and keep Ollin with AK . take your time and then you can get the money.
 
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Most deep stack tournaments are hipper turbo that means blind on 3 minutes and even with deep stack you can't handle for a lot of time i prefer to play aggressive from the start for a good chance to up your stack.
 
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If it is a slower deep stack (not super turbo), then I tend to "fish" during the first 5 levels (use no more than 10% of my stack and see if I can hit a flop really hard to make some $) with any decent suited connector or paint. Then I play basic ABC poker until blinds have caught up with most of the stacks and play standard tourney from there (if big stack, steal blinds as often as possible, if small stack...look to shove when I still have good fold equity).
 
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i want this guy at my next table.

Early stages do not narrow your range. You want to have suited gappers like 9Ts, JTs which are better to have than AK, AQ or 99+ because of 3 ways+ possibility, where our premiums are more likely to beat.

just FYI, 2 higher cards vs 2 lower cards are about 5-3 in favor of the 2 higher cards...

and on that pocket 9s+ lets say qq vs j10s, the queens are about 5-1 ahead there....

the logic there to open your range up early is fine. but you def do not want those suited connectors over premium hands.

yes, the more people u put up against queens the worse they run, thats why you stick in a nice raise to thin the field.

and if the pots are crowded the suited connectors do go up in value. but your just saying being in crowded pots will give you a higher win % with the suited connectors. you will win more pots with bigger cards, if played correctly. its not the win% that goes up with more folks in the pot its the implied value, from the implied straight and flush draws you may hit and break one of your opponents.
 
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Always focus on the table.Observe your opponents betting pattern and never get afraid.Fear will draw you back.Bet strong on good chances and never show your hands.Learn to steal blinds .
 
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i think your game should be more agressive with deep stacks
 
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It depends if the tournament is fast or slow. If the blinds raise every 3 minutes, then it's good to play little loose, but if the blinds are raising every 10 or 15 minutes, then play just casually. That would be my style of play. And of course it depends on how loose your opponents are.
 
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same as usual

loose then tight as blinds rise
 
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I'm not sure I agree with the whole play more hands strategy. To me that's like saying more chips make it okay to play bingo. And that's fine if you hit bingo. But if you don't then you're just going to be allowing yourself to be put in tricky situations where you find yourself holding a pairs but being outkicked or chasing draws and basically bleeding chips. But of course there is always that possibility that you will hit bingo and double up back to the starting stack you had before you started bleeding chips.

I say just play your normal game. I'm not saying that I won't defend my blind, or call a small bet to see the next street in a spot that I might not normally. But let's not get carried away with it. If anything, I would think that with a bigger starting stack would afford you the opportunity play with a little more patience and wait for quality hands. But that's just me
 
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You could potentially steal a lot of blinds and chip up a good bit by widening your opening range, assuming other players are tight.
 
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If it's a deepstack tournament I'm going to sit tight, stay focused, and play with patience throughout regardless of what the other players are doing. Even if I see someone with a huge stack early, I remind myself that the winner is usually a player who is not even in the top 18 early on. This helps keep me grounded and playing my game.
 
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IntenseHeat hit the nail on the head. Don't change anything. If you are a super tight player learn more about poker hands and what's playable and what's not, how to play against certain player types, and the benefits of seat positions. Master that and a larger chip stack only helps you because it allows more chips to account for the natural swings that happen in poker.
 
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tight aggressive play have a lot of chips at the start and the blinds go slow do not risk much and can play some speculative hand from position
 
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It is necessary to register without a late registration until the blinds are small. so you can play a lot of hands to study opponents. but for now, if you have no experience, it is best to play tight and gather information. We need to gain a stack of the final table, and then put pressure on rivals and steal the blinds.
 
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start tigth , but try play some hands in normal dont play ,( suited , or followed) when is cheap see flop , if u have more info about players in your table better for u know wath hands u should play...
 
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When I play a deepstack tournament I tend to play at the beginning with a larger range of hole cards containing more suited connectors , lower pairs , suited gappers , raising with good high pairs not just 3xBB but much more to protect their value as blind levels are low and its very easy to get outplayed .
When the blind levels increase and my stack doesn't allow anymore to play more loose , I change to TAG and I raise about 2x or 2.5x the BB when I want to play my hand .
 
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