Won Carbon $215 coupon - Need Advice.

So, I won a Carbon $215 tournament coupon . I only play micro stakes. Any advice from the big boys on how to play a $$$ deep stack tournament would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Congrats on your win. What I done, because I had never played in one myself, was to play tight and aggressive. When I had the hand, I put the chips out there so the limpers would fold, and when I did not have a good hand, I got my head back in my shell. I made it the 4 1/2 hours, then could not make a hand. But don't do like me and give up. Don't give up even if you have to blind out. GL

No advice here, but congratulations and good luck!

Congrats, i to have won once such a thing trough these free sats that were runnin at that time. The level wasnt that high. I played just very tight. And got payed of by the loser players. Then i won one crucial flip that lead me itm for a nice payday. So thats what i did. GL.

I got my second $215 ticket ready to play this Sunday in the $250,000
OPS main event...recommend you do the same best value
starting chips is 10k and I was amazed how loose most players were early betting 10X BB frequently.

Get plenty of rest and be patient :hello:

Iv played in one of the ticket games about the only thing i can say is play your game and hope to get some luck along the way congrats on your ticket win

I would do what ringo' said and get your best bang for your buck in a sick tournament with all of that guaranteed! Just play your best and try not to let the value distract you from your reads on people and your play. I wish you the best of luck! That ticket can make you thousands.. Good Luck my friend!

Play tag game n all ll be fine

Tight in the beginning. Look for spots to bluff. Watch out for aggressive players who suddenly limp (probably has a huge hand) after 3x-5x raising like crazy. Try to increase your stack by 20% or so each round if at all possible. Remember the basics - do not chase a st8 into a possible flush, do not call every street with top pair/weak kicker. Remember the number one killer of MTT players - chasing hands. Gutshots are worthless unless incredibly cheap to chase! Open ended st8/st8 flush with top pair, not bad. Chasing one of 4 remaining 10's is suicide. Stay away from the stupid end of a st8 or flush.

Avoid going to war with with only one or two pair. Look for sets/st8s before calling 2/3 to pot size bets. You never want to get it all in without a made hand and/or 14 or more outs. Its not a cash game, you cannot simply re-load when felted. KEEP THIS IN MIND, but do not play scared.

Do not end up being the meat in a stupid-smart 3 way pot sandwich. If you got a decent hand, one loon betting into you like crazy and another just flatting the bets, look out - he probably has you both beat. If you flop da-nuts in a multi-way pot, slow play it only if the board is such that few, if any, cards to come can hurt you. Avoid the old limp-AA-UTG-hoping to be raised - you could end up in a 4 or more way pot with only one pair. Limp/slow play later, when you want one bigger stack to attack you.

At the money bubble, punish the short stacks. Try to avoid (at all times) all-in preflop with more than one opponent or bigger stacks. Play your position (more hands won nearer button than not). Do not raise 3x-5x. Raise the same amount each time (2-2.5x) - they will not know if you have AA or 56 suited. Eventually, you will 2x UTG with AA or KK and get some joker thinking he can run you off by shoving a far,far smaller pair. This is close to nirvana, provided your better pair wins, of course, lol. But if you 5x only big pairs, 3x only big aces, limp 22-99, etc, they are going to catch on and wipe you out. They will simply fold to your 5x, 3 bet/bluff your limp on big card boards, etc.

Watch out for players who just cannot fold A-K-Q-J rag suited when they connect (weak kickers). Your K-Q vs their K-2 when a K hits is a thing of beauty. Study up on pot control - this can not only save your chips, but allows you to win chips with moderate hands in moderate positions that you otherwise would not.

Most important of all, even more than having a monster hand - Shift gears - if you normally Cbet with air then check, try doing that when you flop a monster - they will think the Cbet was weak and might try to bet or think the weaker hand they hold is good. If you find an obvious bluffer, let him bluff - do not sandbag or run him off. Bluff him off doing that after kicking his arse once or twice! Raise UTG with other than AA/KK/QQ/AK/AQ once in a while, because they will tear you a new one on boards with all middle/low cards, as they "know" you only open UTG with those hands mentioned above. Dont do this with any two cards, but maybe try J-10 suited, 67 suited, etc, ONCE IN A WHILE!!! IF 3 bet a reasonable amount, flat it with these hands as you could flop a monster, or they could be 3 betting with junk. One time you flop a monster, slow play it; the next time come out firing like you are desperate to make them fold. Shift those gears!

If you make the final table, then open up, play it like a cash game. Above all else - have fun!

I've played a few higher online MTT's on Carbon and events with a lot of satty entry players the level is the same for the most part...

Don't be nervous and don't be in the mindset that everyone at the table with you is a poker genius..

Could even use sharkscope and identify whose use to being there and if they are winning there as a baseline.

Thanks everyone for the great tips!

I would say change your avatar.

lol

If he didn't want to play in it, could he cash the coupon?

Not at Carbon

1st wish you good luck and play very tight at beginning but shift some gears and try to steal as much as you can with pair's and hit it hard
make the table fear you

congrats!
Play your A-game and have fun
In which tournament you won this coupon?

I would highly recommend watching Jason Somerville's runitup series on youtube. Jason is a highly talented tournament player and his videos are really entertaining. This video fits your situation the best, he analyzes play by play the hand history of a player playing a 200$ buyin on pokerstars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYOMEvjMXTI
Good luck!

It feels great to win a $215 ticket. My advice is to get coaching, or you'll never make it to the final table. It seems as though there's a correlation between the number of entrants in a tournament and how cold the deck is. At least that's what my experience has been. I wish you the best of luck anyways.

Check out these videos;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTIRUeR5g5g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIltxaeLz8k

A very good player describes his entire thought process for a $215 buy in online tournament. This is a knockout tournament, so a little bit different strategy, but there are many relevant tips that he has to offer.

Early on I play a lot of hands hoping to hit a big one early for cheap. The players aren't that much better, especially with all satellites into these games.

I have won a few big tickets for the OPS series and found people like to bet bigger, but that is about the biggest difference. if you know you are good, you might catch more big bluffs in the bigger game.