You don't need to be the chip leader, that's not important. What's important is where you finish. Just because you're in the lead in 2nd hour of a tourn means nothing when you have to play 5 to get to the final table.
I would focus more on how your stack compares to the blinds and do you have the folks at your table covered so if you lose a hand to them then you won't be out on the rail.
I would say to focus on playing a solid game doing the best you can with a strategy that suits your playing style and fits the stage of the tournament you're in as well. The other part is that a lot folks can't do is what's called "switching gears" from an aggressive style to a more selective pick your spots type of play or vice versa.
I'll give you an easy example I watched a tourn where a person was short stacked and had to shove with any 2 because the blinds were going to put them all in and they did and got lucky. Ok, so they won, but they did over and over again til they actually went from being at the bottom of the rankings late in a tourn to being a chip leader!!!!
But did they stop and get ready for the final table that was like 15 seats away? NOOO they went all in with a trash hand and lost and lost another one a few minutes later and didn't make the final table when they could have coasted easily there. So switching gears is important.
Didn’t happen to me a lot but I like your strategy Vegas ! But it seems to me sometimes when your chip leader most of the hand are going your way so l thing if you have a decent hand you should call especially against a small stacks player!😎To protect my stack, I play less hands and tighter, waiting to pounce on my prey like a tiger
Hi all, im having a bad time being chip leader in tournaments, usualy my range goes wilder but don't know what exactly to do, what is the best strategy with high amounts of chips in your opinion?