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kmichaels
Rock Star
Silver Level
DrazaFFT
public static void
Bronze Level
No offence kmichaels but i think that he/you should do exactly opposite of that tactic at least in FR that i play, not really recommend push/fold tactic but being loose passive preflop will put you into a lot tough decisions which should be avoided in low blinds, for example top pair low kicker, middle pair etc... youll probably face a raise when donk connect even if he connect small, and are you ready to gamble early without nuts or at least good hand? Play tight and aggressive preflop, which means small percentage of hands but hands you play you should be a raiser and one who pushes the action, use that tight image to steal blinds from btn or co, use same image to re steal from blinds but dont do that often because that will compromise your tight image, gripsed said that if you manage to steal blinds once in every circle you survive till at least middle stage of tourney with average stack, after that you should have clearer image of people at your table, at least find one or two bad players and take their chips when you have chance... that tactic will be good enough to survive close to the bubble when you should look for players who tighten to much near the bubble and bully them, but also do that from good position and dont get to loose because in late stages there are some good players who will pick what you are doing and you might get countered...
Of course super aggro early on in donkaments could do the trick too and give you a lot of chips early which will bring you even more chips from beginners who are afraid of bigstacks but it also have to be used wise because when you secure your tournament life you should gear down a little and take less risks...
GL at the tables...
vinylspiros
PIRANHA-------->< (((º>
Silver Level
^^^^ gonna have to agree with Drazafft. Good advice. Michael your advice is foul regarding early tourney play. I mean yes you get to see more flops cheaper but not with any two cards. The blinds at this phase r not worth defending so it's pretty pointless to be bleeding chips in borderline situations.
Dropsy1979
Rising Star
Bronze Level
It agree, this tournament is really the worst thing I could ever play. Most of these players play regularly on the iPoker network, where tournaments are really all-in, for example: 74o against my AK and I always lose :-( Unfortunately now performs tables on pokerstars :-(
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Amateurr
Rising Star
Bronze Level
vinylspiros
PIRANHA-------->< (((º>
Silver Level
blakewyte
Rock Star
Silver Level
First time I survived a FR of 9000 entries and got down to last 100 was to take down a big pot with premium hands early on to survive the blinds and donkfest and wait. But it took a lot of patience and a lot of discipline to not play the hands I usually would. Once the first 3K+ people are gone, people start playing a little more legit.
Would try out the advice given earlier. Won't always be lucky taking down pots to help ease off the blinds.
Would try out the advice given earlier. Won't always be lucky taking down pots to help ease off the blinds.
redcross
Rock Star
Silver Level
Whenever I see those people in tourneys (huge chip stacks in early levels) I know they are willing to take crazy risks. You either jump to a crazy lead or you get KOd really early. Don't feel like you have to play like that. Let them be maniacs and you wait for your hand. They will call you! They have proven that already. Patient patient patient!
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locha2013
Rock Star
Silver Level
First i mostly try to win some all ins with ak, qq, kk, and aa. Thats only because the blind level often grow in a couple of some minutes. There are more than enough player who call. Secondly i dont relax till i get a stack of about 50k. It means also some all ins and often a look at the flop. And at the end i always see what i can do with my skills, when i have enough money. So good luck
spiderman637
RIP Buck
Silver Level
One way to get good stack size early in the tourny is to play straight aggressive...
Other way which i prefer is i try to enter every hand initially and try to get a read on players as early as possible, meanwhile giving the players an idea about my game...Then start changing ur game pattern and play with them with the reads u have got on them...
Other way which i prefer is i try to enter every hand initially and try to get a read on players as early as possible, meanwhile giving the players an idea about my game...Then start changing ur game pattern and play with them with the reads u have got on them...
etherghost
Visionary
Silver Level
I agree. I can't seem to get past their idiotic calls most of the time. They'll call any raise at any time no matter how weak they are and what gets me is that they luck out a lot against me. Freaking annoying!