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RickAversion
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Silver Level
I think this is the way people win large MTT's. No, I am not saying this is the right way to play, and most of the time, it won't work. I am saying that when it DOES work, it works big if there is a decoy card (or cards) that lure others to bet heavy against your sleeper hand.
2003 Moneymaker won the final hand with 45.
2005 Hachem won with 73.
What happens in these hands is a decoy card like an A or K comes up, and the other guy bites, and bets heavy. But, the junk hand has made a straight or something totally unexpected. Most of the times, you will lose this hand, but when it works, you clean up.
Playing tight will do you good, but it seems to really knock it out of the park, and gut someone, you have to catch him off guard. When you bet heavy with top pair, it's kind of obvious. But, when someone else goes heavy on top pair, and you have a weird straight, that's when you get their shove and knock them out.
2003 Moneymaker won the final hand with 45.
2005 Hachem won with 73.
What happens in these hands is a decoy card like an A or K comes up, and the other guy bites, and bets heavy. But, the junk hand has made a straight or something totally unexpected. Most of the times, you will lose this hand, but when it works, you clean up.
Playing tight will do you good, but it seems to really knock it out of the park, and gut someone, you have to catch him off guard. When you bet heavy with top pair, it's kind of obvious. But, when someone else goes heavy on top pair, and you have a weird straight, that's when you get their shove and knock them out.