Turbo Strategy

[MediaBLITZ]

Yes, i agree, more because there are many professional players who won and earn their living in the turbo, being who needs luck?

Skill does win out (much of the time) - but luck situations rear there ugly head more often in turbos than in regular structures (OVERALL). This is due to the blinds escalating you to a short stack so much faster. Part of the skill they are exhibiting is risk management when the blinds and variance gets higher.

So to answer your question - EVERYBODY needs some luck. The pros manage those situation better whereas amateurs sometimes don't manage it at all.

 

[jhonihgrass]

Skill does win out (much of the time) - but luck situations rear there ugly head more often in turbos than in regular structures (OVERALL). This is due to the blinds escalating you to a short stack so much faster. Part of the skill they are exhibiting is risk management when the blinds and variance gets higher.

So to answer your question - EVERYBODY needs some luck. The pros manage those situation better whereas amateurs sometimes don't manage it at all.

I never said that there is no percentage of luck, most commonly people play with more skill will always be at the final table!

 

[MediaBLITZ]

I never said that there is no percentage of luck, most commonly people play with more skill will always be at the final table!

Sorry, could have sworn you disagreed with "The thing is that in turbo tournaments there is more variance than in normal tournaments, so you depend more on luck than in other tournaments.

 

[jhonihgrass]

Sorry, could have sworn you disagreed with "The thing is that in turbo tournaments there is more variance than in normal tournaments, so you depend more on luck than in other tournaments.

it takes a little luck yes

 

[cotta777]

Aim to be the table captain early on, you want to keep your stack either biggest or near the top, as you dont always have the hands but your stacksize is key in accumalating steals and successful 3-bets
you can quite easily win the smaller pots and being in these extra pots gives more opportunitys aswel as preventing double ups for villains

focus on identifying your weak tights and your loose aggressives, you blindsteal the weak tights either pre of post flop and you 3bet the loose agressives or call down their c-bets with any reasonably strong holding

 

[jhonihgrass]

Aim to be the table captain early on, you want to keep your stack either biggest or near the top, as you dont always have the hands but your stacksize is key in accumalating steals and successful 3-bets
you can quite easily win the smaller pots and being in these extra pots gives more opportunitys aswel as preventing double ups for villains

focus on identifying your weak tights and your loose aggressives, you blindsteal the weak tights either pre of post flop and you 3bet the loose agressives or call down their c-bets with any reasonably strong holding

I fully agree, not only need luck, you need to identify the weakest and take all his chips!

 

[DevilMe03]

Be aggressive and try to build stack early on. Target smaller stacks in the middle of tournament. Also be ready to take lots of coin flips which could go either way. At later stages try stealing and could call allins of smaller stacks with marginal hands too. At the end of it you need to run good to be successful in turbo tournaments.