VictorOd
Legend
Loyaler
Hello, Cardschat. Let's talk about 5 delusions about tournament poker. I've read a translation of an article couple of months ago and I liked it. So I'll just give you some theses.
1. You need a big stack to play aggressively.
The point is that you get 2 cards and should play every hand as good as you can, again and again.
2. My short stack forced me to go all-in.
Before you go all with short stack without a monster you have to consider 2 things: fold equity and amount of dead money in the pot.
3. You have to try to win every hand, every tournament you play.
Sometimes this is right, such mentality is viable if the goal is very close. But
do not create huge pots if it's unnecessary. And pay attention to the average stack size.
4. You can't defend the BB if your stack is less than 10 blinds.
On a BB you need only about 20% equity to call min raise, so it's not that hard to defend.
I'm watching pokerstars Championship Barcelona on youtube and yesterday Andre Akkari had 5 BBs, he was patient enough and today he finished 5th (317960 euros)!
5. You can't raise-fold with under 12 BBs stack.
The point is there is no reason to risk everything if you can reach the same result with a small raise.
So, was that any helpful to you? Can you disagree or tell about other delusions about MTTs?
1. You need a big stack to play aggressively.
The point is that you get 2 cards and should play every hand as good as you can, again and again.
2. My short stack forced me to go all-in.
Before you go all with short stack without a monster you have to consider 2 things: fold equity and amount of dead money in the pot.
3. You have to try to win every hand, every tournament you play.
Sometimes this is right, such mentality is viable if the goal is very close. But
do not create huge pots if it's unnecessary. And pay attention to the average stack size.
4. You can't defend the BB if your stack is less than 10 blinds.
On a BB you need only about 20% equity to call min raise, so it's not that hard to defend.
I'm watching pokerstars Championship Barcelona on youtube and yesterday Andre Akkari had 5 BBs, he was patient enough and today he finished 5th (317960 euros)!
5. You can't raise-fold with under 12 BBs stack.
The point is there is no reason to risk everything if you can reach the same result with a small raise.
So, was that any helpful to you? Can you disagree or tell about other delusions about MTTs?
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