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Blue_Fossil
Rock Star
Silver Level
Unfortunately, my schedule does not allow me to play more the occasional MTT. When I do, I stick to Deepstack tourneys (non-Turbo) with a decent guarantee. The most common one I play when I have time is the Bovada’s $4000 Guarantee DS.
I’ve cashed in the event a couple of times, but only by limping off the bubble and winning basically the minimum amounts. I tell myself that all I need is to catch a big hand at the right time in order to make a deep run. The big hand never seems to come.
So, is the big hand required in order to score big? Or can one get by on skill and guile alone?
More background for those that kept reading. I apply a ‘small-ball’ approach to these tournaments. This works well for me and usually helps me build a decent stack, particularly in the first hour. Trouble then usually comes in two forms in the 2nd hour. The first is the short-stacks shoving - which at best knocks me out of the hand, or worse, elicits a call from me and a subsequent loss on the inevitable coin-flip. The 2nd problem is landing at a table with one of the big-stacks that knows how to bully the table. This leaves me needing to connect in order to win pots.
Any strategies or suggestions?
I’ve cashed in the event a couple of times, but only by limping off the bubble and winning basically the minimum amounts. I tell myself that all I need is to catch a big hand at the right time in order to make a deep run. The big hand never seems to come.
So, is the big hand required in order to score big? Or can one get by on skill and guile alone?
More background for those that kept reading. I apply a ‘small-ball’ approach to these tournaments. This works well for me and usually helps me build a decent stack, particularly in the first hour. Trouble then usually comes in two forms in the 2nd hour. The first is the short-stacks shoving - which at best knocks me out of the hand, or worse, elicits a call from me and a subsequent loss on the inevitable coin-flip. The 2nd problem is landing at a table with one of the big-stacks that knows how to bully the table. This leaves me needing to connect in order to win pots.
Any strategies or suggestions?