dreamer13
Legend
Competent play at this stage leads to getting into prizes and earning money. First of all, it is worth assessing the situation at the table, analyze the information about the opponents that you have collected throughout the tournament and estimate the size of your stack.If you have a big stack, you need to be more aggressive, steal blinds, and force your opponents to fold on a dangerous flop. If you are the chip leader, none of the opponents will get involved in a confrontation with you without a good hand. Opponents will play very tight. Each of them will want to get into the prizes. Rather, they will grit their teeth and throw away a lot of hands just to stay in the tournament. But you should not use such tricks against aggressive maniacs.
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Sopt
Rock Star
I'd say that it really depends on what kind of tournament you playing, is it a one with a lot of participants and you expect some other people to drop out fast? In that case if I was short stacked I'd just wait to get into the money and not risk it, unless I get really strong hand like AA, KK and such. If it's a SnG with like 90 people overall and bubble might drag out, you play differently of course and the range must be bigger. But yea, overall I prefer a tight approach when short stacked and aggressive approach when I have a lot of chips on bubble.
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Recreationalplayer
Visionary
With 11BB, it's better to play push or fold strategy. Hand range to push fold depends on your position. TT+, AQ+ is allin push from all positions.
dzsire
Visionary
Carefully, very carefully...
Of course, it may still happen that you will be eliminated before ITM, but if you are patient and even lucky, you can get into the paid places.
More than once I reached the final table without even being sure that I would survive even the bubble.
And here comes the fact that this also requires luck, because this is not an everyday story.
Of course, it may still happen that you will be eliminated before ITM, but if you are patient and even lucky, you can get into the paid places.
More than once I reached the final table without even being sure that I would survive even the bubble.
And here comes the fact that this also requires luck, because this is not an everyday story.
BelFish
Legend
Loyaler
If other players have even smaller stacks, then you need to play very carefully, especially if the jumps in payouts for higher places are quite large.
Sometimes it can be more profitable to fold even a very strong hand than risk it.
It is impossible to give any general advice for any tournament situation. A good tip is to learn icm and constantly practice the programs and hand analysis on the forum.
exer888
Rock Star
Depends on variety of players at your table. Example, if they are tight. your range can be wide in late possition. You dont need to commit whole stack, you can just open 2 bb. It wont matter on your stack, because 11 or 9 bb is the same thing, but at the end if you win pot, 2.5, 3 bb is a matter of fact huge thing for your stack. So my advice to you is observe and be patient, observe whos with chipleader is aggresive , thats the best way to steal juicy pot. Good luck at tables.
Risto234
põrandaalune pokkerimängija
Loyaler
Well whether or not there are players with even smaller stack then in cases like this ^ most 2 foolproof options would be
and/or showing timewasting masterclass (every single hand) ...
Gallarado777
Legend
you can learn how to play poker with 10-15 bb and you will already know exactly which cards are better to play or fold, and then you will have no doubt even if you lose it will be the right decision but you can lose, and if you don't want to just wait for a strong hand and wait for the money
Amanda A
Legend
It also depends on how big the field is - if it's thousands of people and people are dropping like flies the bubble doesn't last that long so I wouldn't play anything but premiums on a short stack, if it's a smaller field the bubble can last a long time and you can't just sit back and get eaten by the blinds, you're going to have to pick some spots.
