AntA_KO_v
Rock Star
Silver Level
I think the best way is stealing blinds and not to call allins... this strategy is quite boring but will let you keep your advance untill ITM as minimum and will give you a real chances to run deep in tournament.
course other players will slowly chipup and make your position lower and lower but you will not nerves to loose your stack =) GL on the tables!
course other players will slowly chipup and make your position lower and lower but you will not nerves to loose your stack =) GL on the tables!
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karl coakley
Visionary
Silver Level
Really that is the wrong mindset.
The short answer is your not going to...
In your example the next blind is 50/100, no where near the money. Everyone has a point in a tournament where you run good, it's the other parts that determine how you place.
I can't think of any tournament where I made the final table where I was top 20 the whole time. You are going to take beats.
The key to winning is to stay ahead of the blinds and in the game. Looking at the stack sizes is just a distraction.
The short answer is your not going to...
In your example the next blind is 50/100, no where near the money. Everyone has a point in a tournament where you run good, it's the other parts that determine how you place.
I can't think of any tournament where I made the final table where I was top 20 the whole time. You are going to take beats.
The key to winning is to stay ahead of the blinds and in the game. Looking at the stack sizes is just a distraction.
killing_random
Rock Star
Silver Level
Wow it sounds really wrong if you take it out of the context :egg:
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Fenoman
Rising Star
Bronze Level
theANMATOR
Legend
Bronze Level
Just play poker bud. It is nearly impossible to run good early and stay in the top 10 in chips for the entire length of the tourney.
I once tripled up very early with KKs. Was in the top 5 in chips for nearly 3 hours. Had some other nice pots drag my way and kept the momentum all the way up to late registration closing. Then late registration closed - and I didn't see a playable hand - in any spot for over 1 entire hour. I folded from one break to the next and about 20 minutes after the next break. The best hand I had for that entire time span was J/T off in the small blind with 3 players that opened in front of me. Even here I didn't want to play the hand - but I had been folding for over an hour.
I flopped top pair with a flush on board I check one guy jams on the flop and another guy calls his jam. I smartly fold - the one guy had A/J the other guy had KKs.
I ended up getting a nice double after ITM and finished in the top 40 out of something like 6000+ players, but the point remains - I had a huge stack early and - was not able to sustain that - because what I experienced was the worst card dead streak ever.
Just play poker
I once tripled up very early with KKs. Was in the top 5 in chips for nearly 3 hours. Had some other nice pots drag my way and kept the momentum all the way up to late registration closing. Then late registration closed - and I didn't see a playable hand - in any spot for over 1 entire hour. I folded from one break to the next and about 20 minutes after the next break. The best hand I had for that entire time span was J/T off in the small blind with 3 players that opened in front of me. Even here I didn't want to play the hand - but I had been folding for over an hour.
I flopped top pair with a flush on board I check one guy jams on the flop and another guy calls his jam. I smartly fold - the one guy had A/J the other guy had KKs.
I ended up getting a nice double after ITM and finished in the top 40 out of something like 6000+ players, but the point remains - I had a huge stack early and - was not able to sustain that - because what I experienced was the worst card dead streak ever.
Just play poker
swimbles
Rock Star
Silver Level
Quite honestly mate the place you're in early on in a tournament has very little influence on how a tournament is going to end up.
You could win a 20 BB pot your first hand in the tourney and be chip-leading, but does that mean you'll most likely finish first in the tournament? Of course not.
While the chips are good to have regardless of circumstances, a tourney is long and your stack will fluctuate wildly throughout, so unless you're just playing for a min cash, effectively sitting out early will do you no good.
You could win a 20 BB pot your first hand in the tourney and be chip-leading, but does that mean you'll most likely finish first in the tournament? Of course not.
While the chips are good to have regardless of circumstances, a tourney is long and your stack will fluctuate wildly throughout, so unless you're just playing for a min cash, effectively sitting out early will do you no good.
theANMATOR
Legend
Bronze Level
ALWAYS TRY TO STAY AT AVERAGE STACK SIZE
I was thinking about this thread over the evening, for some reason, and one thing a pro once said - sometime somewhere has stuck with me, and it honestly makes a lot of sense.
He said - essentially - always try to keep at or above the average stack size. If you do this for the entire tourney - you will either come in 1st or 2nd.
Its kinda obvious looking at it like that - but it's true.
If we dont worry about chip leading, and always try to keep at least average stack size we will have a shot at FT and top 3 every tourney we play. Its a ponder-able statement.
I was thinking about this thread over the evening, for some reason, and one thing a pro once said - sometime somewhere has stuck with me, and it honestly makes a lot of sense.
He said - essentially - always try to keep at or above the average stack size. If you do this for the entire tourney - you will either come in 1st or 2nd.
Its kinda obvious looking at it like that - but it's true.
If we dont worry about chip leading, and always try to keep at least average stack size we will have a shot at FT and top 3 every tourney we play. Its a ponder-able statement.
jordanbillie
Legend
Bronze Level
Well...it's early so you should understand that on the way to the final 14, you might go from 14/292 to 36/186 to 54/129 to 33/99 to 9/45 to 10/27 ...etc.
Do you see my point?
It will fluctuate, but you need to pay attention to how your play in trending. If you are balancing your aggression well (and using your stack to your advantage), you should know whether or not your current play is trending you toward cashing (or better yet, final tabling).
jordanbillie
Legend
Bronze Level
I was thinking about this thread over the evening, for some reason, and one thing a pro once said - sometime somewhere has stuck with me, and it honestly makes a lot of sense.
He said - essentially - always try to keep at or above the average stack size. If you do this for the entire tourney - you will either come in 1st or 2nd.
Its kinda obvious looking at it like that - but it's true.
If we dont worry about chip leading, and always try to keep at least average stack size we will have a shot at FT and top 3 every tourney we play. Its a ponder-able statement.
This is a pretty solid statement because it puts you into the survival mindset, which is highly successful in MTTs (laddering up!), while also recognizing the need to "stay afloat."
nuttea
Visionary
Bronze Level
it will be impossible to leave the same position, because the structure of the tournaments is such that if you no longer take any action, then by the time there are 14 players left in the tournament, your stack will be eaten long ago by other opponents. a rather strange question, in fact) but a banal advice is to continue to play in your style and play well, without making mistakes, then more and more often you will have higher positions
Juan Oro
Visionary
Bronze Level
Expand your range of hands only when you are in position on your opponents, you can also attack the weakest at your table or the most grabbed and you can amass chips by taking the blinds and try not to get involved in large pots out of position so he created that you will keep your stack of chips a little more, playing good hands and avoid crossing with another opponent who has a large stack of chips like you unless you have good hands to play.
