I'm planning on playing the $2.20 deepstack tomorrow. Any advice? Do I play a little looser? Little tighter? Same as usual?

loose to start, TAG to finish

It makes sense to play looser because you have a bigger stack of chips and you can handle the blinds alot easier if you lose some hands and its only a few bucks so its not something to worry about if you do get knocked out. But for me I play the same no matter what and I don't let anything change my game.

If the levels are long, and there is an ante game tight.

Early stages do not narrow your range. You want to have suited gappers like 9Ts, JTs which are better to have than AK, AQ or 99+ because of 3 ways+ possibility, where our premiums are more likely to beat.

Originally Posted by Pokergambler11

I'm planning on playing the $2.20 deepstack tomorrow. Any advice? Do I play a little looser? Little tighter? Same as usual?

Play ABC cashgame poker until stacks start to get shallow(45BB or less). Adjust your PFR down to 2-2.5× the BB. In the late stages most of your value is in stealing the blinds while at same defending your BB. Avoid FPS (fancy play syndrome). Solid poker is best at these stakes.

play tight at first, let fly fish, and then after the bubble to expand the range of hands

i play a lot of acr 25k starts I am tight let game come to me. I will get to 300k usually when needed and get to money as long as dont screw up lol and not pay attention to position and whats happening. Tonight slept on it called all in with cards wouldnt have if watching how close was to money lol so took a beat like should of for not playing right.

Originally Posted by maxdavis4321

Play ABC cashgame poker until stacks start to get shallow(45BB or less). Adjust your PFR down to 2-2.5× the BB. In the late stages most of your value is in stealing the blinds while at same defending your BB. Avoid FPS (fancy play syndrome). Solid poker is best at these stakes.

I so agree!!!

in a game with deep stacks time is slow. so do not rush to play fast and keep Ollin with AK . take your time and then you can get the money.

Most deep stack tournaments are hipper turbo that means blind on 3 minutes and even with deep stack you can't handle for a lot of time i prefer to play aggressive from the start for a good chance to up your stack.

If it is a slower deep stack (not super turbo), then I tend to "fish" during the first 5 levels (use no more than 10% of my stack and see if I can hit a flop really hard to make some $) with any decent suited connector or paint. Then I play basic ABC poker until blinds have caught up with most of the stacks and play standard tourney from there (if big stack, steal blinds as often as possible, if small stack...look to shove when I still have good fold equity).

Originally Posted by radek

Early stages do not narrow your range. You want to have suited gappers like 9Ts, JTs which are better to have than AK, AQ or 99+ because of 3 ways+ possibility, where our premiums are more likely to beat.

just FYI, 2 higher cards vs 2 lower cards are about 5-3 in favor of the 2 higher cards...

and on that pocket 9s+ lets say qq vs j10s, the queens are about 5-1 ahead there....

the logic there to open your range up early is fine. but you def do not want those suited connectors over premium hands.

yes, the more people u put up against queens the worse they run, thats why you stick in a nice raise to thin the field.

and if the pots are crowded the suited connectors do go up in value. but your just saying being in crowded pots will give you a higher win % with the suited connectors. you will win more pots with bigger cards, if played correctly. its not the win% that goes up with more folks in the pot its the implied value, from the implied straight and flush draws you may hit and break one of your opponents.

Always focus on the table.Observe your opponents betting pattern and never get afraid.Fear will draw you back.Bet strong on good chances and never show your hands.Learn to steal blinds .

i think your game should be more agressive with deep stacks

It depends if the tournament is fast or slow. If the blinds raise every 3 minutes, then it's good to play little loose, but if the blinds are raising every 10 or 15 minutes, then play just casually. That would be my style of play. And of course it depends on how loose your opponents are.

loose then tight as blinds rise

I'm not sure I agree with the whole play more hands strategy. To me that's like saying more chips make it okay to play bingo. And that's fine if you hit bingo. But if you don't then you're just going to be allowing yourself to be put in tricky situations where you find yourself holding a pairs but being outkicked or chasing draws and basically bleeding chips. But of course there is always that possibility that you will hit bingo and double up back to the starting stack you had before you started bleeding chips.

I say just play your normal game. I'm not saying that I won't defend my blind, or call a small bet to see the next street in a spot that I might not normally. But let's not get carried away with it. If anything, I would think that with a bigger starting stack would afford you the opportunity play with a little more patience and wait for quality hands. But that's just me

You could potentially steal a lot of blinds and chip up a good bit by widening your opening range, assuming other players are tight.

If it's a deepstack tournament I'm going to sit tight, stay focused, and play with patience throughout regardless of what the other players are doing. Even if I see someone with a huge stack early, I remind myself that the winner is usually a player who is not even in the top 18 early on. This helps keep me grounded and playing my game.

IntenseHeat hit the nail on the head. Don't change anything. If you are a super tight player learn more about poker hands and what's playable and what's not, how to play against certain player types, and the benefits of seat positions. Master that and a larger chip stack only helps you because it allows more chips to account for the natural swings that happen in poker.

tight aggressive play have a lot of chips at the start and the blinds go slow do not risk much and can play some speculative hand from position

It is necessary to register without a late registration until the blinds are small. so you can play a lot of hands to study opponents. but for now, if you have no experience, it is best to play tight and gather information. We need to gain a stack of the final table, and then put pressure on rivals and steal the blinds.

start tigth , but try play some hands in normal dont play ,( suited , or followed) when is cheap see flop , if u have more info about players in your table better for u know wath hands u should play...

When I play a deepstack tournament I tend to play at the beginning with a larger range of hole cards containing more suited connectors , lower pairs , suited gappers , raising with good high pairs not just 3xBB but much more to protect their value as blind levels are low and its very easy to get outplayed .
When the blind levels increase and my stack doesn't allow anymore to play more loose , I change to TAG and I raise about 2x or 2.5x the BB when I want to play my hand .

when playing deep stack tournys i normally play a little aggresive and see where it gets me and it also will help you read ur opponets a little better to see how they play as well some will only play great hands some will play anything so playing just a little aggresive will help you in a deep stack tourny in my opinion

Tight play. Waiting your chance as a hunter waiting in ambush in early stage. Later when you know some info about your opponents you should try to use their weaknesses.

Play tight till you have figuered how people are playing. Keep the pot small until you are convinced you have the nuts. Try to win a lot of small pots rather than the big ones. Don't go for double ups without the goodies. Play looser when people have tightened up. Don't enter multiway pots with hands having high RE odds. Try to win the tournament on fold equity, not showdowns.

Usually early in the tournament you get a lot of donkeys. I would be looking to chip up early then really tighten up until the antes start. Once the antes start, I would loosen up.

I play a lot of hands, much play postflop.

I am afraid that deep stack doesn't mean much on those low buyins!! People shove there like it is normal tourney...it is only good iff you play realy tight, because you have more time to get a hand..

tight aggressive when you can and bolie loose play in deep stack

to bea patiente play juste a fiew hands and is impotant to be always average stake.....

wait for good card, but if u hit some monster flop bet aggressivly to win more chips

In my experience if you play any tournament under $5 it doesn't matter if its deep stacks, regular, turbo, knockout or anything people are gonna jam a wide range of hands anyway. There is no set way to play any table either. it is all table dependant and if you want to win any tournament you need to be able to adapt to the situation your in. as soon as you play one style for too long a good player will pick up on it and crush you. you need to be able to play nit, lag, tag and a bit of maniac mixed in to keep everyone on their toes and giving you respect at the table. that's my opinion

I'd love to play 2 deepstacks at the same time.
One play tight like a SNG, you'll fall behind the aggressive winners which could hurt towards the end, if you make it. Then win by skill, good luck. Because luck is all that will get you to the top.
The other is play aggressive from the start, bust or boom. I'd like to see which gets you to the final table.

Originally Posted by Pokergambler11

I'm planning on playing the $2.20 deepstack tomorrow. Any advice? Do I play a little looser? Little tighter? Same as usual?

Like everything revolves around the poker
DEPENDS, analyze the situation of each round and take your decisoes.Claro to play a few hands and aggressively and the source to use the Q if you value the most in poker ... patience !!

Originally Posted by Pokergambler11

I'm planning on playing the $2.20 deepstack tomorrow. Any advice? Do I play a little looser? Little tighter? Same as usual?

play like the normal structure. just adjust your game in deeper situations. if u have experience from cash game , this could help u. the balances change with deeper stacks.

I like deep stacks because I like to see alot of cards. I play the same as always, TAG, but may overraise 5x early instead of a normal 3x, just because I don't let the blinds dictate my play as much in Deep stack. I bet what I want to win.

Deep stack play is more like a standard cash game. You play tight and play for value. Every decision should have the opponents stack in consideration. Chase only when it is profitable and play less multiway pots.

The role of luck is low and the role of higher skill and patience

pot control, keep them small and let the other people make mistakes. if they give you odds take them.

As tournament is deeper that usual you should play tighter firs few levels, as you will have 200+ big blinds, be patient and do not get involved in marginal spots as it will be - EV. There will be plenty of time so relax and play tighter first and than after level 3-4 it is good to start stealing from any position, especially when there will be antes. GL