TylerBeal 0 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 My first ever big buy-in event. (Not major) 200+40 Now I'm still a rookie but like many others here I am working to understand the game better. I take my research and development pretty seriously. Now what I am asking for is some "coaching words" or some techniques to practice for this tournament.As I stated before I am entering a live MTT for the first time ever. How do you prepare? how much different is it from a ring game? I play no limit online but I know a live game is just so much different.I have just 2 months to really bring my game up. That is my main goal right now. So I have lots of time to practice and read. Just looking for some helpful advice Link to post Share on other sites
Smasharoo 0 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Bring an annoying chip protector to dsitract your opponents!!I use a plastic "Hello Kitty" personally. Strikes fear into the opposition. Link to post Share on other sites
TylerBeal 0 Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 hey smash, I know your trying to have some fun but could you please atleast try and help me in some way? Chip proctector is the least of my worries! Link to post Share on other sites
SLTS 0 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 My first ever big buy-in event. (Not major) 200+40 Now I'm still a rookie but like many others here I am working to understand the game better. I take my research and development pretty seriously. Now what I am asking for is some "coaching words" or some techniques to practice for this tournament.As I stated before I am entering a live MTT for the first time ever. How do you prepare? how much different is it from a ring game? I play no limit online but I know a live game is just so much different.I have just 2 months to really bring my game up. That is my main goal right now. So I have lots of time to practice and read. Just looking for some helpful adviceI'm going to TOTALLY frank with you. If you are asking this question then you shouldn't do it. When you move up limits whether it be ring or tourny you need to ALREADY be ready. Play tight and you should hang well, thats all I can give you with the info you provide. Link to post Share on other sites
Smasharoo 0 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 hey smash,I know your trying to have some fun but could you please atleast try and help me in some way? Chip proctector is the least of my worries!Well, one, I wasn't kidding. An annoying chip protector (and I really DO use Hello Kitty) will distract people slightly from you trembling and then fainting when you push with a set of aces.What sort of advice were you looking for? The diffrence between online and live? If you want advice about the specefic thing you're entering, it'd be helpfull to know how many people are playing, starting chipstacks, payout structure, blind escelations, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
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HoosierGrady 0 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Be confident..you have already shown weakness by posting this here...don't show that at the table...play tight/aggressive at first and then switch up styles and play more hands as the tournament continues...do not be intimidated! Link to post Share on other sites
DKE_XP120 0 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Not that im a pro by any means, but I prefer tourneys, live, and online to cash games... My best advice is get in as FEW coin flips as possible.... Dont take big risks if you dont need too. Try to survive in the earlier rounds, and build up once the field narrows a little bit. Thats the best i could give you, you have to play the game you're best with. But remember to change gears once in a while. Link to post Share on other sites
TylerBeal 0 Posted January 8, 2005 Author Share Posted January 8, 2005 Be confident..you have already shown weakness by posting this here...don't show that at the table...play tight/aggressive at first and then switch up styles and play more hands as the tournament continues...do not be intimidated!I must have really butchered those words my bad. Advice on the style to play is not what I was looking for. Do not be intimidated is something that I am sure will help me. Already this thread has benefitted me. I can now use it as a tool to recall incase I do feel intimidated.This isnt about me being intimidated or afraid. I'm not asking on how to play. I'm looking for things to look out for. Just simple things. Because this is my first live tournament. Thats ithere's the info on the tournamentIts 200+40 88 PlayersChips = 2000Game = N/LBlinds = 25/50 to start increase every 20 minutes50/100100/200 etc...I'm going to TOTALLY frank with you. If you are asking this question then you shouldn't do it. When you move up limits whether it be ring or tourny you need to ALREADY be ready. Play tight and you should hang well, thats all I can give you with the info you provide.As i said this post wasnt for a "do this and this and this" kind of advice.It was more about how did YOU prepare for your first big tourney? What sort of things did you find out from your first tourney that benefits you now?I'm looking for preparation. I'm looking for the small things. I am perfectly confident in my abilities or else I would not have dropped the cash to play. Well any help is still appreciated thanks for the replies so far guys Link to post Share on other sites
Smasharoo 0 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Its 200+4088 PlayersChips = 2000Game = N/LBlinds = 25/50 to start increase every 20 minutes50/100100/200 etc... Ugh. Well, here's the best advice you'll get.SLEEP THE NIGHT BEFORE. A LOT.Aside from that, identify the calling stations at your table first, then the too agressive players and take it from there. Avoid big commitments pre-flop with players you feel confident you're better than and the opposite for players you asses as better than you (not that I've ever seen anyone better than before they're stacking my chips, but anyway). Don't bluff the calling stations, do occasionaly re-raise the hyper agressive players. I bring music, food, water, my UB sweatshirt and my PP cap (for maximum jackass value), and of course Hello Kitty. I talk to her when I have to go into the tank. Try reading the guy talking to the plastic Japanese childrens toy. I dare ya! Link to post Share on other sites
Greentvdinner 0 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 I too entered my first live tourney in 2004. The buy in was slightly higher than yours, $290 I believe. The thing I wasn't prepared for was the rebuys and add ons. The first three rounds had unlimited rebuys and I was severely limited because I only had enough cash for one rebuy and one add on. It was limit for the first two rounds and no limit in the third with the add on at the end of the third. I had rebought once and was dealt AQ suited when an opponent went all in. He had done this a number of times this round and I knew that if I called him and lost, I couldn't add on as well. Who knows what would have happened if I had called him and won. Make sure you have more than enough for all your rebuys and add ons if applicable.Also, as Daniel says, don't do anything stupid. I thought I would try to steal the blinds with A9 suited (a hand I'm not too fond of), so I went all in from middle position. I got called by AA and was knocked out of the tourney. I never....make that rarely, do anything that stupid online.Good luck and let us know how you do. Link to post Share on other sites
jeske 0 Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 GL in the tourny. I normally just try to relax prior to a tourny. Make sure you get there early so you are not running around when you get there and are all jacked up. Oh yeah go to the bathroom before too. Link to post Share on other sites
SLTS 0 Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 well if you asking how to PREPARE...I dont know, I've never really prepared. I guess you could play in some live table games to watch how the regulars are playing, since they will normally be entering the tournies. But whenever I play at our casino I'm already prepared because I play with half of the entries on a regular basis at the 4-8. Link to post Share on other sites
TheMongol 0 Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 tyler, since this is your first big tourney, chances are you will be very nervous. You need something or do something to cool you down. Getting some testosterone out of you body helps you calm down. "Cleaning the pipe" would help. If you watched "There's something about mary" then you would know what i mean. It sounds nasty but it really works. I know it for a fact and im not trying to be funny either. Good luck. :twisted: Link to post Share on other sites
Foulky 0 Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 I know it sounds cliche, but go out of your way to be nice to the other people at your table. I'm not saying you have to socialize with everyone, but don't give them the "I just kicked your ass" stare down after you beat them in a pot either. Make sure you pay attention and try to act quickly on your hands (well ones that don't require much thought anyway.) In my first tourney, it was a 100 buy-in with a multi-rebuy and add-on the man to my left was a very nice guy and he really made me feel comfortable at the table. Giving me re-buy advice and such, which i never had to do. Lucky me! LOL. Well i thought he was an awesome guy until he started to criticize my play when i moved in with AK, he said that AK never holds up in the re-buy period. Well he was right because i lost to one guy who had A-5, but beat a guy with A-7 we all got our money in pre-flop with the A-5 being the short-stack and the other guy as the large stack. BUt anyway to make a long story short that guy who i thought was awesome made me feel like an ass about an hour after i met him. I thought it was funny when his pocket Aces got busted by, guess what, AK when the guy made a straight on the river. Oh i forgot to mention why you should be nice. The main reason is because if you are nice to people they will be less likely to call you in marginal situations. And trust me there will be many of these if you make it deep into the tourney. Sorry about rambling. I hoped this helped. Good luck in the tourney, and represent this site well! Link to post Share on other sites
TylerBeal 0 Posted January 9, 2005 Author Share Posted January 9, 2005 well if you asking how to PREPARE...I dont know, I've never really prepared. I guess you could play in some live table games to watch how the regulars are playing, since they will normally be entering the tournies. But whenever I play at our casino I'm already prepared because I play with half of the entries on a regular basis at the 4-8.Thanks SLTS, Its my first live tournament. I play the 10/20 game regularly and most of the regulars will recognize me. Hope it helps me.What advice can you guys give me about Re-Buys and Add-ons?it is Re-buy and add-ons during the first level. Link to post Share on other sites
ForumMod 0 Posted January 9, 2005 Share Posted January 9, 2005 Well, Seeing that Gus Hansen has had quite a bit of "luck" in tournaments, You could try his strategy. Now seeing that it's a re-buy I wouldn't do what he does until after that period is done because people tend to play looser.Gus said his strategy at larger tournaments is too play aggresive for the first 10-20 minutes at a table depending on how it's going, and after that tighten up for the rest of his time at that table. Once he moves to another table he does this again.. its a Micro version of changing your gears. I tried this at a extremely small 30 person tournament with 3 tables, we moved players every hour, it worked fine for me as I took 3rd, and was above average in chips about the entire time. The re-buys and add-ons... eh... well a friend of mine was the first person ever to win a $50 buy-in at a local casino out of about 50 entrants WITHOUT re-buying, so that tells me you should be prepared to re-buy. Link to post Share on other sites
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