Pmaster 0 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 What is your tournament strategy in the first rounds? Tight, lose, both .. Link to post Share on other sites
cardcore 0 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 What is your tournament strategy in the first rounds? Tight, lose, both ..i usually play to lose in the first houror too loose, whicheverthis thread is going places Link to post Share on other sites
No_Neck 0 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I think the correct answer is the opposite if your table... table is tight play loose table is loose play tight... poker is ez Link to post Share on other sites
Balloon guy 158 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I usually like to build a crazy table image by being super loose, call everything and show.Then pray they don't move me.It's not very succesfull.Okay it's really bad.Actually I play ABC and try to get maximum value for big hands since the players are mostly bad at the first few level. I don't know why they make us good players even play in these levels. They should let us join in after like level 5 with 5xs the normal starting stack.Yea...that's the ticket Link to post Share on other sites
WhatArunAA 0 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 shove... pray.. win. Link to post Share on other sites
James D 0 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Adaptable. Link to post Share on other sites
Cappy37 0 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I prefer to play scoopable hands only, as most of the betting in the first 2 blind levels is capped by at least 5 idiots, so your potential to come out a big winner by even only locking up half of the pot is overwhelmingly +EV. Other than that, fold any hand containing an eight or a 9 that doesnt have 3 premium cards to make up for it, don't play high only hands, and try not to play A2 without some counterfeit protection, because lord only knows you don't want to put more than 5% of your stack in the middle multi-way hoping to flop perfect only to get quartered. Also, don't hold much stock in being suited unless you have the nut flush draw: it's a trouble hand that will cost you. Lower rank suited hands are only viable as additional flopped or backdoor re-draws against *one* or two opponents, not against a large field. Remember that you also want all four of your cards working together at all times: suited, paired, and/or connecting. This is important even moreso in the early going, because you will be contending with capped streets and large fields with any number of holdings.<passed the torch to Kowboy Koop>OK, Kowboy, now take him through stud! Link to post Share on other sites
Flushgarden 0 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 I play both tight and lose. Link to post Share on other sites
showstopper24 0 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Depends on my table. Link to post Share on other sites
steve73 0 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 virgin tight Link to post Share on other sites
conor_mw 0 Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 my strategy for posting is to post strat questions in the strat forum. and as steve put it... virgin tight Link to post Share on other sites
fighter 4 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 What is your tournament strategy in the first rounds? Tight, lose, both ..I dont turn up to a tournament until the first rounds are over.Phil helmuth does it and DN applied it in the limit tournament of the WSOP so it must be the optimum strategy. Link to post Share on other sites
TB17 0 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 My plan is to just not blow it like I always do Link to post Share on other sites
bigstack1980 0 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 I tend to section off 1/3 of my starting stack for aggressive style of play... of course as you add on to that stack you also in return get the image of a very loose table image. Then i start to shut down on that style when they start to change to that style and just wait for my time to come.... and when I am in that pot with another persont they will think I am just being aggressive when infact I have trips... which pays off really well.... I do really great in the beginnning and middle of the tourney but my mid-late to late is really rough and I find myself having to either play supertight till i get into that 50/50 coin flip to pass the bubble or just run into other aggressive donkeys because they put me at the table with the other big stacks.... which are all a bunch of luck sacks.... Link to post Share on other sites
GeneralGeeWhiz 0 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 I will give you steps into becoming a winning MTT playerStep 1: Go to www.cardrunners.comStep 2: Sign up for cardrunnersStep 3: Watch every single ActionJeff video they haveStep 4: Win millionz Link to post Share on other sites
conor_mw 0 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 poker-x-factor FTW !! Link to post Share on other sites
gfdsa146 0 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 I just lose Link to post Share on other sites
Czech Razor 0 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 I always tell myself I should play more LAG since most players now play a tighter style in the early levels, but it just isn't happening for me. I still play fairly ABC TAG until the antes kick in.Now I need to stop playing such a cash game style of play during the mid-stages. It's been a tough transition for me. Link to post Share on other sites
rog 0 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 I play only micros, so I play pretty freakin tight in the early rounds on the grounds that I will get paid off for big hands, and that bluffing has little to no value. I make larger than average raises with big hands, and pretty much fold the rest. In turbos, my goal is to get AIPF with good holdings, and hope they hold. With standard structures, I like to punish people who limp or call raises weakly, but I dont mind seeing flops. Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 Lose (lol)JT < K5o when flop comes JT5 QTs < Q9oAJs < KToKK < J7 (fckn retard calling station flops top pair and 3 bets of 2/3 pot can't get him off it lol)Yes, these are all ways I got knocked out of tourneys... Link to post Share on other sites
CBass1724 1 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 I play like a hotdog in a hallway. Link to post Share on other sites
mase_gotsem 0 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 id have to say both i play tight ,then lose / Link to post Share on other sites
ObeyTheDog 0 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 I don't even know anymore.There I did it. A short, honest response. Link to post Share on other sites
CBass1724 1 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 You play to win the game! Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted October 1, 2007 Share Posted October 1, 2007 I don't even know anymore.There I did it. A short, honest response.Imposter Link to post Share on other sites
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