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 Online tournament strategy, Bond18, 23. Apr 2003 13:05 | ||
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| I currently play online at Paradise poker which offers constant poker tournaments which last (if you make it near or to the end) about one hour. I would like to open up the boards to online poker tournament strategy theories. I have thus made a few hundred in about 3 weeks playing this way as i often don't have time to sit down at a ring game for 3 or 4 hours, the one hour tournament works well. My success with the tournaments has mostly been as follows. In round one you can play somewhat loose in calling the BB to see the flop and hope for lucky cards. From round 2-4 tighten up a lot and only play solid safe hands. Don't bother calling all ins with anything but a cinch hand as your probably one of the better players in the tournament and you can beat them later. At level 5 begin blind stealing with hands that contain high, preferable suited cards such as Ax or Kx suited, regardless of kicker, this assuming there is not many players left. When you get to 4 or 5 players left (since 3 are paid prize money) refrain from taking any serious risks and wait for the other players to knock each other out, a serious players patience will almost always outlast a novices. When it comes down to the last 2 play raise fold with him pre flop as it applies extra pressure, allows for blind stealing, and reduces losses on bad hands. | ||
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| Re: Online tournament strategy, Andrew Wells, 23. Apr 2003 13:17 | ||
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| That's almost exactly how I handled these $11 or $22 single tables when I was playing at Paradise. The 200-400 level seemed the best for late position stealing even holding stacks that would then be all-in on the next bet. The only situation you didn't address was when you get shortstacked, but we all seem to have plenty of experience in those spots. | ||
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| Re: Online tournament strategy, stdioh, 23. Apr 2003 13:54 | ||
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| Your analysis is good and this is not dissimilar from the strategy I will use when playing a single table sit-n-go. One thing that I don't like is your AXs and KXs regardless of kicker. At a time in the tournament when pretty much all hands played will go heads up, your kicker is worth a lot more than your suitedness. A flush will come to suited cards in only 4% of hands - it adds value, but not extremely much value. Heads up I'll take KTo over K2s any 15 ways to breakfast. | ||
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| Re: Online tournament strategy, TKarrde, 23. Apr 2003 14:07 | ||
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| > any 15 ways to breakfast. Now that is a cool line. I have no idea what it means. But it is a cool line. | ||
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| Re: Online tournament strategy, mroban, 23. Apr 2003 15:10 | ||
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| I pretty much agree with the strategy. Although in the first round I play pretty tight because the pots are pretty small relative to the later rounds and I don't feel they justify playing loose to see flops. I would rather save my $15 bets for good opportunities in the 2nd and 3rd round (if they exist). Basically, I have done well in these tournaments too (at Paradise and Poker Room). Usually there are a few maniacs that knock each other out and with patience, you can easily get into the final 6 with a decent stack. Thats where to start getting aggressive. I agree that once in the final 4, the patient players can usually last into the final 2. | ||
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| Re: Online tournament strategy, 4 POKER, 23. Apr 2003 22:32 | ||
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| If this is a structured tournament (not pot limit or no limit), When a player raises all-in and there's no other players to call this bet except you, you should call a bet in this situation regardless of what you're holding. You're supposed to knock this player out of the tournament. It will only cost you one bet. I also think it's good to play a little looser in the beginning because you really need to build up chips for the larger betting rounds. If you play too tight at these levels and don't give yourself a chance to gain more chips you will be at a disadvantage in the later rounds. Players should tighten up towards the mid-way point and after, but it's so important to build up chips early on especially against a large field. Most players who are inexperienced will be playing very cautious poker in the beginning so this is your perfect opportunity to steal and raise with semi-good hands. You have to gamble a little bit in tournaments because you need to allow yourself to get lucky. Yes, there is a skill to tournament play, but the luck factor is so much greater here then it is at a regular session of poker. it's a short term event, not a marathon or a weeks worth of poker sessions- You have to try to win it, and if that means calling an all-in bet, then that is what you do. Gamble but think. Play smart. remember... you only need to beat one player at a time, not the whole crew. 4 POKER | ||
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| Re: Online tournament strategy, jake-free, 24. Apr 2003 01:37 | ||
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| what is the best strategy for a low buy-in two table or three table fixed limit holdem? play conservative in the early stages,and ofensive in the later stages,assuming no rebuy? | ||
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| Re: Online tournament strategy, 4 POKER, 24. Apr 2003 07:16 | ||
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| If I were to play in a 2 or 3 table tournament, I would play my regular game. I wouldn't be gambling too much. But it really depends on how quickly the levels change. I wouldn't want to get blinded out but sometimes when you play against a small field that happens. When a tournament starts out with just a couple of tables you really have to get lucky, I mean really lucky. It doesn't matter if you're a solid player or not, that short term luck factor is present even more so now. If in the early stages I held a good drawing hand, even a low suited connector, I would gamble with that one and try to double up quickly if I could. I wouldn't be playing too tight, but I would try to pick my spots carefully. If I thought there was a potential for a big pot I would try to be in.(just trying to get lucky). But all in all, I tend to play more of a straightfoward game if I'm only bucking heads with a few tables. I played in a single table satellite in foxwoods and won it with only 1 chip. Did I get lucky? Absolutely, you have to. 4 POKER | ||
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| Re: Online tournament strategy, mroban, 24. Apr 2003 08:10 | ||
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| In addition to what you said I also will throw in an extra raise rather than a call if I know the player will call and go all in. That way if I win the hand he is out. Don't let players hang around an extra hand. If you have a chance to knock them out and your stack is bigger you should always go for it. Especially if it will only cost one extra bet to do it. | ||
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