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 Tournament Conundrum, JLenart, 2. Jun 2003 10:09 | ||
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| I've been thinking about tounament play lately and I've realised that one thing that is nessecary in tourny play is that at some point you can not simply wait for the best cards to come. I played in a NLHE tourny last week and the cards were coming cold. Tons of 93o and garbage like that. I just couldn't get decent cards. Won a few small pots from decent play. But eventually the escalating blinds started to eat away at my stack and I was forced to play a 44 all in in hopes to double up. I got one caller in mid position who turned over KQo. The flop came K blank Q...OUCH. Of course my 4 never came and i was out. Are there any strategies I can use to avoid having a cold run opf cards put me all in with 44? Thanks. John | ||
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| Re: Tournament Conundrum, stdioh, 2. Jun 2003 11:59 | ||
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| Not really. When you get more desperate you should be loosening up more, but if you're getting total garbage, them's the breaks. I usually start to loosen up a littl when my stack drops to less than 20 big blinds...unless it is getting near the money in which case I'm more concerned with other players' stack sizes. Gradually loosening a little will help. Also if you are folding everything your table image is probably rocky, so you might try stealing blinds occasionally even with bad bad cards. | ||
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| Re: Tournament Conundrum, noiseboy, 2. Jun 2003 12:48 | ||
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| If it's been a REALLY long time since you've had a hand, sometimes you can raise in early position, and everyone will put you on AA's or KK's and fold. I've pulled this off a couple of times when close to the money, and people are just trying to hang on. | ||
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| Re: Tournament Conundrum, Mark, 2. Jun 2003 12:53 | ||
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| i think alot of regular limit hold'em players make a big mistake in NL games/tournaments by playing too tight pre flop. Generally in NL, you can limp for a very small amount relative to your stack and possible pot odds. By loosening up your starting requirements early, you can greatly improve your situation later down the road. When you become short stacked and the blinds start to eat away at your stack, wait for a good situation and go all-in. A good situation may involve getting good cards, and it may not. You might want to go all in with a 44 when no one else has called before you and the blinds are tight or short stacked. You can't just play your cards in NL, you need to play position and the players. You will go broke waiting for cards. People sometimes ask if i'm drunk when i double or triple my stack with something like 34o or 62o. But if i can see a flop for a very small amout relative to my stack(<3%) i will see most flops. And once in a while when i hit a miracle flop, i will make a big score. As the cost of seeing the flop increases, i tighten up a little, but really base my decisions on opponents and position. mark | ||
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