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 SnG vs Tourneys, magnus, 25. Jul 2003 11:07 | ||
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| Hi, being a real rookie at poker (got hooked by WPT, thanks Travel Channel!) I'm learning a LOT from you guys (thanks). I have so far only been playing online and been doing Ok in the SnG at Party (still having problem with heads-up, but I'm working on it..) so now I'm considering trying a multi table tourney. Do I need to adjust my strategy in any mayor way? Will a normal solid (as best as I can) Poker game be enough? More stealing? (not very good at that) Anything else I need to know? Thanks Magnus | ||
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| Re: SnG vs Tourneys, SmellsLikeVictory, 25. Jul 2003 11:50 | ||
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| You're not giving much to go on here, but I'll make the assumption that we're talking about NL HE here. I would open an account on Poker Stars if you're serious about multitable tourneys. They have the best software for it, hands down. Also, they offer a lot of $2-5 events you can get your feet wet with. Many of these cheap tourneys have +400 players, so they're really huge and will give you good experience. Basic advice for the multi table novice. If I were you I'd try and double up early on the assumption that you're admittedly NOT one of the best players in the field since you're a newbie. That might mean re-raising someone all-in with 99 and hoping to win a race with AK (or get them to lay it down). At least that's how I approach the cheapie tourneys with so many people. If I can't double early it's not worth my time. Many approach the more expensive tourneys this way too, but I'm usually more conservative with $30/50 and larger events. With Stars you can see what average stack size is and your goal is to stay above/around that average. You don't need to play a lot of hands to do this. Generally, in a NL event I see about 12-15% of the flops. I usually play the $50 NL events and have won once and made several final tables in the past two months, so I've been successful playing this tight. SnG usually the stacks are relatively close to each other throughout the event. Late in a multitable tourney there will be a large disparity between big stacks and small stacks. If you find yourself with a big stack late into a multi, you're in a great position to steal from average and smaller stacks. There are other recent posts about bully chip leader that you can read. A SnG strategy that's been discussed here before is playing super tight at first and let the other (usually really bad players) knock each other out. You fold, fold, fold and suddenly you're in fifth and in position to get in the money and you turn around and get real aggressive. This tactic doesn't work in the large events. You have to win pots early and build your stack throughout. Like I said, maintain an average stack and you'll be fine. This usually means you'll have to get all your chips in on a coin flip when you start falling behind. Hopefully, you can get them in when you're a bigger favorite. Otherwise, SnG aren't so different than full tourneys. You want to pressure the small stacks and avoid confrontations with large stacks and just try to survive. Get Sklansky's "Tournaments for Advanced Players" book, too. It has lots of great advice. | ||
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| Re: SnG vs Tourneys, magnus, 25. Jul 2003 14:16 | ||
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| Yes, I was interested in NL HE tourneys and this was just the kind of info I was looking for, thank you. I might look into PokerStars, have exclusively been playing on Party so far (as most of the fishes...;-), but the tourney info on the PokerStar web site looks interesting. -Magnus | ||
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