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 Limit Holdem Tourneys, SeanCandy, 11. Sep 2003 19:10 | ||
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| I've read plenty on the subject of No-Limit Tourneys, but not very much on limit tourneys. My office will be having a Limit Holdem tourney. We have six offices and the winners of each office tourney compete at a final table for a trip for two to Hawaii. So it is a desirable tourney to win. I was wondering if anyone has some good strategy ideas for playing limit tourneys. I know that as always solid play throughout is needed, but what are some of the nuances. I imagine it is harder to steal pots when people are on drawing hands. But I imagine play must be different from a standard ring game. Thanks for your input SC | ||
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| Re: Limit Holdem Tourneys, Schuster, 11. Sep 2003 19:35 | ||
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| It's easier to push people off drawing hands because even if they are getting the correct odds, if they have to put a significant portion of their stack at risk, they usually will let it go. This only applies to the mid-late to late stages of the tourney though. Don't always make the long term EV move. For example if you get 6 callers and you're on the button with JJ, normally this would be an easy raise, but in a tournament, you're better off seeing the flop and going from there. Don't put your chips at risk on marginally +EV situations. People generally play tighter in tournaments, so if someone is raising you, they probably have it. That's all I can really think of at the moment. Just try to enter the pot with the best hand, not drawing hands, and fold when you know you are beaten. Tight but aggressive. Good luck! Lee | ||
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| Re: Limit Holdem Tourneys, jaustin, 12. Sep 2003 07:18 | ||
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| You want to steal blinds from middle stacks as they have the most to lose. Short stacks will call off their last chips and large stacks will try to put the pressure back on you. Early on, tight is the way to go. Wait for big hands and then try to win a good pot. Nothing worse than playing a bunch of drawing hands and seeing yor stack dwindle, so that you're short stacked when the blinds get big. When the blinds do get big, I decide on the flop whether I'm willing to call all the way to the river with my hand unimproved (of course this depends on the stack size of your opponent). If not, it's probably best to fold and save the money for a better opportunity. Also, if I have a good hand and am being bet into, I'll often just call all the way down rather than raise (saving your last $1000 chips is much more valuable than winning another $1000) - of course if he checks I'll think about betting. | ||
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| Re: Limit Holdem Tourneys, noiseboy, 12. Sep 2003 09:33 | ||
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| Later in the tournament, when the blinds are high, you need to shift into a faster gear and use your chips as leverage when you have position and when you sense weakness from your opponents. At this stage, you almost never limp when first in, as a raise will often get you heads-up with position over the BB. Overall, you start out tight, and gradually loosen up a bit and add a ton of aggression (which often wins you pots you shouldn't win) proportionally to the blinds. Aggression will especially buy you a lot of chips from the "hang around and get to the money" crowd when you are getting close to the bubble. | ||
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| Re: Limit Holdem Tourneys, Jav, 12. Sep 2003 10:24 | ||
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| Similar to NL tourneys, play very tight. Especially early, when other people are playing looser. Most people will start out pretty tight, then loosen up after a round or so. You don't want to get involved unless you have a really good hand. Later in the tournament, when the blinds are higher and people are getting more desperate, you need to play very aggressive. (Not looser, just very aggressive). These hands will frequently be heads up. If you are the first one to enter the pot pre-flop, you should do it with a raise. Remember, every chip counts. Good Luck, hope you make it to Hawaii. | ||
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