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 Tight or loose in NLHE tourney/SNG play?, Grateful Rooster, 29. Sep 2003 09:52 | ||
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| I've played a fair number of tourneys and SNGs with moderate success (slightly above break-even). I've played mostly a fairly tight, aggressive strategy, but as I'm still learning, I still make strategic mistakes that cost me. As I learn and improve, though, I know I will become more profitable with this strategy. I would like to know, though, what people think about employing some of the looser, Brunsonesqe plays (ie. low suited connectors). I read the thinking to be that you need a big stack (relative to blinds) and face a big stack that has the ability to go all-in to make this profitable. You have to dump a lot of hands to play for the one that hits and provides a big payoff. Problem I see using this strategy off the bat, is that the losses are too big to sustain with initial tourney stacks, so it puts you in a hole and you can't take enough advantage of the "big hit." I've been thinking of employing the Brunson strategy when I get a large stack relative to the table, but not before. So, do any of you play this way? How do you figure how large a stack you need (relative to blinds) to enter into these waters? Do any of you employ any other "loose" strategy successfully? All feedback is appreciated. - GR | ||
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| Re: Tight or loose in NLHE tourney/SNG play?, Jav, 29. Sep 2003 10:53 | ||
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| I think that it helps enormously if you have excellent skill at reading people. Then you can open raise with a lot of hands, and win many of those hands even when they don't hit. Good players that play this way seem to be able to dump the hand any time they are in trouble, and push it just far enough to make it profitable for themselves. (See Gus's wins on the WPT). That being said, I don't really have any advice about what stack size is big enough to start taking some chances in a tournament. But if you do try similar strategies, the important thing about playing that way is being able to get away from any of those hands relatively cheaply. | ||
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