I have a problem. I am new to this board and I like what I see so I will ask.I play several $100 S&G tourney's a week. I try to stay away from the low limit games as it seems they are nothing more then games of "guts", no poker at all. On to the question...I have read that you should play tight until the field narrows a bit. I have heard any where from 4 to 7, regardless. My problem is this. Bu the time the field has narrowed you have to big stacks that ussually get that way by playing very aggressive (normally the luckiest of the idiots). Now I am short stacked and have no chips to play against is 6x - 10x raises. Am I to wait all night for AA or KK and hope he does not out draw me?I am a new poker player (1.5 years) so please be nice!Kip
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too tight?
Started by Kip, Jan 27 2005 11:14 PM
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Posted 28 January 2005 - 05:42 AM
I've played everywhere from $1 buyins to $215. Players are still the same. Except at $1 the raiser with T7 is an idiot, but at $215 he's making a play and its brilliant.In those first stages of the SNG, just be learning the patterns and nuances of the game. The blinds are too small to steal, so try to play pots, not hit and runs.Once the blinds start moving up and it gets more shorthanded, begin to open-raise, re-raise, steal, and all that other stuff.Once it gets shorthanded - be fearless, punish their mistakes, and close the deal.
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Posted 29 January 2005 - 11:33 AM
You need to remember playing tight doesn't neccessarily mean folding. (Since you talked about being short-stacked, I assume that you are blinding away a decent portion of your chips in these early levels). In the early rounds when the "idiots" are playing too loose, you still need to play the premium hands you get aggressively. The tightness people are talking about early in tournaments is playing very few hands, and folding borderline hands, especially out of position. You also want to keep pots small this early in the tournament. If you win a few small pots early when you get strong hands or make a strong hand on the flop, you won't be one of the "lucky idiot" chip leaders, but you'll have enough chips to stop them from calling your raises when they're behind later in the tournament.I agree with Spidur about stealing the blinds once you get down to 4-6. The importance of position increases exponentially as each player goes out.
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