okay here goes
every time i play in a mtt, within the first hour or 2 i seem to play awsome, catch great cards and create a massive stack. then toward the end when all the good players stick around and the donks are gone, i seem to slow down and catch crappy cards and basically get blinded out.
is there anyone that could help? i dont know what it is its just i seem to crash and burn after the first few hours.
the only way i make a FT is if i lock down and wait.
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Have you read Harrington on Holdem?
I don't play MTT's but I hear that is a good book.
your question is so general, I'm not sure you'll get useful answers.
I don't play MTT's but I hear that is a good book.
your question is so general, I'm not sure you'll get useful answers.
Agree with in general following the HOH strategies regarding M and playable hands in different zones.
If you accumulate a large stack in the early stages of a tourney, you definitely need to tighten up in the middle and late stages. Once the blinds get to a level where many players have an M of <10, all these players are looking for any decent holding to push preflop. Other than perhaps trying to steal the blinds from late position perhaps once every orbit, you should not limp or open-raise with any holding that you are not comfortable calling an all-in behind you from a relative short stack, b/c you'll be faced with that decision frequently. You should probably be willing to gamble a little though with decent holdings, since many of the short stacks will be pushing with less than premium cards.
My hope is I can pick off a couple of short-stack desperation all-in's, and steal enough blinds, to keep my stack playable in route to the final table.
Example: AJ is nearly unplayable as a hand to open with, and AQ marginal, except to try to steal the blinds.
Small stacks in this situation overplay their small pocket pairs/two broadway type hands though, so you might consider calling an all-in behind you with holdings as weak as 1010, as you'll often be a huge favorite and rarely worse than a coinflip.
If you go truly card-dead and get blinded down to an M of 5-7 or less, don't be afraid to start open-pusing yourself with marginal hands. Just make sure you move all-in when you have some fold-equity, rather than calling off all your chips unless you have a premium hand.
If you accumulate a large stack in the early stages of a tourney, you definitely need to tighten up in the middle and late stages. Once the blinds get to a level where many players have an M of <10, all these players are looking for any decent holding to push preflop. Other than perhaps trying to steal the blinds from late position perhaps once every orbit, you should not limp or open-raise with any holding that you are not comfortable calling an all-in behind you from a relative short stack, b/c you'll be faced with that decision frequently. You should probably be willing to gamble a little though with decent holdings, since many of the short stacks will be pushing with less than premium cards.
My hope is I can pick off a couple of short-stack desperation all-in's, and steal enough blinds, to keep my stack playable in route to the final table.
Example: AJ is nearly unplayable as a hand to open with, and AQ marginal, except to try to steal the blinds.
Small stacks in this situation overplay their small pocket pairs/two broadway type hands though, so you might consider calling an all-in behind you with holdings as weak as 1010, as you'll often be a huge favorite and rarely worse than a coinflip.
If you go truly card-dead and get blinded down to an M of 5-7 or less, don't be afraid to start open-pusing yourself with marginal hands. Just make sure you move all-in when you have some fold-equity, rather than calling off all your chips unless you have a premium hand.
thanks to both. great help im sure.
i'll check the book actuary thanks
i'll check the book actuary thanks
QUOTE (cu in 4years Dan @ Tuesday, May 9th, 2006, 12:37 AM) 
thanks to both. great help im sure.
i'll check the book actuary thanks
i'll check the book actuary thanks
Sounds like you go from loose to tight instead of tight to loose....
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