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  1. freeworld777 freeworld777 is offline

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    Feb 16th, 2009 (2/16/2009 1:30pm)

    What adjustments should you make to your game to play the 90 man turbos? I've only played a couple so still not sure....should you play similar to a 180 man strategy or a 45 man?

    Any info/tips from regs much appreciated.
  2. louiemdj louiemdj is offline

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    Feb 16th, 2009 (2/16/2009 1:33pm) in reply to freeworld777

    Well the structure is slower than the 180 and 45 turbos, so there is more play in these. I personally love the 90 man turbos. My only advice is pick on the middle stacks when it gets down to 2-3 tables so you can build a big stack going into the FT.
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    Feb 16th, 2009 (2/16/2009 2:04pm) in reply to freeworld777

    I'm actually in the process of drafting an article on these tourneys as I believe with the different blind structure they are currently very different from the 180 and 45 mans that I used to frequent.

    First, let me say that I'm no SNG genious. I've had pretty great success in the past two months since they started running these and I think I have a strategy that results in fairly regular final table appearances in my low volume play (I play about 100-150 sngs per month). I believe that I am well above average at the $3.25 level, but I'm sure I'd have much more trouble stepping up to the $20 levels.

    Second, I play TURBOs. Regular tourneys take waaaayyy too long for me as I only have about 4 hours to play a day.

    Here's brief outline of my strategy:

    First 45 Minutes - All Levels prior to 400/800. I pretty much play a very TAG game, but I'm always looking to get in cheaply with decent hands if I think the pot is going to get big. Don't worry about losing a couple hundred chips here or there if you have a chance to stack someone. The blinds increase often, but the rate in which they increase is extremely slow, so you really can sit back a wait for a hand even though its a turbo.

    45 Players Left - This is usually about 30 -40 minutes into the tourney. This is somewhat of an inflection point in the tourney as at least a 1/3 of the players are under 15bb or so. I like to have around 25bb at this point, but I'm fine as long as I have more than 10bb. You really need to be the first to enter the pot at this period and look to call the small stacks with decent holdings as you will be amazed how light people are shoving. Do not bet into a pot with the intention of folding to a shove unless you are stealing against someone playing a 15/8 or something.

    36-27 players remaining: I'm pretty much playing the same strategy as before, except I will play a bit tighter here and just look for spots to 3bet shove players who I feel are betting light. I don't want to showdown hands in this spot, so look to get it in with fold-equity, or just pass.

    27-18 players remaining: Here's where I do the majority of my work. I know that most people like to attack the bubble, but recently I've noticed that people are really adjusting and playing the bubble a whole lot better. That is why I like to attack the bubble to the bubble. Coming into this segment, I usually have around 10-20bb and am usually able to increase by at least 2/3 by the time we get down to 18 players or so.

    18 Players remaining: Here's where people start really attacking the bubble. If I was successful in building a stack in the last segment, I'm able to tighten up a bit and look for spots to stack someone, but generally stay out of trouble. If I didn't have much success, then I'm attacking the bubble here as well.

    In the money: I usually play from 12 - 7 players the same as I would on the final table. I stay pretty tight, although during the short-handed period, I'm a bit more apt to 3bet shove against players with fold equity if I think that the FT is very important to them.

    FT: As mentioned above, I play until about 7 left very tight (slightly tighter than in Level I). I, of course, am willing to break this rule if I have a good read. The main reason to stay tight is to get reads and to find out how people are playing. If the table is tight, then you need to loosen up. My steal position is often UTG because people at the FT are rarely calling utg raises without the goods.

    There are plenty of other places to find info on playing the FT, so I'm not going into any details. The point to remember is that going out in 4th is like bubbling the whole thing. You want top three spots; there are no exceptions. If you come in 5th, kick yourself and figure out what went wrong. But don't dwell, fire up another and keep getting your money in good.

    P.S. Win your races.

    Jayhawk
  4. freeworld777 freeworld777 is offline

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    Feb 16th, 2009 (2/16/2009 3:07pm) in reply to freeworld777

    thanks man, sound advice
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