hey guys, im looking for some advice, now, online im not much on an MTT`er but im a regular in my local casino and im looking at how to take all my bubbles and quick final table exits into 1sts/2nds and thirds.

looking back at my play and reviewing tournies i play in, i pretty much always amass a large number of chips and make my way along to the final table but i always seems to enter the final table, or the bubble with a shortstack, so i obv spew chips in the middle.

im looking for help on a few things.

1. when in the middle of a tournament, how do i keep a medium sized stack from getting blinded down when i get bad cards and am unable to play a hand for a while..?

2. when approaching the final table whats the best strategy to use to avoid spewing chips but gaining a good stack.

3. and when at the final table whats the best way to play?

thanks

Build chips up with 2 tables left or go broke!!!!!

When all else fails or whatever you are doing is not working, go back to basics. TAG it up, use good fundamentals and play good solid image controlled poker. Once you get the hang of that, then expand.

if you ever watch the videos on the training sites you will notice that there aggression with a stack is incredible. also if this is like most casinos daily tourneys, the structures are just horribly fast, in that case just stay aggro and run goot.

thanks, when i build a big stack i try to be aggressive but i end up losing alot of chips that way, i tend to get tighter and tighter

dont ask me, i cant close a screen door.

 

Originally Posted by xxd33pxx

3b/4b/5b

So when you are card dead you need to 3b/4b/5b? With what hands? 94o? are the hands irrelevant. Are you just looking to re-raise a lp raiser with any two cards then go all the way no matter what?

last night for example, was playing a tournament, 3 hands before the first break i had 34,000 chips ( blinds 400/800 avg stack about 19k) and i get dealt QQ. i raise to 3100 and get 2 callers. flop comes down A K X. guy bets out 2500 and i fold.

first hand after the break, i limp in with K7clubs. flop comes K Q 7. i check, guy bets out about 3000 and i raise to 7. guy goes all in for about 15 and i call, he turns over KQ.

its hands like those that just chop me all the way down to a short stack when im cruising along. always seems to happen and i cant seem to stop it.

any pointers?

 

Originally Posted by mapunk

If you're only 3/4/5-betting w/ your premiums it's going to be pretty easy to exploit

This is true, but do you still 3/4/5 bad hands if most of the players are your table are almost never opening light?

 

Originally Posted by sickcoyote

Stop limping mediocre hands.

thanks for the pointers. i do try to tighten up in various places. sometimes i just get plain unlucky but i do need to plug this leak. i was in a fantastic positon last week but couldnt keep hold of the chips.

the hand with the queens. i did try to be aggressive raisin high but still got 2 callers. and obv when the AKX came down i had no option but to fold. K7 was just unlucky but another day same hand i might have gained alot from that. also possibly if i hit the flushes.

ill keep trying. got another tourny tonight so ill see how it goes then.

 

Originally Posted by MastaP89

1. open

2. if you think you open enough open a bit more

3. if you think your opening too much still open some more

learn to understand stacksizes and figure out what things you can do w a certain stack and what you cant do, also pay attention to the stack sizes at the table

thanks, any good articles on doing this ??

1. study ICM, it will help when your short handed at the FT
2. Play MTT SNG's - FTP 90's and stars 4.40 180's, i think that's a good combination of maintaining your stack\building a stack
3. play HU Sng's - play deep slow ones and short fast ones, get a feel for being HU you make a ton of $ if your sick HU
4. Play PLO Cash - no better game for reading boards\controlling pots
5. learn implied odds.

 

Originally Posted by Livew1re

 

Originally Posted by MastaP89

1. open

2. if you think you open enough open a bit more

3. if you think your opening too much still open some more

learn to understand stacksizes and figure out what things you can do w a certain stack and what you cant do, also pay attention to the stack sizes at the table

thanks, any good articles on doing this ??

Regarding stack sizes, the Bond18 vids on PokerSavvyPlus are quite good. He's a great teacher and one of the more articulate mtt pros.

 

Originally Posted by TheVillageGrinder

Regarding stack sizes, the Bond18 vids on PokerSavvyPlus are quite good. He's a great teacher and one of the more articulate mtt pros.

i actually depated joining pokersavvy, but i havent yet im kinda over pxf but i still pay every month lol im dumb

guess pokerpwnage is pretty good too?

and dont get me wrong pxf is def good for everyone that never joined a training site or anything, but after beeing a member for like a year i dont see much cool new stuff there