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Tactic 1 - wait for the big hand. I've been so tight that I'm down to 300 chips with 100/200 blinds. AK arrives and I push from any position and find 4 of us in the pot. Oh dear..... I'd have been far better of with 2 of us in the pot, with me holding J8o.
Tactic 2 - Throw them all in when a mult-way pot arrives, because I can quadruple up, right? Even my rudimentary learnings about the maths of this game tell me that's an idiot's move. I did it in my first few games though.
Tactic 3 - OK, I've played tight but have caught nothing and have 600 chips when the blinds are 50/100. I'm on the button and it folds to me. I call with the intention of seeing the flop then going in big post flop whatever my hand. Hey, that guy just reraised from the BB. I call I'm still going to have him. Hey, that idiot just bet on the flop, he was supposed to check. Suppose he must have a hand and I'll fold. Oh, I've only got 400 chips now. How did he know I was going to try and steal?
Tactic 4 - I've now learned to read people a bit and according to Poker Tracker there's a rock over the other side of the table. I'm in EP but I'll try and steal his blind. All in they go, whoops, that guy on the button has called my T5o with a pair of queens, isn't he scared by my tight table image?
Tactic 5 - Read this thread and get aggressive in late position with decent/half decent hands when there are no callers and I'm button or one off. Hey sometimes they fold, cool. Sometimes we go to showdown and I lose, sometimes I win and have enough to get semi-loose aggressive for the latter stages.
On average, if i play tight at the first 3 levels I catch one good hand and good flop in about 40% of the games. In those situations I will usually get to 1000-1200 chips by the time we reach 100/50, and we're down to 6/7 players. OK, I'm happy with that and can play for the money. In the other 50% I have to take a risk as in tactic 5 and may end up all in with a 40:60 shot at getting above 1000 chips.
So, by my maths that means in 64% of my games I get to 6/7 players with a mid size stack at the 50/100 or 100/200 stage. I then convert that to 41% in the money at my current rate (on $5 SnGs at Party).
Hope my ramblings are a little entertaining and add something to the thread.
The Don
Statistics: Posted by donquixote — Fri Mar 25, 2005 5:04 am
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I do tend to agree that if you are down to $500 when the blinds are $100 you are playing too loose. Tournaments are all about survival. In the beginning your chair is worth more than your chips. This is true of STT's and even more so of MTT's. Somewhere about a third of the way through, you have to start playing some hands and stealing some blinds.
But in the beginning, with the blinds so low, if you are putting more than 1/10 of your stack at risk you are not getting good odds. Tighten up your starting hand requirements, and play the good hands hard when you get them.
When you are down to 4-6 people, then you can loosen up a bit, see some flops, play some marginal hands from position. I think Doyle Brunson's advice is best when it comes to STT's... you are trying to finish in the money, not win it all. 4th is the same as 10th. If you can coast into 3rd, even with a measly stack, do so. That way you make money in the margins, and clean up when the cards are falling your way.
Statistics: Posted by devilmollusk — Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:00 pm
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I would hardly ever limp when shortstacked or shorthanded. I limp early in the tournament i.o to get a monster with my low pair or connectors.
I have won tournaments with 45 points left. I would still advice not to be too eager in finding an all in hand.
When shortstacked, and there are many differences in being shortstacked ( opponents, places to the money, blinds etc..), I would Limp with group 1 hands in order to trap.
Remember that any hand has a 1:3 chance of winning the pot.
So the big blind would be getting the odds to call your all in hand many times.
If you still have 3 or 4 times the big blind left I would try to get the blinds ( all in ) with AJ or higher and pairs from 99. The rest is i.m.o not worth an all in.
I have made money many times just by sitting there. Let other people do the knocking.
It's just my 2 cnts in general I think you are looking to hard to double up.
It has suprised me that not others have replied yet.
Maybe they have different opinions.
cheers,
Tommyhawk
Keep on learning:)
Statistics: Posted by tommyhawk — Fri Mar 18, 2005 5:52 am
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