I'm playing in a free roll tournament tomorrow for the WSOP. It sets up so the top 3 finishers win tournament seats. 3rd gets in to the $1000 event, 2nd gets into the $5000 event, and first is a seat in the $10K main event. There are currently 147 people qualified, and I doubt many more will get in before the tourney tomorrow.

Now, here's the question. The structure is such that we'll start with 5000 chips and I think the blinds will be 25/50. Well, some will start with 5000 chips. As part of qualifying, players could earn more starting chips by qualifying multple times. So, there will be a lot of people starting with the max, 10000, I would assume. Since I was late in qualifying and didn't realize this promotion was going on, I'll only have the minimum. In this situation, really small blinds relative to the stacks, a short stack comparatively, and what amounts to a top 3 payout, how are you guys attacking this tournment?

Drade

With only the top 1% getting paid your going to have to attack. That all you can do. If you play tight you'll never see the money. I would go "Gus" on the table with any A or any 2 high cards. Luck is going to have a lot to do with the top finishers.

Tight play might get you into the top 10 but 4 or 5 players are going to have massive stacks and the blinds are going to be 10% of the tight players stack.