Texas Holdem tournament adjustments
There are a few significant points when
playing in a Texas Holdem tournament that you should be aware of and make
adjustments for. The main points are:
1.When you are broke, you are out
of the game; when someone else is broke, he is out of the game.
2.The pay-off structure makes it
very important when you go broke.
3.The stakes are raised constantly.
4.Hands played between other players
affect you as well.
Taking the above points into consideration,
you must:
1.Play tighter, especially if you
are not the first player entering the pot, for example: if a tight player
raises from an early position, you should usually fold AJ.
2.Create a tight image in the early
stages of the tournament by not seeing many flops.
3.Pay attention to your stack size
and to your opponent’s stack size in every hand you play. Be careful of
the bigger stack players and the tight short stacked players. If you are
not experienced with tournaments, try to play more against the average
stacks.
4.Be aggressive when you are the
first one to enter the pot. For example: you are in sixth position in a
10-player table, you have KQ suited, and no one has entered the pot, raise
about 4 times the big blind.
5.Consider your position. In any
no limit game, and especially in a tournament, the importance of the position
goes up. Play only great hands from an early position.
6.Be careful of the multi-player
pot, even when you have a good hand. For example: you raise 3 bets from
seat 5 with AQc, seat 7 raises to 10 bets, seat 1 calls. In this situation
you should fold because even if an ace comes along, you will probably not
have the best hand
7.Slow-play less. Unless you have
the nuts or very close to it, slow-playing is probably wrong. You can get
yourself into a situation where a player hits a miracle card and you would
have to pay him your entire stack. Example: if your hand is 88 and the
flop is A86, you should bet rather then slowplay.
8.When the pot is relatively big
and you think you have the best hand, consider taking the pot immediately
rather than making more money.
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