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MTT Starting Strategy
- 6-9-2008
When starting out in a multi-table-tournament,
which strategy fits your style of play best? There are two ways to start
a tournament: 1. The wait and see approach and 2. The come out firing
strategy.ÂÂ
Wait and See.
The wait and see approach is self explanatory. You wait for cards to come your way, and you see what kind of action you’re getting. Trying to make a hand, to get paid off seems ideal; however does it work every time? What are the chances that a premium hand will double you up before the blinds get to high and you miss your chance to raise? Overall, this strategy is a good approach to fade donkey's during the early stages of the poker tournament. It is also very common for players who play in major tournaments (i.e the WSOP Main Event) to use the "wait and see" strategy.ÂÂ
Come out Firing.
Whenever you establish a table image as a crazy, overaggressive player, the main purpose of your play is to steal the blinds early on in multi-table-tournaments. Another reason to come out firing is to play pots against the weaker players before they (weaker players) give their chips away to better ones later in the tournament. Therefore, racing out of the gates can either do you lots of good, or lots of harm.
Risk vs. Reward also has a major factor on which strategy you use when starting a MTT.
For example, it is the first hand of the World Series of Poker Main Event, and pocket queens are dealt to you in middle position. The player UTG announces he is all-in. What would you do? Incorporating the risk vs. reward strategy will greatly improve your game. You flew all that way, made it toLas Vegas
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Wait and See.
The wait and see approach is self explanatory. You wait for cards to come your way, and you see what kind of action you’re getting. Trying to make a hand, to get paid off seems ideal; however does it work every time? What are the chances that a premium hand will double you up before the blinds get to high and you miss your chance to raise? Overall, this strategy is a good approach to fade donkey's during the early stages of the poker tournament. It is also very common for players who play in major tournaments (i.e the WSOP Main Event) to use the "wait and see" strategy.ÂÂ
Come out Firing.
Whenever you establish a table image as a crazy, overaggressive player, the main purpose of your play is to steal the blinds early on in multi-table-tournaments. Another reason to come out firing is to play pots against the weaker players before they (weaker players) give their chips away to better ones later in the tournament. Therefore, racing out of the gates can either do you lots of good, or lots of harm.
Risk vs. Reward also has a major factor on which strategy you use when starting a MTT.
For example, it is the first hand of the World Series of Poker Main Event, and pocket queens are dealt to you in middle position. The player UTG announces he is all-in. What would you do? Incorporating the risk vs. reward strategy will greatly improve your game. You flew all that way, made it to
Many professional poker players know that people who make the journey to