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Pro Tip #171: How to Play the Early Stages of Turbo MTTs

When playing a turbo Multi-Table Tournament online, one of the biggest mistakes you can make is overcompensating for the fact that it’s a turbo by playing too fast and loose during the first several rounds. Because the levels are shorter and the starting stacks smaller, you’ll see players rushing to get all their poker chips into the pot with a hand like A-9 or pocket 5s. Since these poker tournaments actually play like normal tournaments during the first few levels, it’s important to remain patient and wait for big hands.

Pro Tip #105: Small Pockets and Big Stacks

I played the World Series of Poker Main Event for the first time in 2006 and like all rookies, I was involved in endless discussions of "The Hypothetical." You know, it's the first hand and you're in the big blind. Five players move all-in. You look down at pocket Aces. What do you do?