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Pro Tip #182: Playing a Medium Stack in Early Position

A medium stack is defined as when you have about 30-40 big blinds, and learning how to play it is absolutely vital to tournament success. In most poker tournaments, you’ll have a stack that size from about the time half of the field has been eliminated all the way to the final table.

Pro Tip #157: Early Tournament Strategies

Many players' first exposure to poker comes from watching World Series Of Poker and World Poker Tour tournaments on TV, and I think that's great. It's entertaining and you'll see some interesting plays, but viewers have to understand that they shouldn't model their games based on the action they see on TV.

Pro Tip #147: Stealing the Blinds

The middle stages of a poker tournament can be a tortuous and tedious experience for even the most seasoned pro. The long trek toward the money, combined with a variety of potentially tricky scenarios you may face along the way, make it difficult to come up with one sure-fire strategy to help you through. That said, one aspect of mid-tourney play that’s extremely important is picking up pots pre-flop.

Pro Tip #124: Establishing a Tight Table Image

Throughout a poker tournament, your table image will help determine how much action you'll get and, ultimately, how you can manipulate your opponents into making big calls or big laydowns at the wrong times.

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