Archiv3r napisao:da ne otvaram novu temu postavit cu ovdje par pitanja.
1) na pocetku turnira (MTT) kada su svi deep (100bb) dosta puta bude limpanja i callanja sa marginalnim handovima i nemogu stavit protivnika na nikakav range, par put mi se desi da imam recimo TQs limpaju do mene ja raisam na 3-4bb, od nas 10 prati me 6 ljudi, flop dolazi Q 2 5, akcije se dalje nesjecam ali lik na showdown izbaci Q2o ....
2) kad je sa mnom u potu 3-4 igraca i u poziciji sam, do mene check, nebitno o tome tko je openao preflop, recimo da nisam ja. ako u toj situaciji nemam top pair ili nesto slicno imam osjecaj da ce me callat ruke koje nemaju nista ali imaju veci high card od mene... sto mi se nebi dogadalo heads up i sl.
govorim o igrama 9-10 igraca, cini mi se da mi puno vise lezi 6max.
+dal se igraju turniri u zagrebu po 6max ili kako?
hvala puno
Hello!
SharkSсope together with 2CardsCollege go on with the series of educational articles for tournament players. Today we'll talk about optimal play at early stages of МТТ. It's important not to lose the edge at this stage: playing with deep stacks will soon be over, you can't waste time. These 5 recommendations will help you start the tournament intelligently:
1. Attack the passive players
At the early stage of the tournament, you always have a deep stack, so you may choose any strategy. Many players like to enter the pot with a limp while it's inexpensive for them. We can exploit it — make more raises to collect the dead money and steal pots. This move is of rather high variance, but profitable in the meantime. By getting a big stack in the beginning of the tournament we significantly increase our tournament expectation.
2. Use the squeezes
One more move — using the preflop squeezes (i.e. after a raise and a call or several calls we make a re-raise). At early stages, players often play passively and usually they want no part of it without the "monster" in hand. You need to calculate the size of the squeeze accurately. If you decide to make the squeeze with a marginal hand, try to make sure that the size of your bet will let you take the pot immediately or at least stay heads-up with your opponent.
3. Adjust to the dynamics of the game
If you feel that aggressive play on the preflop doesn't work, try to play with the limpers on their territory. In the beginning of the tournament it's possible to make your hands profitable even without raising them. For example, in certain situations it may be profitable to overlimp the connectors (on the button or cut-off in multi-pot or against a very weak opponent who tends to fold his hand on most of the flops). Don't be afraid to experiment with calling the raises, especially when in position — many players like to open a wide range of hands but, as a rule, they are helpless on the postflop.
4. Pay attention to the stack sizes
Many players play at early stages "automatically", and they don't pay close attention to what's going on at the tables. This is a very big mistake: remember that recreational players are giving away their chips very easily in the beginning of the tournament, given that they are having a bad start. Pay close attention to those who have lost half of their stacks during the first levels of blinds. Such players are either unlucky or they have donated their chips to someone (or both, actually). It is very often that these players start trying to get their stack back — fast! Our goal is to catch them at this moment. Against such opponents, plan your line of play beforehand — either try to make them shove preflop (give them the chance to risk it) or try to provoke their bluff on the postflop.
5. Isolate the limpers
If someone has limped before us, a decent raise will often let us stay heads-up with him. Choose your sizing wisely as we have two goals: to scare everybody else away from the pot and to make the limper pay at the same time. If you tend to think that the limper wants to see the flop anyway, make a bigger bet, let him pay. He will anyway have to give up on the flop more often (especially being out of position). But keep in mind that a small bet from us will be perceived as a weakness, and a big bet — as a strength. it is a great opportunity to confuse your opponents by playing your "monsters" with smaller sizing, and your unfinished hands — with bigger one. So play close attention to the size of your raise.
Remember — intelligent play at the early stage of the tournament is your ticket to the late stage. Want to know more about playing at different stages of МТТ? Become a 2CardsCollege student.
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