| Posted by: Scarfacecw at July 14, 2007, 7:19 pm | | Topic: Which hands to plat early in a tourny??? Forum: Card Chat |
i think you must be ery educated in sit n gos and multi table tourneys cause blinds increase quickly my favorite hand would be Q9 or J6 have got alot of monster flops with these hands
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| Posted by: clsuj at July 14, 2007, 1:58 pm | | Topic: Which hands to plat early in a tourny??? Forum: Card Chat |
Nowaday on internet, in my opinion, you have to play loose in the start of tournaments, and play ultra agressive, because if you didn't double a few times you won't be alive with the increase of blinds. To be on final table, this is a considerable strategie, but many times you will lose all your chips.
It's kill or die, THE JUNGLE'S LAW.
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| Posted by: Myar at July 13, 2007, 8:01 pm | | Topic: Which hands to plat early in a tourny??? Forum: Card Chat |
If there is alot of ery low paying freerolls starting around the same time, I will be that guy lmao. Sad but true, but at least I will admit it.
Dont worry, I am calling the people that do the same thing in 500, 1k tourneys idiots too.
The way I see it, if I am going to spend 2-3 hours in a tourney that if I win, and even I am to win all of it like $25, I want a advantage (sometimes it dont matter but still...) at the start since I am not getting but around $10 an hour out of it.
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| Posted by: Myar at July 13, 2007, 6:46 pm | | Topic: Which hands to plat early in a tourny??? Forum: Card Chat |
Wow, I will play differently depending on different things.
Freerolls with tons of people...
For example, if there are like 5 starting around the same time, I will enter them all, and really play some wacky stuff as I dont want to multi that many, but I want to get an advantage in one of the lesser ones. The one or two main ones I am most interested in I will play tons different then the others. The others I will play pretty much anything and if I get decent or good flop I will go for it.
I am the dude that your calling an idiot for playing 72o limping in on a $25 touney and getting lucky on a great flop for me and doubling, tripling up right off. Mainly because I have several that I either need to get in and get an advantage or I need to get out to concentrate more on the more interesting ones the the less interesting ones I have managed to get really lucky on. Since I do this on the lower level ones, which start more often, I can right back into a different one and do it all ov... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: joeeagles at July 13, 2007, 6:33 pm | | Topic: Which hands to plat early in a tourny??? Forum: Card Chat |
Quote: Originally Posted by jeffred1111
Quick question. On a ery, ery passive and loose table (6-7 handed regularly in the first 3 levels), do we just limp with premium drawing hands (T9s, J10s, QJs) or do we raise hoping to take the dead money.
Scenario:
Level III (blinds 25/50), starting chipstacks 1500 (basically a turbo SNG on Stars). We have a chipstack of 2100 and most people have around 1000-2000.
We are CO+1 looking down at J10s. 4 people have limped in (yes, even at that level, I see 4 people limp in). Do we limp or do we raise ? Because if I'm the one on the button and it is limped like crazy to me, I pop a raise with almost ATC trying to take it down. In my experience, you won't get reraised ery often by the button or the blinds, and if you do, you ery much know where you stand and can muck them. This isn't something I would do often, but only at the ery extreme of passive tables since I can stand a chance to get some free money and thus a chip edge on my... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: jeffred1111 at July 13, 2007, 5:28 pm | | Topic: Which hands to plat early in a tourny??? Forum: Card Chat |
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This of course doesn't mean you only play monsters in EP, what you do there depends on the table. If there really aren't many raises PF then hands like T9s you should limp, but throw them away though if pot gets raised often PF. Personally I really don't have a set strategy for the first 2 levels, its mostly about adjusting to what the table conditions are, you might need to be supertight or you can play looser, particularly in position.
Quick question. On a ery, ery passive and loose table (6-7 handed regularly in the first 3 levels), do we just limp with premium drawing hands (T9s, J10s, QJs) or do we raise hoping to take the dead money.
Scenario:
Level III (blinds 25/50), starting chipstacks 1500 (basically a turbo SNG on Stars). We have a chipstack of 2100 and most people have around 1000-2000.
We are CO+1 looking down at J10s. 4 people have limped in (yes, even at that level, I see 4 people limp in). Do we limp or do we raise ? Because if I'm t... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: joeeagles at July 13, 2007, 3:40 pm | | Topic: Which hands to plat early in a tourny??? Forum: Card Chat |
Quote: Originally Posted by Egon Towst
Assuming average conditions, play tight from early & mid position, but loosen up dramatically from the last three seats, if you can see a cheap flop.
Only during the early levels, mind.
Yup, that's pretty much what I do, try to see flops in late position even with more marginal hands ( but I don't mean 74o). Standard tournament strategy suggests to be tight early on, and that is certainly good strategy, but I do admit that in the last 3 seats I try to see more flops, assuming average conditions like Egon says, where by that he means you're quite sure you'll get to see the flop because the chances that someone behind you raises the pot are small. This happens often in the early stages.
This of course doesn't mean you only play monsters in EP, what you do there depends on the table. If there really aren't many raises PF then hands like T9s you should limp, but throw them away though if pot gets raised often PF. Persona... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: jeffred1111 at July 10, 2007, 9:59 pm | | Topic: Which hands to plat early in a tourny??? Forum: Card Chat |
Assume that the blinds go up every 10 minutes and start at 10/20. You have 2000 chips to begin with.
In these conditions, it is acceptable to limp in with crappy hands that will pay off when they hit (low suited connectors like 3,4; 4,5; 5,6, etc.) and medium to high connectors or gapped conectors (8,10; 7,9, etc.). Note that is will only work if you're in late position or in the blinds and there's no action preflop. You'll also have to play them in a family pot for them to be profitable, since you'll risk chips with marginal holdings hoping to catch: you're most likely a small to huge underdog preflop (and post flop unless you catch a solid draw), so you need to get payed off big for the times (vast majority) that they miss and have to go in the muck. Nothing worse than limping in with 98 with only the blinds as they are likely to fold to any action if you catch your straight draw.
Another piece of advice: don't get married to your hand. Even if your 8 hit on a 2-4-8 board/rainbow if ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: buckit0 at July 10, 2007, 11:19 am | | Topic: Which hands to plat early in a tourny??? Forum: Card Chat |
Thats such a broad question its pretty much impossible to answer? What kind of player are you? What kind of tourny? Whats the table like? Just a really hard question to say this is the BEST way to do anything at all.
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| Posted by: young hova at July 10, 2007, 5:04 am | | Topic: Which hands to plat early in a tourny??? Forum: Card Chat |
if they are letting you see flops and people are limping, it can't hurt to call with suited connectors and offsuit connectors no more than 2 cards apart ( Ie 87 and 97) hoping to flop a monster or monster draw (but just because you flop a monster draw don't mean put everything on the line here if someone is betting too much). Get in as often as you can if limping is allowed with more marginal hands, with the sole intent of flopping something like 2 pair. The connectors and suited connectors are probably safer hands though because your drawing to more solid hands. Often you will flop a monster, and early in the tournament is the cheapest time you will get to see flops. You can't do this for every tournament though, but if the table is letting you see flops TAKE MORE.
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| Posted by: Egon Towst at July 7, 2007, 9:40 pm | | Topic: Which hands to plat early in a tourny??? Forum: Card Chat |
I`m left with nothing to say, `cause Kenzie and Snake said it all.
Assuming average conditions, play tight from early & mid position, but loosen up dramatically from the last three seats, if you can see a cheap flop.
Only during the early levels, mind. Don`t play borderline hands once the blinds reach ~10% of the starting stack (unless you have been fortunate enough to amass a big stack and the blinds are a small proportion of your holding).
If the table is tight, and you are unlikely to face a raise behind you, you can open out your starting requirements from the next two seats also.
Conversely, if there are Lagfish at the table, sit back and wait for a premium hand to "rope a dope" with.
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