Poker Forum > Strategy

ideas on how to improve my game

(1/2) > >>

lord2300:
hi all

will try and pick your brains on how to improve my game as im finding im consistently finishing towards the end of mtt but just seem to miss the money ive been playing live games in the local casino"s and normally out of 60-80 runners im around the 9th-14th place and similar online too,

im fairly tight in my style and seem to be getting way above the average  in the first 5-6 levels and finding i have to sit on my chip stack for the rest of the tourny partly being card dead and finding most players are pushing to double up and get back in the game but when im looking down at ace rag etc i have to fold  

any advice would be great!

UKChamp:
I have recently tried to be more aggressive when im card dead. Sounds odd but makes sense. Play hands with the sole intention of taking it down no showdown.  If you have above average chips, you have the stack to do this.

Floating people on the flop and 4 betting a turn bet, or using a pot sized stop go do seem to work. But its a case of knowing who your up against I think.

Not that I know anything. Then again, im never short of an opinion.

Zanshin:

--- Quote from: lord2300 on October 18, 2007, 02:04:12 AM ---
im fairly tight in my style and seem to be getting way above the average  in the first 5-6 levels and finding i have to sit on my chip stack for the rest of the tourny partly being card dead and finding most players are pushing to double up and get back in the game but when im looking down at ace rag etc i have to fold  

--- End quote ---


Sounds like you are doing fine but just playing too tight late on when you have built up a bit of a stack.

Unfortunately with the blinds rising you have to make some moves or that stack will vanish quicker than..eehhhh a thing that vanishes quickly.

You know that the short stacks are now pushing with a wide range of hands and unless you are totally card dead you are going to have to start calling some of those. Remember also that it's much easier for those short stacks to push with their wide range than to call for all their chips so be more aggressive, but try to pick your spots. You will have to play some weaker hands than you may like so consider your position carefully and try to avoid stacks that can bust you.

Try not to think too much about your stack being enough to take you to the money positions and just think about the best way to grow that stack while others are worrying about their position.

Good luck at the tables  :)

Digger:
Hey I"m no expert.........but it sounds as though you need to have the ability to change gear towards the end game, as the blinds go up.....the chips soon disapear from your stack if you just hang around for the dogs doodies! Pick your spots & players & push it up the gears! Get your money in first & this will push others off the hand.
I think we all have to make a choice....do we want to ladder or take a chance or two to take the top slots..........some you win......some you don"t!

Good luck!

P.S. I don"t have any major wins to my credit  ;)

owen1mac:
I agree, its about getting in first.  Remember poker is a game of betting, the cards only give us a medium to bet on.  Play your cards when the blinds are low and you are likely to be called with any two cards, then play a betting game in conjunction with good position, in the latter stages if the cards are missing you.

You may get caught and get your fingers burnt now and then, but people will be wary of you if they have seen you building your stack throughout the tournament.

GL

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page