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? asked in Games & RecreationGambling · 8 years ago

What Texas Hold'em Tournament Style Do You Prefer?

I am playing a tournament this weekend and haven't played a live tourney in quite some time. Play a little online, but current experience is certainly lacking, and looking for opinion/advice.

The tourney will be 200 persons, top 20 get paid, 10K (tourney money) in chips to start, with 30 min blinds starting at 25/50 (no ante throughout). In total, tourney should take about 8 hours.

The 3 basic strategies I am aware of are:

1. Aggressive from start. i.e. go big or go home

2. Tight i.e. drag it out and see as many hands as possible

3. My personal fave. Daniel Negreanu style. Loose at beginning when pots are small, unpredictable, aggressive, and smart.

I think aggressive is necessary if you want to win a tourney, but for relatively small tourneys like this I could see playing tight possibly working also.

Thoughts?

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  • pdq
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    "Daniel Negreanu style", eh? Too bad that half of what you said about it means nothing. "Unpredictable"? "Smart"? These words mean nothing.

    Aggressive is almost always the better style when you get involved in a hand, but not always.

    It's important to have the ability to tighten up when needed. It's important to have the ability to loosen up when needed. Knowing when to do this, and more important - HOW to do this is a skill that can't be taught by asking questions here on this forum.

    One important point - "Aggressive" is not the opposite of "Tight". Loose is opposite of tight in poker. Aggressive's opposite is passive. Passive is rarely good. Again - don't equate "passive" with "tight". If you're folding hand after hand pre-flop, you are not being "passive". You are being tight. If you call a pre-flop raise, and then call a flop bet with top pair, and then check-call the turn, and then check-call the river, THEN you are playing in a passive style. Not good.

  • 8 years ago

    First thing you need to know is the different stages of a tournament. Early, middle, and late.

    Early game: Big blind 50-200/start

    It's fine to play more pots like Daniel but remember, as you said, you lack experience. I would say play strong hands in position. Reason Daniel can play 67s is because he's very experienced. Chips lost are worth more than those gain. If you bust out first it's worth more than a doubling them from ICM point of view.

    Middle game: 50 or less Big blinds

    Biggest thing about the part is knowing when to steal and from who. NO Limping!!!! Raise or fold now.

    Late/Final table in the money: Move up the money aggressively but be smart.

    A good player knows when to play like all three of your examples.

    Source(s): I simplified this. PM me if you want more. http://ultimategrinders.com/userblogs/madison79 cheers.
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  • 4 years ago

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  • 8 years ago

    tight aggresive to start, and loosen as field gets smaller.

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