The November Nine will soon be upon us again and does it only seem a year since the last time? I was talking to someone down at my local pub the other night who asked my opinion on the best way to approach large MTT’s. Now I would never consider myself a skilled tournament player but I do feel that many of the field go in without a set strategy and try winging it. All poker games in my opinion need a plan otherwise you risk running around like some headless chicken.
Do you play tight during the early rounds like in a STT or do you chase the “dead money”? Well firstly when you talk about “dead money” then you had better be sure that it’s not you. If you are inexperienced in tournament poker then I advise the former strategy of playing tightly during the early levels. At least this will or should get you to the middle stages and beyond much of the early wild play.
But there is no doubt in my mind that the serious pro’s milk this sort of thing and I have never been a fan of the “tight is right” philosophy but I guess that I like to be more aggressive in looking for chips. At the end of the day, whether you are playing in a WSOP event or the Sunday Million at www.pokerstars.co.uk then you are still looking to win the event……..or are you?
I know it sounds kind of weird but if you have reasons for increasing your chances of cashing then by doing so you could be drastically reducing the chances of a win. It is often the case that a player who has shorter odds to win the event may have longer odds to cash. This is a strange anomaly but not once you understand it. Some players have a far higher strike rate when it comes to cashing than others even though some players my win more events.
Much comes down to how you want to play and if you are happy cashing. If you have won your way into a $200 event for $1 then a minimum cash represents a massive return on investment. But a pro who may have bought in directly for $200 is certainly not going to be happy only getting back their buy in……not long term anyway.
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