Winning Mtt Strategy

[ddg373]

i'll start of with, only play AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK suited, and the unraised BB.
only bet 3/4x the BB with them, DON"T push all in, if you push all in you have no way out.
if you have J's Q's or K's, and you get a call, then the board throws out the over card/cards, you can fold
you have A's and the flop is K K 2 , lot easier to put you opponent on the 3 of a kind and get out of the way, i here ppl say and what, blind out?.... i say "ABSOLUTELY", about every tournament starts each player with about 50 BB's making it harder than you think to blind out, by making standard raises, you'll get the blinds you'll need to wait the 3/4 rounds for a monster hand, and other players will double you up along the way, and by not going all in preflop, you wont be putting yourself at risk.

on a tight table late in the tourney, like 2 or 3 tables left, you might start considering playing more hands, like 8's 9's 10's AQ AJ KQ suited an AK AQ os, but still don't go all in prflop if at all possible.... now i'm not saying dont call all in preflop with K's or A's, just dont push, i'm not about to fold AA preflop, i just wont push with it, and K's it depends on how many are already in it, and how i'm doing on chips, if i'm above average, i see no need to risk my tournament, there will be better opportinities later on.

follow this and make good reads and you will surely start seeing a lot of final tables

[PointerJake]

Im sorry, but your never gonna make it to a final tbl only playing aa kk qq or jj. You must mix up your game. Im talking about high level tourny's with ppl that can read thier opponents well.

[Vito_Nuccio]

I have to pretty much go along with Jake on this one, the better the players, the more you have to change gears. We should always play aces pre-flop, but be very aware of all hands (even AA) once the flop comes. I agree not to auto push all in pre-flop (I prefer to play the player and hand) and to play better hands in a multi table tourney, but you must not get caught being obvious, thus playing less than the best at times can and will pay off in the long run, especially if you have a tight image (like Action Dan Harrington). You have to take a few chances at the orphan pots by going after them without the nuts or even anything at all, play your reads and instincts. I also agree with the 3-4 times bb bet except I alter my play early on in MTTs. I have found raising 3-4 times bb in the first 2-3 blind levels does not much matter, you usually get 2-4 callers for the 30-80 bet when everyone has 1500 chips. I try to limp in the early stages with good to very good hands, call a raise (or fold or now reraise with your KK or AA) and get to the flop before getting to serious about the betting. I have found less bad beat early outs by not getting too much money in pre-flop when the blinds are lower.

[ddg373]

oh you could never make it to a final table using the strategy above.............

so how many pages should i fill??????

[grndizzle]

do u play anything other than freerols ddg?

[ddg373]

i play private buy-ins and sng's, and unfortunately i must admit i suck at ring tables and consitently loose my BR's on them, however getting a new one started is gravy

[PointerJake]

I said high level tournys. Show me a 100 buy in that you only played aa kk qq jj and won. Wont happen

[liladypokerpro]

I also have to agree with Jake. Playing too tight early on can kill you online. I had to learn that rule the hard way. It's best to vary your hands a bit early on, tightening up close to the first break. By the time the first break is over, usually (depending on the size of the tourney) anywhere from 1/4 to 1/2 of the field is gone. As the blinds increase you'll start to notice far less fishing going on, and people will actually start to play their cards. These are the times where your monsters will be the most profitable. You'll win far larger pots when the blinds are higher.

Just my two cents worth.....take it with a grain of salt

[BanditPoker]

OMG this is hillarious. The guy gets on here and tries to promote a very basic MTT theory (meaning that this should be a foundation, but clearly not the standard to use entirely) then posts his evidence to support it. His evidence being the menacing FREE ROLLS on Full Tilt where his biggest cash was like $16. He actually posted his free roll results. LMAO!!!!!