Need Quick Advice!
Hey guys, haven't been on a lot lately, been hitting the books a lot. I finally turned 18, I have still been putting in a large amount of hours into reading and watching poker learning as much as possible. I played a Cash Game in Edmonton 2 nights ago on my 18th before I went out, I ended up being up 60$ in 30minutes or so. So today I am going to do a tournament at Yellow Head, its a $100+$10+*$5 with 9,000+*1,000 chips.
Is there anything I should really know any last minute advice that I should know about going into a live tournament that will help me get far. I am thinking of going into it somewhat tight-aggresive. Definitely want to make the money, but I know I will need to play my proper hands and not hold back.
Any advice would be great! Thanks!
Ryan
Is there anything I should really know any last minute advice that I should know about going into a live tournament that will help me get far. I am thinking of going into it somewhat tight-aggresive. Definitely want to make the money, but I know I will need to play my proper hands and not hold back.
Any advice would be great! Thanks!
Ryan
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Thanks, yea I will stay relaxed and not give much emotion etc. I will just play the best I can, won't be afraid to make a move if I think someone is bluffing me.
And haha I was just reading Epic Donk's "I Quit" thread, if I ever turn out like that make sure to fly down here and beat my ass with a 9 iron. Im a pretty straight up cheerful guy though so im sure ill get along with the majority of you, though im probably the youngest PokerForum user :P
I am kind of nervous for tonight though, my grandparents are coming to watch me on the rail!
T8urmoney? Nope, I don't really know many members here or talked to many yet. Does he play a lot at Yellowhead?
Look for their weaknesses and exploit them. Don't let your stack get too short, but still have patience to wait for the good spots.
MOst of all, HAVE FUN! Thats what most of the players are there for anyway.
This is very basic yet I still have problems with it > Don't bluff those who are allways going to call you, but value bet them to town even with your A high hand if you feel its best.
Title Grunch: fold, cashout, buy a hooker.
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dont listen to these guys who tell you not to listen to me.
Im an MTT beast.
I couldn't get much going. Guy to my right was on a run of a lifetime for a while tripled up early. I got AK a lot but couldn't get anything rolling my way. I was down to about 4,000 chips managed to pull off a hand which brought me a little over 12k. I was grinding a 8k stack for a hour. I was dealt trip Queens I had my opponent covered. River came 36Ko, I raise about 2,500 he calls. Turn is a Queen, im happy as hell I raise another 2,500 he calls. I push on the river, I show my trip Queens, he shows me trip Kings. Was at 2,800 after that. After a few folds I had K10s, I pushed had 2 callers, one with 77 and one with 10J. Nothing came my way, guy with the 7s won the hand knocking me and the guy across from me out.
As in all MTT's, you need a little 'run good' to TID, and even just to cash.
I was there last night as well, ran super hot early, super cold late.
In the first 10 hands.....flopped 3 sets, and one nut flush (lost this one, as the board paired).
Get down to 3 tables then this:
AA<A8 AIPF
A8<A4 AIPF
A9<88 AIPF
Waiting for the good end of variance.
I disagree with Schabs.....the $100 tourney is much better value for the money. (20 min>15min, 10G>6G starting stacks for the smaller buy-ins).
This assuming you know what you're doing of course.
That's not agressive. That's spewy ala epic_donk
I'm not doubting its value for the buyin, believe me I've played in them. As for someone just starting off playing live casino poker $100+$10 buyin tournaments might be a little steep. I might start off with something smaller like $60 buyin.
Ahh, misread what you were saying. Yeah, to cut your teeth, cheaper the better.