Is there a basic strategy?

- Surviving survive - a surviving

UTG+1 raised and we callen at the button with KJo. Flop brings KQ5r. UTG+1 makes one CONTINUATION-prayed and we callen. Turn does not bring 6 those the board particularly changed. UTG+1 beds still once and we callen again. River brings a 2nd UTG+1 sets us universe in, we callen. It shows KQ, we rises and flees to bar. I would not like to deal here with it like one the hand have better played should or whether one had been supposed to play the hand at all. I would like to show only with the fact that one as soon as one a hand plays danger threatens from the tournament to be ruled out.

Particularly in the first tournament phase one should avoid unnecessary risk. As soon as itself the field reduced smaller and the Blinds will not rise one anyway around it to come around risks die (Bluffs, Coinflips,…).


In order ton live, you must fuel element willing ton those! (Amir Vahedi)

It uses also nothing as for a long time as possible to survive to want and accordingly passively play around then of that ever more highly becoming Blinds and Antes to be crushed. In order to be able must one survives chips accumulate and that means risks die, even if it could cost the tournament. Survives is the goal, but over to survive to be able one must be ready “to die”.

Ex.:
- Semibluff universe in Raise with Draw at the flop or turn
- Preflop resteal universe in Raise from the Blinds against CO or Le-Opener
- Shortstacked preflop universe in with semischwacher hand of late position



Plays on victory

Into price ranks to come naturally already is a success, but the large money gives it only at the front places.

Ex.:
Pokerstars Sunday million
Buy in: 500+30$
3000 participants
480 places pays
480ter: 600$
100ter: 2.100$
9ter: 12.000$
1ter: 260.000$

Many players strive to come particularly into price ranks and play accordingly passively. That succeeds then also relatively frequently, however they have then usually very little chips and it remain very little area. A lost Coinflip, a bath Beat or simply only the high Blinds are enough to carry out around it from the tournament. A goal would be to be accumulated it so many chips, so that one can be received calculated risks without same from the tournament to be ruled out.

Ex.: We hold AK and raisen from middle position. That button reraised universe in and with AK is for us a clear call with often a Coinflip against JJ, QQ,… with few chips stands usually our tournament life on the play and we puts it here into the hand of the usually merciless Pokergötter. With a larger chip stack we look for such situations, since we do not have to fear from the tournament to be ruled out and we here far chips to collect be able and have.

If we see ourselves regarding the price structure stated above we that this particularly rises at the front places strongly exponentially. Whether I as 300ter am ruled out or as 80ter make “no” large difference financial. Whether I however 9ter become or the tournament win make an enormous difference. There I will however only come if I aggressively play and selective (not stupid) risks die.



On what should I respect?

Patience, self-discipline and focus

“Condemned, already again 83o expenditure-divided get! Slowly I lose the patience. In addition the whole becomes rather boring.”

Who had this thought not already once. There are simply phases, where the maps come not in such a way like we it us wish. Here it is valid to be disciplined and patient. Self-discipline is an extremely important virtue with the poker. During such situations we in addition, sufficient time have to observe our opponents. Only because we are not involved into the hand, that does not mean that we cannot win useful information. Particularly the play way of the players directly to our rights and to our linking should “study” we more near, since we will be entangled with these at the öftesten into hands.


Information to which we attention give should:

How do many hands play my opponents?
Do they play aggressively or rather passively (Raiser or Caller)?
Which hands come to the showdown? How do they play a Draw? How do they play Top Pair? …
How do they react on a RH-Raise? Do they give up easily or do callen them very loose?

Thus observe your opponents! Also with on-line poker is to be watched television seductively besides to chat mails to checken… in such a way are you however valuable information lost.


Adaptability

The more exactly you the table observe, so much the better can you to the play style of your fellow players adapt. You should take care in addition, on special situations and/or “float” in the play to observe very exactly.

Did a fellow player win just now a large Pot?
A fellow player gotten with a large bluff?
Is a new player at the table?
When is the Blinds increased?
Are we in the “Bubble” (shortly before funds ranks)?
When does the break begin?


Selective aggression

As previously mentioned an aggressive play way is very important. Aggressively meant to bluff separate however not each Pot really selectively to proceed. Many players pursue tactics particularly those players with few chips to attack. In the first moment that sounds plausible. During closer consideration however straight these are the players earliest on a “duel” let themselves in, since they anyway already despaired and their stack urgently up-improve must. Better it is to be attacked the players with middle stack, to who we can cause considerable damage and who consider themselves it twice whether them their tournament life in to some extent marginal situations on the play to set to want, although they would have still sufficient space and time.


Bets/Raises

Bets and Raises tries to arrange in such a way that you win on the one side as large “a VALUE as possible” with a good hand and/or on the other side as effectively as possible bluffing know. Why I am to bluff 1000$ Potsizebet into a Pot of 1000$ with although 500$ the same result to bring. The best tournament players developed a very good feeling for it. The Betsizes is general smaller than in the Cashgame also the relationship Blinds to stack smaller is there and one as effectively as possible with its chips to economize must.


Know your image

Many players adapt badly or slowly and/or not very effectively to the play style of their opponents, however it is out of question that they adapt. Thus is always conscious to you which impression your opponents of you have. If you won the last three hands geraised and the Pot preflop or at the flop without showdown, on it T8s from the CO does without to raisen. The more frequently you within a short period a Pot without showdown win the more badly will your “Table image” and the smaller become your “Fold Equity”.