big chunk of your stack. Remember why you are playing. TO WIN!!! Never forget that. You don’t need the addon. If you have 50000 chips, 1500 or 2000 chips isn’t going to make that much difference. Your main reason for playing poker is to make more money than you spend, so don’t spend it unless you have to.
Phase 2: – Tight/Passive to a bit more Aggressive Play
At the end of the first break, you may find that you have a good read on some of the players. Carry on with your tight/passive play, but you can start to loosen up a little and get more aggressive. NEVER go all in unless you have the nuts. If you find you have a nice hand, but it isn’t a nut hand, and you are raised, fold. Keep your stack growing, but never take risks that will cause you to lose a lot of chips. This applies especially to going up against players with a stack similar or larger in size to yours. Remember, there are no more rebuys available, and if you lose all of your chips, you are out.
Keep reminding yourself why you are playing. TO WIN!!! You want to add to your bankroll, not take from it.
You may be bored or tired. Snap out of it. Watch the game and how it changes. Don’t hesitate to take someone out of the gamehere. For every player that goes out, you get one step closer to winning.
If you have good pocket cards, but they aren’t caragory 1 pocket cards, and there are 2 or 3 or even 4 players all-in, beforeyou, FOLD! You don’t need to go all in. With this many players all-in, at least 2 should be kicked out. You don’t need to take that chance even if your stack is way below the average stack size. These player’s going out or losing a big percentage of their stacks will strengthen your position.
If you have a stack that is…
…less than 50% of the average stack.
You need to get much more aggressive. Play a little looser and do everything you can to grow your stack. If you successfully get your stack up to the average stack size or even better, go back to being tight/aggressive and keep your stack growing. Do not take un-nessesary risks.
…around the same size as the average stack.
Keep your play tight/aggressive. Do not take un-nessesary risks and keep thats stack growing.
between the average and the leader or is the biggest stack.
You are really doing well. Adjust your play to very tight/very aggressive. If you hit a monster, hit the table with hugebets and re-raises. Small stacks will fold because they want to stay in, and large stacks should fold because they want tokeep their stacks. Be careful though. Don’t bet or raise with nothing, and don’t make a huge bet unless you have the nuts. Some bluffing may work some times, but you may get caught and you will pay a heavy price for getting caught with a very big bluff. If you have the nuts and someone calls or raises your bets, then thats all the more chips for you.
Phase 3: – Very Tight/Very Aggressive Play
When you reach this phase, if you are like me your addreneline will be pumping and your heart will be beating in your head. Try your hardest to keep cool. Almost everyone will be like this. My motto here is…
He whom makes mistakes will pay for them.
I live by this while playing poker, and it does me good. You have to keep cool. Do not make mistakes. Take your time if you need to. Don’t rush into a stupid play. Everything may become a little insane.
You will see players really loosen up in this phase. Stay calm and make them pay for it. Stick to being very tight. If you get a very good hand, make a huge bet and make the others pay if they call you. Your objective here is to grow your stack massivley while kicking the other players out of the game.
By the time you get to phase 3 you will have a pretty good read on your opponents. Use it to your advantage. If you see that there are no raises in front of you and you are in late position, don’t be afraid to throw a massive bet in. If you have been playing a good tight aggressive strategy up to this point, you will find that your opponents should fold.
If they call, make a quick huge bet on the flop. You would have to be crazy to call a massive bet at this stage unless you have the nuts. More often than not, your opponent won’t, but he won’t know that you didn’t flop one yourself.
If you do flop the nuts, then you may want to think about slow playing the hand, but that is something you will have to decide on at that point. If you manage to catch
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