Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Create a situation where you'll be taking initiative
Create a situation where you'll be taking initiative more so you'll give yourself more opportunities to win the hand. Sometimes you'll 3-bet and your opponent will fold, and often even fold a better hand. Sometimes they'll call and you'll both whiff, but you'll have initiative and a simple continuation bet will take the pot. And sometimes you'll out flop your opponent’s 3-bet flatting range. Having initiative will also allow you to control the pot size more often than not, so if you do flop top pair and there's a lot of action you can check the turn or river.
As you begin turning your flat calling range
As you begin turning your flat calling range into a more profitable hand range, begin to slowly widen your range again. Experiment with different scenarios by starting with a slightly wider range in position, and add a few more hands out of position. Keep it slow and steady and know that most players struggle badly with this area of their game. Make it an area you're a master at and you'll have a huge advantage on most opponents.