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
You have no significant recent 4-bet history
You have no significant recent 4-bet history You haven't been 3-betting or 4-betting your opponent a lot lately in a way that will get them to over react to a situation and decide to 5-bet jam lighter than normal. Everyone has their breaking point, and when 4-bet shoving you really depend on fold equity to make it a profitable opportunity.
You haven't been super active for long stretches
You haven't been super active for long stretches You haven't been active in a lot of pots, 3-betting and 4-betting other players a decent amount recently. Playing and calling some pots or an occasional 3-bet is fine, but either because of a run of good cards or as bluffs, if you've been pushing the table around a bit then this can create a reaction by other players, even if they haven't' been involved with you.