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
If you play a lot of poker tournaments,
If you play a lot of poker tournaments, some players may let you know that they respect and fear you. Go out of your way to re-raise these players if you think they are good but not great. These players will be scared to play large pots with you, especially if you are in position. If they start to look annoyed, just act as if you have a big hand and are upset that you missed out on a lot of action. Don’t do anything too fancy against good players. Just stay out of their way and carve up the weaker players.
Some regulars try to run over everyone at the table.
Some regulars try to run over everyone at the table. Against these players, sit back and wait for a hand with which you are willing to get a lot of money in and buckle up. Obviously, if you only play strong hands, you will get no action when you finally enter a pot. Make sure you keep a decently loose range pre-flop, but be prepared to play a big pot if the loose, aggressive, good player decides to put pressure on you.