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
Exploit Each Player
Exploit Each Player No player uses a completely unexploitable game plan. If you are observant and can figure out how each player at your table plays, you can make the proper adjustments to win the most money from each of them. In this section I will list the basic player types and how to win the most chips from each. I’ve discussed how to play against good regulars. In general, you should stay out of their way while being aggressive in position. This will keep you out of trouble while making your hands fairly simple to play.
The most common weak player
The most common weak player is fairly tight and refuses to fold top pair or better. Usually he will min-raise on the flop with these hands, kindly turning them face-up. Look to play a lot of pots in position against such a player and apply maximum pressure whenever you can beat the hand he represents. You will notice some of these players adjusting their bet sizes based on the strength of their hand. If they bet small, tend to raise with a wide range, as they will usually fold, but you should usually respect their large bets unless you can beat a strong hand. Tend to bet your strong hands weakly, as they will view smaller bets as weak. Consider bluffing larger than normal, as they will view these bets as strong and fold their medium-strength made hands.