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
There is nothing wrong with playing a tight, aggressive game
There is nothing wrong with playing a tight, aggressive game from time to time. I have advocated a semi-loose, aggressive game throughout this book, but if someone adjusts optimally to you, which is to call you more and look for spots to pick up pots when you give up, you need to adjust, too. Just wait for decent hands and play from there.
If I have one or two good aggressive opponents
If I have one or two good aggressive opponents on my left, when deep-stacked I will usually tighten my early-position raising range to something like 2-2+, A-Q+ and decent suited connectors. From middle position I will raise hands like 2-2+, A-10+, K-J+, Q-J+ and suited connectors. From late position I will raise 2-2+, A-5+, K-9+, Q-9+, J-8+, 10-8+ and suited connectors. I pretty much stop raising all junky hands like 9-6 and K-8. Playing a more premium set of starting hands will make your post-flop decisions a bit easier.