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 the pusher has a wide range and pushes for 10BBs,
If the pusher has a wide range and pushes for 10BBs, I will tend to call with hands like A-10, 4-4, A-A and A-K, and push hands like A-Q, 7-7, and K-Q if I have less than 50BBs. With a deeper stack I will min-re-raise the hands I would normally push. If someone behind me pushes, I want to be able to fold A-10 and 4-4 while at the same time trapping with A-A and A-K. With A-Q, 7-7 and K-Q, I am much more likely to re-raise or push because if I get shoved on by a player behind me, I have no clue as to whether I should call.
As I have stated throughout this book,
As I have stated throughout this book, make your decisions simple. If you just call, know ahead of time what you will do if someone behind you pushes. If you are unsure, then either fold or re-raise pre-flop. Think ahead and consider everyone’s range, and you will be way ahead of the curve.