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
My final comeback story
My final comeback story occurred in a WPT event at the Mirage. On the last hand of day 1, I lost a big flip with A-K vs. 10-10. The next day I came back with 6BBs and went on a sick heater to win the tournament. I had considered not showing up, but then realized that 6BBs was worth about $5,000 in equity. So, don’t give up.
Playing against small stacks is fairly simple.
Playing against small stacks is fairly simple. When they raise, tend to re-raise small with hands that are probably ahead of their range, which will isolate them, giving you good odds while usually cutting off their huge odds, which will hurt their equity. From the big blind, if everyone folds between you and the small blind, call fairly wide, as most players will be pushing a ton of hands. You will almost get the correct odds to call even against tight players who are willing to blind off until they get A-A, which makes calling a small mistake at worst.