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UKPC final - question for Tikay
Hi TK,
I consider myself a good MTT player who makes steady profits at the £5/£10 buy-in level. However, I've qualified via freerolls into the £220 buy-in UKPC final on Sunday and recognise that I'm probably out of my league against these guys.
So what should my approach be? The only thing I've decided is that I won't be playing scared: that I'm there on merit so won't be pushed around. But are there any strategic adjustments I need to make when I know I'm probably outgunned?
Thanks for taking the time to read and respond to this.
BB.
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Hi BB,
Firstly, well done for making Sunday's Final.
I'm probably - in fact certainly - the wrong person to ask about a NLH MTT these days, & largely speaking, Slippy's reply says it all anyway.
I'd just add a few strategic matters.
You are right - you must not play scared.
You are wrong - you won't be out of your league. We all need a bit of luck, & to be able to pick up some hands, hit some flops. If you do that, you'll be fine. If you don't, you wont.
The Final currently has 35 runners. It'll probably make between 50 & 55 runners. 20% will get a seat. 10 seats are guaranteed, it might make 11.
So you need to outlast around 80% of the field.
Here's the thing I'd be careful about. This is a SATELLITE, we don't need to win it. THAT is where we can find a bit of an edge, by THINKING, so many people play Satellites badly, they want to WIN, & we see Big Stacks bang heads with other Big Stacks when they are near the seat bubble.
So when you say "I won't be pushed around", if you are down to, say, 20 runners, & have a middling stack, if the Big Stack is pushing you around, LET HIM, unless, of course, you have a top ten hand.
At that stage, play cosy, play clever. Have the Lobby open so you can see the number left, stack sizes, etc. We only need to finish 10th or 11, that's all.
Good luck, I'll try & keep an eye on Sunday's Final, to see how you are doing.
Here's the field so far.
Oooh, so close.
Having played it, did you feel "out of your depth", as you had hinted you might?
I don't think so. 4 spots off a seat, ooooohhhh.
Win or lose, it should be a great memory, & a milestone in your poker journey.
And remember, if you get near the bubble, you don't need to win the Satellite, just qualify, so don't go banging heads with other big stacks, keep the Lobby open so you can see everyone's stack sizes, how many seats are on offer, & THINK carefully before every hand close to the bubble - "do I need to play this hand?" sorta thing.
Good luck.
The very best of luck, Tanya.