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Deep Stack Tournaments - Top Tips?
I've got into Deep Stack tournies, anyone got any tips on how to
play them?
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That said, don't try to make any moves, at least pre-flop, untill the antes have been introduced (assuming you don't play all of your deepstacked tourneys on Sky). Picking up dead money in blinds and antes will be crucial later on in the tournament so reserve all of your funky 3-bet-from-the-blinds-because-the-button-is-probably-stealing plays untill when the antes come into play as the pots will be much bigger, hence you're laying a better price to win the pot.
Other than that i'd just say go with the norm - you know, play position, don't defend your blinds too often (especially in the first few levels) etc.
Alternatively, play super loose to begin with and see cheap flops with your 56dd and 22 because you're getting massive implied odds if you flop a monster.
Take all of that with a pinch of salt if I were you, as I think I've only played 1 deepstack event that wasn't on Sky.
Lots of tips, but I'll limit it to a few for now......
PATIENCE.
Do NOT mix it up with the speed merchants early doors. They will all go busto before halfway. Bide your time, no need to get serious in the first 6 or 8 levels.
OBSERVATION.
With a deep stack, & slow clock, you have time to get a feel for who is doing what. Watch who is in every hand - thats a BIG clue that they play "any two", who can, or cannot, Pass to a Re-Raise, who "calls light", who ignores Position. Absorb all that, & you have a big advantage over the field.
WHERE ARE WE?
That's relative to others, to the Blinds, how many get paid, how far off the money are we, da de da. I look at the Lobby once every Orbit to check this.
CURVE BALLS
Now and then, do something unexpected, out of character. It confuses the opponents no end.
REMEMBER THE BASICS
Don't Limp after Level 4, use Position, c-Bet, steal orphaned pots.
BET DON'T CALL
You can Bet with air, you need a hand to Call. If the cards are not coming, nick a few hands.
AGGRESSION DIAL
The further you progress in a Tourney, the more aggressive you need to be. Turn up that Aggrerssion Dial as you go along.
VARIANCE
No matter how good you are, you will only Cash once every 3 or 4 Tourneys on average. Even the likes of Hellmuth do not cash much more than 1 time in 4.
ENJOY
That's the ONLY reason to play.
It's surprising how often you can make the money (or close to it) without playing a single hand. Be so tight that the pips squeak till you get to M<7 which takes a loooong time in a deep stack tourney.
I multi-table when playing a deep stack, 1 deep stack and 1 speed tournament, the speed game lasts maybe 1 hour, by the time this is over the deep stack blinds are getting big enough that you can start playing bigger pots.