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Gear changes.......missed it again."I'll never pass my test! Grrrr!"
Hi folks
I know that in MTT's a gear change is essential but where would people class early as ending and mid as starting? For example, maybe the first break?
Also, when we should become more LAGGY would a rough guide be to play hands say we'd only played in mid position up to then, to now play from UTG?
Similarly, where does mid finish and late start in your opinion?
I've even seen one book suggesting quartiles and changing your approach for each.......
This may seem a ridiculous q but it would be nice to know what you think....TY in anticipation
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I'm not a heavy MTT player myself, so you may get a better answer off others. However, I tend to be opening my range after the first break and I've had a look at the table. Will depend on my stack of course, and certainly by time the blinds hit the 100 to 200bb range I want to be opening a little more depending on field size and a few other things.
As for range. I don't tend to play early postion to much differently other than maybe on occasion using UTG as the button. Certainly though I'm getting more open and more aggresive from late postions as the blinds will start to get worth having. Definately look to be aggresive around the bubble. Look to see which players are going mega tight because they want to cash and be relentless on them. Soon as bubble pops I tighten up generally because you normally see a sudden rush of mad play from the ones over happy to have cashed.
Thats what tends to work for me. I don't play loads, but have had enough results when I have. So sure some will add to this, but thats my two pence worth of advice.
you can only play your stack
be aware of your own image (wont matter against bad players)
you need to be more aggro when blinds get larger relative to your stack
That's really good and is a way on guaging it that never occurred to me. I'll certainly be using it and did tonight in order to give me a better idea of where i was in the T. It's a plus from me. TY.
PS I didn't win a penny mind!!
I saw an article in Poker Player which gave techniques for play considering your size of stack AND the tournament time(early, middle, late). I just wanted to get an idea of where people tend to put these boundaries. KAM's post above is set out on the OPR site so it may be an acceptable standard as so many books refer to 'this hand was played in a middle to late stage etc. Surely some standardisation is needed?
What do you think?
Ta for the post. Nice to hear from you. No offence but i see this written a lot and it seems a bit airy fairy to me. For instance "about a quarter way through". Is this time, players out, levels gone? And if "it depends" then depends on what and what adjustments do we make? I just feel that players out on the OPR site defines it better so we are all singing from the same hymn sheet as it were. It talks in context of percentages of players who have left the tournament. Clever, i think. Interesting q though eh?
Maybe its the ex maths teacher in me who just loves definitions!!! Ha
happy reading )
Also, I enjoyed Gus Hansens book he wrote where he goes over every hand he played when he won the aussie millions a few years back. Not everyones play style, but was interesting getting inside his head due to the fact he used a dictaphone to record his thoughts after each hand he played.