Early Play Multi Table Tournament Strategy
Multi Table Tournament Early Play Strategy
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Multi-Table Tournament Early Play Strategy
Starting out in a multi table tournament you should be prepared for the long hall ahead, multi table tournaments can last hours so make sure you have plenty of rest prior to participating so you are fresh for the game and also remember interruptions can cost you chips, so make sure you are not disturbed in any way you can.
Early Play
When starting your multi table tournament you will notice most of the time one player or more moving all in within the first few hands, usually a player with very little experience (known as fish) unfortunately this is a frequent occurrence so in order to over come such players it is wise to flat call with hands like ak, aq,aj, and pocket pairs from any position and lay down these hands should a player force you all in at such an early time during the tournament.
Play a Tight Game Early
You should adopt a very tight play strategy at this time during the tournament and should only be raising with top quality solid poker hands like AA, KK, QQ,, JJ for the very same reason explained in early play, many players make the mistake in re buy tournaments of thinking by moving all in and getting lucky they will stand a better chance of winning the tournament or staying in till the money stages, this is a miss conception.
Do The Maths
So you start a tournament with say 12,000 players yes that many, your starting stack is 1,500 chips there are a total of 18,000000 chips in play, now there are normally ten players reaching the final table so lets just divide up the 18,00000 chips available by a factor of ten to make it simple so you need 1,800,000 chips for the final table so
1,500 x 2 = 3,000
3,000 x 2 = 6,000
6,000 x 2 = 12,000
12,000 x 2 = 24,000
24,000 x 2 = 48,000
48,000 x 2 = 96,000
96,000 x 2 - 192,000
192,000 x 2 = 384,000
384,000 x 2 = 768,000
768,000 x 2 = 1,436,000
1,436,000 x 2 = 2,872,000
So a total of 11 hands and you could easily make the final table, most players play more hands than they should, our table here is extreme with twelve thousand players to help you see the point that you just don't need to play as many hands to win the tournament, work out your own tournament structure prior to the start of the tournament and keep a close eye on the remaining player count and leading chip stacks to co ordinate your game and winning hand structure.
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