Late Play Tournament Strategy

Late Play Multi Table Tournament Strategy

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Late Play Multi Table Tournament Strategy

Okay so we have covered early and middle multi table tournament strategy now we move on to late play strategy this is where most players exit the tournament mainly through inexperience at this level of play.

There are many useful poker strategy plays that can must be incorporated into you game to be successful when closing in on the money stage of the tournament.

Do's and Don't's

• Do not get involved with more than one player unless absolutely necessary.

• If Holding a Large chip stack at this stage utilize it against players that are short stacked and forced all in, in this way your gain may be small but your loss will not affect your strong tournament position.

• Use Position as a weapon at this stage in the tournament your table position in conjunction with the blinds will play a major part at this stage of the tournament.

•Do not take on players with a large chip stack unless you have an extremely strong hand i.e. AA, KK, remember time is on your side.

Use The Clock Strategy

What do we mean bye using the clock?, well by using the clock we mean the blinds clock, you are able to affect another players stack bye using the blinds clock against them ( mainly short stacked players) lets say there are 3 min's before the blinds increase, if you just fold your hand instantly at this stage your action has removed no time from the clock, however by not making your play and letting time tick away you can control to a certain extent which player will receive the increased blinds, this strategy should be mainly targeted at short stacked players to force them into playing bad hands being removed from the tournament and in doing so move you closer to your goal the money stage.

Use Other Players Stacks Against Them

How to use a players stack against them, so we are closing in on the money stage of a tournament, so you should have a watchful eye on your position compared to other players in the tournament and there chip stacks.

Now lets say the top thirty positions will make it into the money stage and there are 40-60 players remaining, you should be looking for players that believe they just have to sit tight and they should just about be able to make it in to the top 20-30 position and into the money, chances are when these players have the big blind they will not want to be risking a portion of there chips that would affect there current status, you should use there chip stack against them at this time.



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