MTT Strategy

Becoming Pot-Committed in MTTs

Point of No Return 

High volume tournament players will be used to playing hands that effectively become “points of no return.”  What are these?  A point of no return is where you end up getting committed to a pot due to the amount of chips you put in.  This is particularly … more

Bluffing from Late Position

Bluffing from Late Position in Poker Tournaments

Another article on bluffing in poker tournaments. This time focusing on bluffing from late position ie. LP and CO.

It is well known that the best and most profitable position to bluff in is late position or the cut-off, however you’ll find that most TAG nits fail … more

Playing Against Call-Stations in Poker Tournaments

How to Play Against Flat-Callers in Tournaments

Almost everyone who plays live tournaments will have encountered the fish and loose-callers that turn up to these games.  They are extremely profitable to play against, but also require a distinct strategy to actually exploit them.  In order to catogorise a calling station just … more

Poker Tournament Starting Hands Part II

Poker Tournament Starting Hands Part II

The previous article on tournament poker starting hands (Part I of II) identified Harrington’s basic/conservative starting hand ranges.  However we must remember that Harrington’s starting hand guide is just one of the many that is used in poker.  David Slansky, for example, posited his own … more

Poker Tournament Starting Hands I

Poker Tournament Starting Hands – Part I

Starting hands are perhaps the most important and easiest thing to grasp in MTTs.  Playing the wrong starting hands can cost you your tournament life.  If you play too tight, you won’t accumulate enough chips; and if you play too loose then you’ll bleed chips … more

How to Win Online Poker Tournaments

Want to Learn How to Make Money in Online Tournaments?

Want to dominate the MTTs and cashout all your winnings?  Our poker strategy site has all the foundations and lessons you need to start making money in the tournament fields.  We’ve already helped over one hundred people step onto the path to becoming a profitable tournament player.

Whether you’re a new or an already experienced … more

Phil Hellmuth Tournament Strategy

Phil Hellmuth Poker Tournament Strategy

Love him or hate him, Phil Hellmuth aka the “poker brat” is one of the most gifted poker tournament players in the world.  He has won11 WSOP Bracelets – a record unlikely to ever be usurpassed, and in 1989 he became the youngest ever player to … more

What is a Re-Steal in Tournaments?

What is a Re-Steal?  Poker Tournament Strategy

The trick to winning poker tournaments is to make the most plays in the most profitable situations. One of the most important and common moves for doing this is the re-steal.

The re-steal is common move in cash game and the mid-late stages of … more

Playing Large Tournament Fields

Tips for Getting Past the Big Field Tournaments

Having played my fair share of Sunday Tournaments I know they can be very hard to finish highly in.   The most popular of these: the Stars $1.5 million GTD and the UB $200k GTD contain thousands of entrants but but that makes the chances of a payoff are … more

Beginners Guide to Poker Tournaments

Beginners Guide to Poker Tournaments

Playing a poker tournament for the first time is a surreal experience.  The intensity of games,  agro-maniacs, and jumping blind levels can be too much to handle for many TAG cash game players.   Passive players in particular need to adjust their game before dipping their feet in the … more

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