MTT Strategy

MTT Flop Percentages

What’s Your MTT Flop Percentage?

The biggest mistake weak players in MTTs make is calling to see the flop too often or not pre-flop raising enough. The question  is what is a good flop percentage in tournaments?  It’s true in cash games you should be averaging to see a  flop percentage of about 30% (percentage of times you … more

Playing AK in MTTs

Some Tips for About Playing AK in MTTs:

A-K – also known as the “big slick”, tends to get a lot of action in tournaments.  Most players will get involved in alot of pots with this hand which is why I’ve decided to write an article about the principles of playing A-K in poker tournaments.  

1st Tip:  AK is Great … more

Categorizing MTT Players and Tips to Improve

Categorizing Yourself as an MTT Player:

It’s quite tricky being able to categorize yourself as a tournament player these days.  In terms of quality, there are many things that differentiating players in terms of skill, experience, ability, and what strategy is best suited to you.  A lot of players will use sharkscope for their MTT … more

Re-Buy Satellite MTT Strategy

Re-Buy Satellite Strategy; Pre-Game Considerations

Before you decide to play re-buy satellite tournaments it’s always best to check whether the reward vs risk pays off.  What I mean is, ask yourself whether the amount of money you’re paying (remember re-buy tournament strategy requires on average 5xbuy-ins) is worth the 1st place … more

Final Table MTT Strategy

Reaching the Final Table on MTTs:

Once you’ve reached the final table you need to start adjusting to short-handed table strategy and open up your positional hand ranges.  Players lucky enough to reach the final table should set a goal of winning the tournament now.  The difference between coming 9th and 1st in … more

Rebuy MTT Strategy

Re-buy Tournament Strategy differs from regular freeze out tournaments because of the fact you can re-buy  into the tournament should you go bust, or even pay for add-ons to your chipstack. 

Rebuy Tournaments Require an Investment of 5 Buy-ins

When you have the option of a rebuy in a tournament you should … more

Poker Tournaments for Beginners

Best Beginner Poker Tournaments

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Online poker tournaments are becoming more and more popular these days, evident by PokerStars record breaking tournament in July 2009, which received over 65,000 entrants all gunning for $130,000 in guaranteed cash prizes.

However, playing in the biggest … more

Small Stack Strategy Heads Up

An Inconvenient Truth About Small Stack Strategy:

When your small stack in heads up you’re in an extremely unfortunate position. Whether you optimize small stack strategy or not, you’re still more likely to lose the match then inveigle your way back into the hot seat playing perfectly.

Maths of Small Stack HU

Realistically, … more

High Stakes MTT Strategy

High Stakes MTT Strategy:

The difference between NL50 and NL200 cash games is palpable.  So it should be of no surprise that the quality and difficulty of high stakes MTTs is very different to low stakes tournaments.   In MTT poker strategy there are a number of things you should realise before playing higher … more

Beginners MTT Strategy Guide

General Multi-Table Tournament Strategy

Online poker tournaments are everywhere, and players are continuously trying to break the biggest events on Sundays such as the Full Tilt’s Monthly Million and Bodog’s juicy $100k Gtd – with a $20k overlay.  Acheiving a final table finish in these games can be life changing for new players but … more

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