This week at TPE, we have a variety of vids from 4 different pros. Merfinis and Moon kick off new series and Jace and Jeff wrap theirs up from last week. As Halloween approaches, it’s kinda scary to think about all the ways variance affects your tournaments. Matt Hunt does a good job breaking them down in his new article. Check it out.
Videos
Arvydas “Merfinis” Merfeldas Bigger33 Hand History Review
https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/arvydas-merfinis-merfeldas-bigger33-hand-history-review-part-2/
https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/arvydas-merfinis-merfeldas-bigger33-hand-history-review-part-1/
Merfinis returns this week with a review of the Bigger 33. In part 1, he starts the tourney with 30bbs due to late regging but was able to run it up. In part 2, he continues with good controlled aggression and rakes in the chips without waiting for premium hands. This is the key to building big stacks and taking down tournaments.
Sunday Saver Hand History Review with Chris Moon
https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/sunday-saver-hand-history-review-with-chris-moon-part-1/
Chris Moon is back this week with a new series of his WPN 100K run. He doesn’t get many hands to play in part 1, but he fills the time well by explaining the mistakes he sees and how he will exploit them later. This is something we can all benefit from doing more often.
$109 Win Hand History Review with Daryl “aaaaaaaa” Jace
https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/109-win-hand-history-review-with-daryl-aaaaaaaa-jace-part-5/
Jace wraps up another classic TPE series this week. One of his best IMO. He might be the only guy that goes through ranges on almost every hand…he’s like the lone ranger. This final installment starts with the final 5 and he goes on to win giving us a sweet sweat of stellar shorthanded and heads up play.
Variety Pack – MTTs, DONs, Satellites and SNGs with Jeff “Hurricane Jeff” Romano
Jeff closes out his live sweat series this week. He played well, but didn’t have a great run. Personally, I didn’t mind seeing this side of variance in videos. The play on Bovada is similar to what I see in my live games and my results have been about the same as well.
Articles
The Different Forms of Tournament Poker Variance by Matt Hunt
https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/the-different-forms-of-tournament-poker-variance/
Variance is about more than just running bad. Matt breaks down the variance of preflop all ins, card distribution, range placement, behavioural changes (not a typo, he’s British), playing styles, and tournament characteristics.
Forums
Strategy
https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/forum/mtt-poker-strategy/bigger-33-17bb-hj-88-minraise-or-jam/
In this hand posted by MadBaltic, we discuss the merits of shoving, raise/calling, or limping with a marginal hand and an awkward stack.
Take2Nutz wants to know what to do with queens facing a cold 4-bet.
https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/forum/mtt-poker-strategy/aq-micro-stakes-turbo-tough-spot/
Ultrafish18 wants to know if his stack is too big to call off half of it in a decent spot.
Member Scores
florianm1 shipped a 50r on Microgaming for $4000 and 3r on Stars for $3700
Mikewebb shipped the 10K 109 on WPN for $2000
Pokermutant shipped the $150 Venetian Green Chip Bounty for $1600
Ttwist took 9th of out 3600 runners in the Full Tilt Double Deuce for $820
DannyN13 took 5th in the $25 Hyper on stars for $1300
Payton Johnson shipped the 1K on Betline for $340
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https://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/forum/sweat-threads/
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