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September 10, 2013
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Hi everyone,
i am looking fom strategy tips to help me improve my game in the smaller buy-in tournaments which I play.
i tend to play with a tight approach to the game and i am consistently getting to middle late stages of the tournaments but my chips just fizzle away before getting to the money.
some of the strategies i have read seems more approprite to deep stack large buy ins.
any advice would be greatly appreciated.
thank you
June 11, 2012
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hey,
generally stick to a very tight game and get value from your big hands with big bets.
also learn proper shove and reshove game as people at those games are generally calling or reshoving way to wrong
cheers
October 6, 2010
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do you use a HUD at all?
if so, it would be great if you could tell me your opening stats from each position, and your cbet percentage. i think that would be the best place to start.
quite often at these stakes a tight approach is good, but maybe you need to open up slightly more in the mid-late stages, particularly focussing on blind steals with the occasional light 3bet mixed in, but still generall ABC play is the right strategy to beat the micros imo
September 10, 2013
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i use a hud but i dont understand how to use it so i am going through the hud video series on this site, and i am currently only using a free version that has just expired.
i tend to play solid TAG in the early stages and i do 3 bet alot when in position but as the tournament goes on I find my self becoming passive and not raising preflop and giving up pots if i dont catch the flop.
i think my biggest problem is aggression.
October 6, 2010
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well i would definitely consider forking out for HEM2. consider it a tool of the trade. it would be like a carpenter trying to ply his trade without a hammer. even if you dont use the hud, the ability to track and analyse your own game is very important.
September 10, 2013
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I'll go and buy the program now, any tips on keeping up the aggression would be appreciated along with any other tips for micro tournaments.
What videos would you suggest for learning shove and reshove game.
September 29, 2012
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Watch the Bigdog videos. Generally, I play a tight game early, but look for good spots in mid and late stages.
September 24, 2013
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Yes, I am experiencing the same with the micro buy in tourneys and am very much of the opinion that playing solid TAG will generally get you into the money however to go deep in you really need to build a stack… Some of the things I have been working on…
1. Value betting. Getting as many chips as I can from my strong holdings.
2. Opening up my game especially when antes kick in and stacks get shallower relative to blinds, especially in turbos. 3. Definitely working on shoving range with at 20bb stack it’s really I think at that point I am chipping up or going onto the next tourney. I don’t just want to make the money, I am of the mindset that I want a stack to take me to the final table.
4. And simply just trying to pick my spots, if I think I am ahead of a persons range based upon a number of factors ie. position, stack size, game flow, HUD stats, blind levels, shoving stacks behind me etc… I will go with my hand and let the hand run out…
I am new to TPE, however listening to TPE podcasts and discussion, clearly big dogs videos are ones that I will be watching and taking note of…
Bottom line, I would suggest even in those videos to go deep you need to run well… You will get your money in behind at some stage, if its your time you will run pure and get there… Very, very hard to navigate your way through a micro tourney with 1000 plus runners…
Good luck… Might see you at the tables!!!
January 27, 2013
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I've been playing these tournaments with little success also but have recently trying to build a bankroll playing .50c 45 man SnG's that i'm currently downswinging in. Whats the best way to review how much push fold game is? Just doing the maths in EV calculations in spots im shoving/calling the best way?
August 31, 2013
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I think there is a couple of important things to do when you play micros SNG/MTT:
– Play in value. When you have a big hand bet bet bet (and pretty big).
– When they start raising you, they often have it so fold unless you have a strong hand.
– Thin value, especially river, you will win a ton of money by bet/folding
– Don't bluff (except high success bluff as cbet or obv 2 barrel spots). Don't try to represent something by 3 barrel shoving or X/shoving, they don't care of what you have, they only play in fonction of their cards
– Learn push/fold ranges (especially if you play turbo sng). I learned with SNG wizard.
– Play really tight on first level and try to steal more when blinds increases.
– Bubulle abuse when you have the stack for, players are often scared money in micros.
– In late stages ICM impacts your decisions, you are playing in $EV, so be carrefull, your pushing and calling range are not the same than in cEV. In micros players don't care of ICM so don't expect them to call or push correctly, they will continue to play the same way.
– Play a lot to decrease variance.
July 3, 2010
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These small tournaments are obviously filled with lots of fish but fish come in all different forms.
Really just doing a couple things like this will yield lots of profit:
– Identify the fish who play fit or fold postflop and call too much preflop. You can raise really wide vs. them and cbet 100% of flops and show profit.
– Identify the call station fish and bet big on all streets for value. You can overbet pots and still get called by single pair hands from these types of players
– Identify fish who raise too many hands pre but don't play aggro or well enough post to back it up. Call these players from CO and Button really wide and be prepared to float a cbet and bet turn when checked to nearly 100% to yield profit
It's not like these are set in stone guidelines, but they're things to consider because maybe you haven't been doing this and you've only been going by the playability of the hands you're being dealt which is a sure fire way to be a lifetime mincasher in tournaments.
March 3, 2013
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This improved my game no end,
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AiRCAFDKL6fIdHE0QWt5elZMUkU4YzVrSlBVZk5EMFE#gid=0
January 28, 2013
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FkCoolers said:
These small tournaments are obviously filled with lots of fish but fish come in all different forms.
Really just doing a couple things like this will yield lots of profit:
– Identify the fish who play fit or fold postflop and call too much preflop. You can raise really wide vs. them and cbet 100% of flops and show profit.
– Identify the call station fish and bet big on all streets for value. You can overbet pots and still get called by single pair hands from these types of players
– Identify fish who raise too many hands pre but don't play aggro or well enough post to back it up. Call these players from CO and Button really wide and be prepared to float a cbet and bet turn when checked to nearly 100% to yield profit
It's not like these are set in stone guidelines, but they're things to consider because maybe you haven't been doing this and you've only been going by the playability of the hands you're being dealt which is a sure fire way to be a lifetime mincasher in tournaments.
I like everything that FKCoolers has said here. Definitely lots of these types of players hanging around the micros. In addition to this, check out darryl jace's series on exploiting players.
There is alot of variance at the micros because of the huge fields and the way a general micro-nian plays. You really have to identify player types and adjust accordingly.
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