MULTI TABLE STRATEGY [MTT]

Multi Table Tournaments

If you are going to win consistently at poker then MTT's are your best bet . For this simple reason
poker is a game of skill , but it is also a game of luck , your bad luck , your bad beat is somebody's good luck . In the context of an MTT's the price of entry means you can afford to lose more than you win , you can afford , more than your share of bad luck and still come out ahead and believe me bad players get lucky far more than they deserve .


MTT Strategy

MTT Strategy is aggressive , if you are in a field of 200 starting with 1500 , then to reach the money tables , the last 18 or 20 . Then you will need to play for between 90M & 2 hours amassing over 10000 chips . If offered the chance of a race to double up with AK .3/4 of the time it is the smart choice to take it on , the 25 % you decline , depends on you ability to read the raising player if they are tight and hardly play , then all in could signify AA or KK the two hands where you expect to lose . If they are loose and they are short stacked all in could be A9 KQ or KJ usually a pair of 77 88 or 99 .

Playing A Large Stack

There is an old saying in poker never feed the bears . It means players with large stacks often make charity calls , calls they would never make if they could not afford to call . Protect your chips until you are at least sure of getting to the money tables . Play smart , quite often as you near the bubble , the point of the game where a handful of players are fighting for a place in the money, blinds can be anything up to 900 a time going through every 5 hands [ only 3 tables are left , only 7 players at each table ]

Playing a Short Stack

Playing a short stack early on is straight forward . Play defensively only play premium hands and look to double up or die preflop at every opportunity .Playing a short stack late on is about taking blinds , fold you opponent and you live another day .If you are going to bluff , commit to any two cards and take your chances with a lucky dip , try to maintain enough chips to at least ask the question . If you get down to an automatic call against the big blind , then you need to be very very lucky . The question is are you feeling lucky punk ! .