I'm in need of some help!!!

Hello I am William I was playing a wsop lvl 1 turney at bodog.I was able to put two players down halfway through the first round. I was chip leader at 3660the rest were at 1400,1000,980,950, 760,800,645. anyway I am looking for your stratagyies and how you would play it. IK chose to let them battle it out not realy chalenging untill there were 4 others.I ended up in second.I am trying to become a pro can I get some resal advice from someone who's been there..
Thanks
WilliamJames

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no. no. Not really.

I'm not sure how many people were in this tournament where you came in 2nd...but I'd say it's a fine line between coming in 1st and 2nd. A toss-up...unless you've acquired the soul of Stuey Ungar.

We started with 10. I just didn't know if an agressive play would have gone over better?? I let the others take eachother out

Nothing horrendously wrong with taking a tight/somewhat conservative approach when you have a big stack. But it may not be the optimum way to win in the end. The problem with being too tight/conservative is that you get in the final three or headsup with a smaller stack. You want to position yourself to have a stack you can fight with in the end.

I love to watch others knock each other out...but everyone time one gets booted, the other's stack increases. If I am the one knocking out the competition, then it is MY stack that increases!

Personally, I play a tight/aggressive style until I'm in the money. But I am not scared to play suited connectors and small pairs when the preflop pot is offering me decent odds or the cost to play is cheap. Bottom line is that you have to give yourself a chance to win...and too tight/conservative will often leave you shortstacked in the end.

Don't mean to discourage you, but given you're still looking for advice on how to play a low-level SNG (it's good that you're so inclined), perhaps you're getting a bit ahead of yourself thinking about going pro.

William, checkout the Articles section. Lots of good info. Just click the Articles tab at the top of the page.

Hey thanks A lot for the feedback. I have been playing cards in one form or anouther for as long as I can remember,playing cards is at the base of my soul
If I am able to provide for myself while doing so why not?

On anouther matter what do you all consider to be aggressive play?? When can a bluff be worth just as much as Pocket aces??.



Reality == accepted Illusion...
William James.

The 'correct' way of playing the big stack depends largely on how your opponents are playing the smaller stacks. In most cases, the small stacks will be playing conservatively, waiting for a big hand, and thus you should be playing somewhat loose-aggressively although you need to watch out for some things:

- Any other big stacks who are bullying the table. It may be that the other big stacks aggression will wilt a little upon confrontation with a bigger stack (you), but you need to be wary of whether this is the case, and also generally play cautiously against someone who can cripple you.

- Any very small stacks who will be looking to push any half-decent hand in an attempt to double up. It's not so much that you're putting many chips in danger when playing a hand with them, it's more of a table image thing - if you raise with K3o and a very small stack acting after you calls, (a) you're almost certainly behind, and (b) everyone at the table is gonna see that you raised with K3o, and if they're paying any attention then they'll notice your raising range is loose, and you will invariably have to tighten up or risk being played back at.

you sound a million miles away from being pro with a question like that mate. this is just trying to maintain a stack in a STT. thats easy! try doing it in an MTT!

I just won $150...I'm going PRO!

There was a great discussion on another thread about what it takes to make a living playing poker. I, like most others on that thread, see poker as a money-making hobby and a small second income.

If you truely want to go pro, you need to start by honestly assessing what it takes...and I don't just mean awesome poker talent (which I believe you and I are still many years away from). Someone posted the following link to what I think is a great article on becoming a poker pro.

http://www.pokermagazine.com/Poker-G...fessional.html

Good luck!