Playing looser after an upswing isn't necessarily a bad thing.
If you're in a tournament where the buy in is more than a couple dollars, people are more likely to play tighter and more conservatively. So after an upswing, you can use your larger chip stack to push people around more. Just don't over-do it.
If you're playing tournaments with lower buy-ins, then you will probably want to retain a standard tight-aggressive style as people are more likely to play with marginal hands, and you won't gain value from trying to bully them with your stack.
In either situation, if you feel yourself loosening up your play to the extent it backfires and you start losing chips consistently, then do something that will calm you: breathing exercise, relaxing sounds or music, whatever works for you. Just do something that will help remind you to stick to what works.
If you're in a tournament where the buy in is more than a couple dollars, people are more likely to play tighter and more conservatively. So after an upswing, you can use your larger chip stack to push people around more. Just don't over-do it.
If you're playing tournaments with lower buy-ins, then you will probably want to retain a standard tight-aggressive style as people are more likely to play with marginal hands, and you won't gain value from trying to bully them with your stack.
In either situation, if you feel yourself loosening up your play to the extent it backfires and you start losing chips consistently, then do something that will calm you: breathing exercise, relaxing sounds or music, whatever works for you. Just do something that will help remind you to stick to what works.
You're welcome. But if you really want to improve your game, understand this: nothing in poker "always works." There is no one size fits all answer that will work for a particular situation every time.
What I pointed out in my above post is something I have found to be generally true, but it's not always true. Poker is about nuance, about noticing little details. Knowing general trends and basic fundamentals of starting hands and betting strategies will help you at micro tables and tournaments; it will probably be enough to make you a consistently winning player there. But to be a good player, and to win at higher buy-in games, you have to learn to adapt.
What I pointed out in my above post is something I have found to be generally true, but it's not always true. Poker is about nuance, about noticing little details. Knowing general trends and basic fundamentals of starting hands and betting strategies will help you at micro tables and tournaments; it will probably be enough to make you a consistently winning player there. But to be a good player, and to win at higher buy-in games, you have to learn to adapt.
Sohmurr said:
I agree with him 100%, i would just like to had, when you have chips, don't play every hand but pick your spots and try and steel blinds when in position.
When you see you start spewing chips just go back to playing tight and it should be ok.
Demagog said:
kkkkk, Worse that's the truth, because we often play conservatively and grow into premium hands, but we end up losing a lot of chips in junk hands against another player, but that's it, it's part of the game as well.
Fernanda37 said:
That's right Fernanda, playing that way being looser when you have a little more chip gives you raise a little bigger by taking advantage of the best times to rob the blaids or for value !!!
GL on the tables !!!
matenq said:
Hi Matenq,
I play exactly like that, tight aggressive, and it's the kind of game taught by all the big players, being tight at the beginning of the game, as the tournament unfolds with the increase of the blaides being more aggressive and the middle pro at the end of the tournament being quite Aggressive. However, I believe that we should take advantage of the best opportunities so that we can be aggressive at any point in the tournament, as we know that the best poker players have the characteristic of being aggressive.
GL on the tables, thanks !!!
matenq said:
OK matenq,
Being patient and waiting for the best moment to be aggressive is great, but when you are in a Hyper-turbo tournament, where blaids go up quickly, waiting is not the best option, you end up being forced to act aggressively !!!
I usually play the same way man, but for me I have learned to use ur big stack to play what they call "small ball" if u can steal the pot for cheap awesome, if some1 shoves or raises you get out of there (unless you have good cards, obviously) .