If you are in the money on tournamentyou can shove easy with no fear,because you go to win tournament not to cash,so if you in cash dont be afraid to push some hands,if you are 10 to cash you can be a little tight.....EVA777 said:
It depends. Early in the tournament it's kinda useless to go all in pre-flop, even if you win, because the chips don't have much value. Later in tournament there will be situations where you'll see yourself forced to risk and go all in. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, it's part of the game.
Looking at my hand history im am noticing a trend of high card low card almost 7 times more than anything else. Im trying to figure out how to put it on here. Also very aggressive with AA and see they are only winning a 61 percent of the time. My A,q suited seems to be my biggest winner. I am glad i can look at the hand history because i was starting to think premium hands are very rare. Or this would be summed up as card dead. But i am starting to think its rigged. out of 5000 hands i was dealt 22 pairs. k.2 off 59 times and everything around that tis high and low card.Just feels good to know i really wasn't getting a chance with my cards and you can only bluff so much.John bruce said:
Easiest way is to play some tourneys with play chips. You don't have to worry about your bankroll management at the start anyway. When you start winning the play chips, you can move up in stakes. The game is still the same, more loose players? maybe, but not if you move up in buy ins amount.EVA777 said:
It all depends on the situation, but the all-in option can be very important in certain situations when the tournament enters the final stage and when you enter the push and fold phase, where will you go all-in or fold your cards. This type of game applies when you have below 14 big blends and can be very useful. All-in is also good for a bluff, but of course, I repeat it again depends on a lot of factors and can help if it is used properly. Greeting!
EVA777 said:
In tournament my main job was to stay in the tournament. Hence i don't go all-in pre-flop with AK, AQ or AJ. I can go all-in if flop is exposed and if i am connected with the flop. These cards are useless until and unless you find a link with flop.
I go all-in with only AA if somebody force me to respond. I want at least one or two players to enter into the pot before me. If nobody contributed to the pot then i will only raise.
With KK or QQ i prefer to see the flop first.
when you can fight the fear of doing an all-in then you will start to like the all-in as long as you start to see it as a good tool, instead of your last resort .. playing poker without risk is playing in a weak way, and that is a flaw that your opponents are going to exploit.
As a generality I prefer not to get all of my chips in unless I have the nut it's as simple as that. When the river comes and I have the nuts I still dont shove all in. I like to place a value bet. For me that is normally about 30% of the pot. I like to play the odds and play the player at the same time. I don't have any problem putting my chips all in preflop with Q Q or K K. If I get beat. So what??? I made the correct call in my mind. In reality, I come out ahead more times than not coming out ahead. Do remember this, when playing in a freeroll the worst you can do is get knocked out. If you get knocked out go to cardschat and read some posts. Learn something. Add an extra element to your game. Maybe even put your two-cents into the chat just like I am doing right now. Good luck!!!