My strategy in a tourney is to buy in only once so I prefer to start a tournament from the beginning and start building my stack from loose playing players taking advantage of a bubble.
I find registering late to cause pressure in trying to catch up with the rest of the field. Though playing large tournies with 2+ hours of late reg gets tiring
I find registering late to cause pressure in trying to catch up with the rest of the field. Though playing large tournies with 2+ hours of late reg gets tiring
It's possible to win a Tournament starting late, but it does put extra pressure on you, depending on your starting stack and how big the blinds are.
I once joined a game when I only had 10 BB to start from and did make the money, but it was all-in or fold every hand until I started to amass a decent amount of chips, but even then it was just too big a mountain to climb.
If I am not able to start a game from the first hand, then generally I try to avoid buying in late, but sometimes it's unavoidable. One game I won a ticket to and was automatically entered into, started at 8.00 pm. but with work commitments and travelling home afterwards, I was late starting and had to sit out for the first 90 minutes, needless to say it didn't go too well.
But Hey! Ho! that's how it goes,
When the fun Stops, STOP!
I once joined a game when I only had 10 BB to start from and did make the money, but it was all-in or fold every hand until I started to amass a decent amount of chips, but even then it was just too big a mountain to climb.
If I am not able to start a game from the first hand, then generally I try to avoid buying in late, but sometimes it's unavoidable. One game I won a ticket to and was automatically entered into, started at 8.00 pm. but with work commitments and travelling home afterwards, I was late starting and had to sit out for the first 90 minutes, needless to say it didn't go too well.
But Hey! Ho! that's how it goes,
When the fun Stops, STOP!
mercyscercy said:
I prefer to register before a tournament starts. If the late registration is already in progress, I would choose to join in as long as, for example, blinds in a tournament with the starting stack of 3000 are 50/100, or 75/150. That would be my latest entry. If blinds are beyond that, I don't see much sense in spending money to enter because at that point, to grow your stack you would need not skill, but to gamble and hope for good flops. 🙂
If you enjoy playing or are looking for experience and practice join as early as possible to get the most play for your buy in.
If your time is better invested elsewhere I'd want 15-20 BBs minimum to have a realistic shot of stealing some blinds and finding a good double up spot to run it up.
If your time is better invested elsewhere I'd want 15-20 BBs minimum to have a realistic shot of stealing some blinds and finding a good double up spot to run it up.
I think there are a few things that you have to consider first, with what intent do you want to play itm or do you go for the final table. If you only play for ITM then you have to consider how many are still in the tournament and how many hands you will probably have to play until you are ITM. But if you're playing for ft then you'd better not go into the tournament too late. although I have to say that I made it to the ft a few times from the late reg myself. But if you only go into a tournament at the end of the late reg, then the pressure is much higher and you have to be even more careful not to make any mistakes. You just have to find out for yourself what fits best. For some it is better if they join a tournament very early and for others it is better if they go in very late
Here are my opinion:
1. Hyper (3 mins blinds)- Start at the very first level.
2. Turbo (5 mins blinds)- You can start at 1/4 of the overall time.
3. Normal (8 to 12 mins blinds)- You can start at 1/2 of the overall time
1. Hyper (3 mins blinds)- Start at the very first level.
2. Turbo (5 mins blinds)- You can start at 1/4 of the overall time.
3. Normal (8 to 12 mins blinds)- You can start at 1/2 of the overall time
I look at 2 things, starting stack vs. current BB. I wouldn't want to start with less than 20-25bb and that's pushing it. How many chips the last player paid has vs. starting stack. I don't want to start with the last person in a itm position to have more than double my stack.
It depends on how much you want to gamble, I’d suggest having at least 15-20 BB’s when you enter. But playing with deep stacked people you can take advantage of small raises that make it hard for an opponent to fold to an all in if you pickup a good hand and you can ladder. I personally like playing more hands and having to opportunity to double early on by outplaying opponents, but it’s all personal preference.
If you play well, read your hands well and have patience then it pays to get into the beginning of the tournament, but if you don't have a lot of patience and have a lot of money and like to risk two or three hands to be in the money then it pays to enter with up to 10BB chips in the late afternoon.
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It all depends on the point of view!!!🙂
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It all depends on the point of view!!!🙂
Entering a tournament at the beginning you will have to play more hands, by the end of the late registration you will have hands to play and the probability of being eliminated is greater because your al-inn will certainly be paid more, because you will have few chips
