The most important thing in an MTTS, is to have a lot of patience. for the long duration of the game. plan a strategy that in my case I recommend that it be dynamic so as not to make the game tedious. You must also take into account the mental lapses that sometimes affect. That is why it must be kept in total relaxation in order to maintain a fixed dynamic.
Yes, I agree patience is the primary skill to master if you want to excel in MTTs. Then mindset / tilt control, as the standard advice for cash game players - clear your head/ take a break every 45minutes - every 1.5 hours or quit session if tilt is overwhelming won't work here for obvious reasons.
These are the "mindset" skills, not poker ones, but if you fail to master them or won't be working on them, they won't let your poker skills to shine and to give you the results you (might) deserve.
These are the "mindset" skills, not poker ones, but if you fail to master them or won't be working on them, they won't let your poker skills to shine and to give you the results you (might) deserve.
Like a lot of comments I would say patience...you have to pick your spots and wait for the right time to win big...but patience will only work for so long...it depends on structure...reg or turbo or hyper...when blinds and antes go up fast you really need to open you range...I'd rather play to win rather than play to not get knocked out...
In my opinion, the most important quality for achieving permanent results in MTT is the ability to maintain concentration. In the small blinds, when playing in a depth of 100 BB +, prize money is not drawn. You can triple your stack or lose half the starting stack, but at the same time your tournament share will change by tenths or even hundredths of a percent. The first prize in the tournament will begin in six hours, and in those tournaments that started at the end of the session loading period, they (prize) will begin nine hours after the start of the session. And here the most important banks in tournaments are played out. And if a tournament player has not learned to maintain concentration throughout the tournament, then most likely this poker discipline is not for him.
I see a lot of patience as the important part of MTTs. I need more definition with that. If patience means wait, I would disagree. @Katie Dozier hit it on the nail and that is aggression.
I do see see patience however as an overall strategy of your MTT poker journey. Not going to win every hand, not win every tournament you are in so it takes patience to your journey to make it to the levels you want to be assuming you are studying and you are putting in your fair share of volume to match your success in poker.
Aggression is key component in MTT poker. You can only say to yourselves so many times in a tournament to "wait" for a better spot. You want to build an aggressive image that you don't even get to the spot where you have to "wait" for a better opportunity.
Be aggressive patiently is how I would think on a tournament. I'd go for aggression and bust than patience and blind out. Go for the win and not min.
I do see see patience however as an overall strategy of your MTT poker journey. Not going to win every hand, not win every tournament you are in so it takes patience to your journey to make it to the levels you want to be assuming you are studying and you are putting in your fair share of volume to match your success in poker.
Aggression is key component in MTT poker. You can only say to yourselves so many times in a tournament to "wait" for a better spot. You want to build an aggressive image that you don't even get to the spot where you have to "wait" for a better opportunity.
Be aggressive patiently is how I would think on a tournament. I'd go for aggression and bust than patience and blind out. Go for the win and not min.
