What's Your Strategy in the Early Stages of a Tournament?

[LiviuRo123]

I usually play tight and avoid big risks early. What's your preferred approach when stacks are deep?

 

[nestabear]

I play a loose aggresive game @LiviuRo123 .

Always looking for a monster hand with cheap flops early on to grow the stack.

Saying that... the most important rule for me early on in a tourney is to survive. No one ever won a tourney in the early stages, but pleanty of Peeps have lost a tourney in the early stages.

 

[pavel1111111]

To bet only If i got the,,Nuts,, 🤣🤣🤣...ijust joking ...i play the same constantly

 

[villa1306]

On the contrary, I don't risk much if the pot is high, but if I try to get into many hands with normal cards, sometimes draws happen or you can bluff... maybe in the middle of the tournament or later, pure pairs and premium cards.

 

[thedarkman]

That depends on many things - the size of the buy-in, structure, number of runners. I play only very small stakes now and make small but not very small profits. In a freeroll I might play like a lunatic to start, again depending on the size of the field and the size of the prize pool.

 

[Emily Trott]

I just play my game regardless of whether it is early or late. In my experience the tournament is composed of highs and lows like waves. You'll have a period of where you have good betting hands, followed by a period of where you don't. Followed by a period where you do, and so on throughout the tournament. I take advantage of the good hands when I get them.

 

[martinoni]

Play more hands and 3bet more to accumulate more chips

 

[yomarianob]

Since you are normally deepstack at early stages, I recommend playing hands with good playability: suited hands, big hands and pairs.

Bet big for value, don't bluff too much.

 

[MAFNL16061986]

whatching what is been dealed and what the people are playing on and raising on

 

[Kaaskop63]

Hard to tell,i am still learning