| Play Lots Of Pots!! | | | | you can afford too. Tight players usually can't stand |
| I like to keep my fellow players off balance when I | | | | to lose the coin flips because they haven't increased |
| am playing Hold Em tournaments. I play quite a few | | | | their stacks enough because real premium hands |
| hands. I might raise when in position or I might limp in. | | | | don't come along often. |
| I might check raise from early position with just | | | | I started out years ago, a very conservative tight |
| suited connectors. I might flat call with any 2 cards. | | | | player. I did ok, usually even or small losses. I never |
| My aim here is to knock a lot of my competition out | | | | really got ahead much. Then I studied the way Doyle |
| of the pot and pick up a bunch of smaller pots, thus, | | | | Brunson played, and a few others. As you know, |
| building my bankroll and my wild table image. | | | | Doyle will play anything almost anytime. I decided I |
| Sometimes, or actually, a lot of times, when you get | | | | wanted to be more aggressive. What I found out is, |
| in and raise or limp with suited connectors or small | | | | to do this, drop down to the lowest levels you can |
| pairs, you miss the flop totally. Been there done that. | | | | play online and learn that way. A lot cheaper to learn. |
| Now the game begins. If you are first to go, I bet | | | | Try to play 6-8 hands every 10. Don't play the true |
| always. Not a lot, but I bet. If you act later, see how | | | | junk like 72, 83, 92 etc. By playing a lot of shaky |
| others bet. If there is a larger bet and some calls, | | | | hands, you learn how to do it. You learn a lot more |
| you might want to get out here. You took your shot | | | | about poker being aggressive over conservative. Any |
| and got out cheaply. When you do open the betting | | | | idiot can play AA or KK or AK but to be truly |
| after the flop, a half to two third of the pot is a | | | | successful and move up to a higher level, you need |
| decent bet. Not risking too much to try and grab it. | | | | to know how to play 44, 98, 10 10, etc. It's fun also |
| Now, when you do hit the flop good, nobody has a | | | | to play a lot of hands when it isn't costing you much. |
| clue as to what you have. Lets say you have the 76 | | | | You learn how to play when you miss the flop, how |
| of hearts and flopped 543 with 2 hearts. You now | | | | to steal some blinds, when to bluff, if you're a being |
| have the nut straight and a flush draw. You are in | | | | bluffed, and how to read players and keep track of |
| great shape to suck some chips up especially id | | | | betting patterns. |
| someone else hit something on the flop. Now you | | | | It has worked for many pros like Daniel Negreanu, |
| bet out a bit, not too much but enough to make | | | | Gus Hansen, Doyle, Gavin Smith, Phil Ivey, and the list |
| them hurt a little to call. You get those chips when | | | | goes on. I now can play 2 styles comfortably. |
| you win and you are now increasing your tournament | | | | Aggressive or Conservative. Both styles have their |
| stack greatly. You now have a major advantage. You | | | | place and time in the course of all tournaments. |
| can get in some coin flip situations and if you lose, | | | | |