Though sometimes complicated and difficult multi table sit and goes can be some of the most profitable games of poker.
These tournaments are convenient for small-time players with a limited bankroll because $20 can turn into thousands with a little patience. Here are a few simple pointers for beginners playing MTTs:

• Staying Tight: This is especially important early in a tournament because your chips are much more valuable later on. I personally will only play top ten hands throughout the first few levels. It’s important to keep in mind that a tournament can not be won at the beginning; only at the end.

• Staying in Position: Important through all stages of the tournament. As in all forms of poker being in position allows you to gain the most information about your opponents and thus make the wisest play. Probing and continuation bets do play an important part of tournaments however they can become a very expensive way to gain the information you could have forced your opponents to provide for free by staying in position.
  • Conservation of chips is the most important aspect of tournament play. Unlike a cash game your chip stack is your lifeline. You cannot buy back in – when you’re out of chips you’re done.

• Dead Money: You can only take advantage of this aspect by mastering the two prior. Approximately 35% of entries into a MTT are dead money; players that are too inexperienced, too sloppy or too aggressive and reckless to be serious competition. Recognizing and exploiting these players can be key to gaining chips. These players and situations make it easy for a patient player to get their money in the pot with the best hand.

These quick and simple aspects of the game serve as basic guidelines for a player beginning to develop a strategy for MTTs. Much more in depth and complicated aspects become involved throughout a tournament but mastering these more simple aspects will help guarantee that you’ll be in the later rounds to gain more experience.

Other Great Gambling Sites:

Play Blackjack at www.eBlackjack.com - Everything Blackjack
Play the lottery online! www.OnlineLotteries.com - Online Lotteries
Play craps online at www.CrapsOnline.com Craps Online
Play online casino games, and read casino reviews and get casino news at www.OnlineCasino.co.in - Online Casino
Get the best online blackjack reviews, tips, and more at www.BestBlackjack.com - Best Blackjack

This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 at 8:02 pm and is filed under SNG Strategy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.