Bigwig
07-26-2004, 04:23 PM
A little background on me first. I've played poker for over ten years, but only seriously for one. But, I've probably played 100,000 hands of hold em' in the past year, primarily in SNG's at the $20 on stars. I do well, but not great (ROI hovers from 15 - 20%).
I've been playing a lot more live tourneys lately (about half are multi-table and half single table). And the play compared to the SNG's on stars is TERRIBLE. I mean, many of these guys have no business putting their money down on a poker table.
Here are the problems I keep running into:
* While keeping tight/aggressive play, a couple of dopes get big stacks by busting out other dopes when neither should have raised or called all-in. So, I appear to be a smaller stack early on.
* Nobody respects a raise. Pot sized bet? Means nothing to them. As long as I'm getting poor calls, I realize that this is not necessarily a bad thing. But in a tourney, with a limited amount of chips, it can be a disaster to have TWO guys chasing you to the river.
Anyway, does anyone have similar experience? I'm winning in these tourneys, but what do I have to do to improve my play against 'bad' players who I'm not used to facing?
I've been playing a lot more live tourneys lately (about half are multi-table and half single table). And the play compared to the SNG's on stars is TERRIBLE. I mean, many of these guys have no business putting their money down on a poker table.
Here are the problems I keep running into:
* While keeping tight/aggressive play, a couple of dopes get big stacks by busting out other dopes when neither should have raised or called all-in. So, I appear to be a smaller stack early on.
* Nobody respects a raise. Pot sized bet? Means nothing to them. As long as I'm getting poor calls, I realize that this is not necessarily a bad thing. But in a tourney, with a limited amount of chips, it can be a disaster to have TWO guys chasing you to the river.
Anyway, does anyone have similar experience? I'm winning in these tourneys, but what do I have to do to improve my play against 'bad' players who I'm not used to facing?