Catfish Parade
02-28-2005, 12:36 PM
Over the weekend, I had a chance to play in a charity event for an opportunity to qualify for a buy-in to the '05 WSOP. There are two stages to qualifiying, and there are 8 events in the first stage. In the second stage, the top three in each qulaifying event play for the trip to Las Vegas.
My question lies in how I should alter my playing strategy. We start with $500 in chips and blinds begin at:
10-20 20 min
20-40 20 min
40-80 20 min
50-100 20 min
100-200 20 min
etc...
I've only been playing in tournaments for a couple of months (mostly with friends 15-20 people) with more gradual increases in blinds.
My style is to play tight-aggressive, but this didn't seem to work in this tournament format. To advance, I think I need to loosen up my starting hand requirements, but I'm not sure how much to loosen up.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. I've got another qualifier this upcoming weekend.
My question lies in how I should alter my playing strategy. We start with $500 in chips and blinds begin at:
10-20 20 min
20-40 20 min
40-80 20 min
50-100 20 min
100-200 20 min
etc...
I've only been playing in tournaments for a couple of months (mostly with friends 15-20 people) with more gradual increases in blinds.
My style is to play tight-aggressive, but this didn't seem to work in this tournament format. To advance, I think I need to loosen up my starting hand requirements, but I'm not sure how much to loosen up.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. I've got another qualifier this upcoming weekend.