pokerstudAA
07-29-2005, 10:37 AM
After watching Matt Matros (http://www.mattmatros.com/) play the 350K (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2953409&page=&view=&sb=5& o=&vc=1) this weekend I was impressesed with his super aggressive play through the bubbble and mid-money stages. He built a massive stack and kept playing aggressively. Matt finished 3rd for 40k. Winner took 105K. After I played weak-tight during the bubble I fold my way into the money and buated out 194th - card dead for hours. This seems to be a common problem in my tournament play. Sometimes I switch to a stalling strategy and can double at the right time. I get into the money frequently but I need to get deeper in the money. What was Matros doing right? Was he just lucky?
That brought me to a post on Moneymaker dominating a $10 rebuy (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=2976671&page=1&view=c ollapsed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=3#Post2996498) recently. People were shocked that he was raising with 79s and would call an all-in. He went on to win the tournament. What was Moneymaker doing right? Getting lucky?
I decided to change my strategy turning the bubble/mid-money phases of the tourney. Actually I decided to play completely different.
1. Play more aggressive....mabye make a few marginal calls....take risks late
2. Quit folding my steal raises to re-raises and midstack all-ins......get a reckless image
3. Take risks when other players are not....gamble and initiate action
4. Get chips or bust out........play not only to survive.
5. Who cares out the payouts....play to win not for $.
6. Who cares if you bubble......play with no fear.
That leads me to the 11K 30+3 with 401 people. I had a healthy - avg+ stack getting close to the money. As the blinds rose and people started playing tight I went berserk. I was raising almost every time it was folded to me. My stack grew. When I finally got played back at the all-in re-raise was only about 2x my raise. I called someone with 45o. He had ATo and I busted him out. I pushed on midstacks with garbage they folded like little girls. Someone had aces once - I doubled him up and then stole his next two blinds and he was back to where he was.
Aa we got into the top 30 I was the chip leader by almost 2x. I kept the pressure on nonstop. People at the table were scard to play back at me because they had seen me call people with junk. Everyone knew if they played with me it would cost all their chips. I rarely got played back at. This gave me license to steal. By the final ten I had a dominatant position. (150k chips...6 guys with 20k or less..two with 60k). I avoided the big stacks at picked the middle stacks apart. Without cards. Took that tourney down for 3K.
I played recklessly and relentlessly. I never turned off the pressure on the other players. I was in there almost every hand...raising.....stealing...
After watching how some of the pros play I made some major adjustments. They seemed to work well. Are these good/bad strategy adjustments? What do you think? What was I doing right? Was I just Lucky?
That brought me to a post on Moneymaker dominating a $10 rebuy (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=2976671&page=1&view=c ollapsed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=3#Post2996498) recently. People were shocked that he was raising with 79s and would call an all-in. He went on to win the tournament. What was Moneymaker doing right? Getting lucky?
I decided to change my strategy turning the bubble/mid-money phases of the tourney. Actually I decided to play completely different.
1. Play more aggressive....mabye make a few marginal calls....take risks late
2. Quit folding my steal raises to re-raises and midstack all-ins......get a reckless image
3. Take risks when other players are not....gamble and initiate action
4. Get chips or bust out........play not only to survive.
5. Who cares out the payouts....play to win not for $.
6. Who cares if you bubble......play with no fear.
That leads me to the 11K 30+3 with 401 people. I had a healthy - avg+ stack getting close to the money. As the blinds rose and people started playing tight I went berserk. I was raising almost every time it was folded to me. My stack grew. When I finally got played back at the all-in re-raise was only about 2x my raise. I called someone with 45o. He had ATo and I busted him out. I pushed on midstacks with garbage they folded like little girls. Someone had aces once - I doubled him up and then stole his next two blinds and he was back to where he was.
Aa we got into the top 30 I was the chip leader by almost 2x. I kept the pressure on nonstop. People at the table were scard to play back at me because they had seen me call people with junk. Everyone knew if they played with me it would cost all their chips. I rarely got played back at. This gave me license to steal. By the final ten I had a dominatant position. (150k chips...6 guys with 20k or less..two with 60k). I avoided the big stacks at picked the middle stacks apart. Without cards. Took that tourney down for 3K.
I played recklessly and relentlessly. I never turned off the pressure on the other players. I was in there almost every hand...raising.....stealing...
After watching how some of the pros play I made some major adjustments. They seemed to work well. Are these good/bad strategy adjustments? What do you think? What was I doing right? Was I just Lucky?