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I also really like the MTTs and have been funding my "lessons learned" from my ring game profits. A few of my lessons:

1. Be cautious during the first orbit. Double or die is a popular strategy by players who don't want to commit 3 hours without a good start.

2. Keep the tournament lobby open during your play. I usually keep it on the BOTTOM of the field, not the top. I find this far more encouraging when cold decked for an orbit or so. It also gives you real time M & Q data for your calculations.

3. Develop your READS and rely on them. I'm amazed how many times someone at my first table ends up against me later ITM.

4.. Keep reading HOH. It takes a few passes to get the nuances - esp. the play tight at a loose table, and LAG at a tight table (within reason). If you can't steal at some point, you won't make it. Your image is your best steal weapon.

5. Have FUN! Its only $10 for several hours of play. About the same as a movie, but with upside!

6. When you do FT and win, DON'T WAKE THE KIDS! That really sucked! but now I can enter and lose 60-70 more MTTs and still be +$$.

Good Luck!

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Thanks for the pointers. I know HOH is my best bet and I'm re-reading it now. It improved my STT play no end so now I'm going back with more of an MTT slant. There is so much in there I'll probably be re-reading for the 100th time in 10 years and still be only just getting things. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I only ever play QQ, KK or AA on the first orbit, a hangover from my micro buy-in STT days where on average 3 of the field had gone out before they posted a blind!

I tried a few $5 MTT's on my week off last week and even then I was surprised to see some of the same old user-names in these things. Remebering players and taking notes is something I need to improve on a lot.

I'm lucky that I can ignore the buy-in once I've clicked on the 'register' button. I've got past letting money influence my decision on a particular hand. I let it influence my decision to buy-in or not and that's it.

If I ever win one of these things I'm gonna wake the whole street [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]