NL tourneys when they won't f$#&(*ng fold preflop..?

[Moose]

Guys,

How on earth do you adjust your NL tourney strategy for when guys just refuse to fold before the flop? Do you stop making "hand-defining" raiseswith hands like AQo? Do you just go all-in preflop with hands like AKo or JJ and expect action when you are a 2-1 favorite?

Any advice would be appreciated because I am just about at my wit's end...

M.

[Mike Haven]

simple

move all in with any group 1 or 2 hand

long term, you'll be a winner

[Moose]

Thank you very much Mike. To get into the top 100 from the promotion, I dropped into the $5+$1 tourneys, where all-in preflop for 1k into a 15 pot was the order of the day.

First hand after reading this post, I walk into AKs UTG.

All in for 1k, get called by AJo and KQs

No Q, no J.

There was not a single time I did not get action on my premium hands massively all-in preflop, and the WORST favorite I ever was heads up was TT vs AJo. But I went in with the best of it each and every time. If I lost, oh well, $6 down the drain. If I won, well, I was in great shape to reap points and usually made the money.

Great advice, thanks again for all the help!

M.

[Ed Miller]

Wow... LOL at that story. I'm always amused by people whose NL thought process clearly is something along the lines of "wow.. this is a good hand... I think I'll play it. how much does it cost? allin, huh? ok."

Maybe I'll try this strategy too...