Something that's worked for me

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This week I'm going to open with 67s or 78s and see how that works. It's only $10! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img])

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I know the feeling. I generally play very tight but perhaps overly aggressive, especially in early stages of a tourney. Especially in re-buy tourneys, before the rebuy period ends, strong bets (representing strength) of 3-5x bb only seem to scare away passive players. From my experience, 6-10xbb preflop, early in such tourneys, seems to put some pressure on LAGs.

But then I think, "If I can't beat 'em..." and I start loosening up, limping at the button with 98 os, calling an early raise with AJ os, calling a large raise with Ax suited.

Lately, I must confess, I have been on a prolonged tilt, which results in my ultimate contrarian plan. Dig this madness: since I assume most tournament players (live casino multi-tables with buy-ins from $100-$500) operate with the same strategic information (skalansky, harrignton, brunson, carom et. al.) , a true contrarian play is do the opposite, right?

So when I am on the button holding 7-2 os and there are five limpers b4 me, I conclude that the hand ranges of my opponents' collectively will inlcude (at least 2 aces, 1-2 kings, and at least 1 (j,q, or 10). Because I should be folding, I instead raise...pot size raise. Any callers I put on real strength and look to the flop to see if the trash laden deck brings me the trash I seek. If it hits I look like a madman, if it misses people credit me for making a good laydown.

This is the kind of tilt I am experiencing [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]