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Placement Question.
What is the general concensus on tournament payouts. I played in a 35 man tournament with payouts being to top 7. 6th and 7th got their buyin's back and then Top 5 made profit. My question is in a situation like this, is it more important to play super tight and try to coast up spots, or should you be playing aggressive to try and become a big stack to go for the tournament W?
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Re: Placement Question.
If your question is whether or not this is a good structure, that's just a matter of opinion. Nolan Dalla did a survey on this point about a month ago; you should be able to track down those results on either cardplayer.com or pokerpages.com (I forget which). Personally I don't like structures like the one you've described. I think that anyone who finishes in the money should receive at least a 2:1 payout compared to their buyin.
In the tournament you described, for the first few levels I would play "normally" (i.e. maximize chip-EV). As it got down to about 10 players left I would play more conservatively so as to increase my chance of making the money, tending to avoid situations where I could go broke, unless they give me hugely positive chip-EV. Also note that if you have a lot of chips at this point you can play aggressively and steal from other players who don't want to go broke. Read Sklansky's tournament book; it covers this well. |
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