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  1. 03-23-2006 #1
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    I'm turning 19 in a month and i've decided that i'm going to improve my tournament skills so that i can make some mad money on the tournaments at the casino..thats why i have been playing so many sng's lately, but i still feel my weakest part of my tournament play is middle game, i'm kinda lost during this section.. At the beginning i'm able to take advantage of weaker players and build my stack, but once the table starts to even out with better players or larger stacks i have trouble.. my final table play and play on the bubble i have no problem with its just the middle stages and i have done a seach on the forum for sum advice but couldn't find anything.. I was wondering if anyone has any in depth advice on tourny strategy or links to earlier post, i feel this is my weakest part of my game at the moment and i want to turn that around...
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    Sounds like you are picking up pots early when they are small and don't matter much and in the process giving away information to the observant "better" players who are then using this information to hurt you in the middle game.

    Tighten up early on, it'll make it easier in the middle phase.


    (edit:sorry thought you were talking SnGs, completely different situation in MTTs please disregard the above unless by some fluke it also applies)
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    well how many players does there need to be for it to be MTT as apposed to an sng.. and how does a mtt strategy differ from and sng..??
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    Quote Originally Posted by dopemope223
    well how many players does there need to be for it to be MTT as apposed to an sng.. and how does a mtt strategy differ from and sng..??
    because a STT SnG is strictly the final table. Everyone sitting here is all that is left.
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    but they also have 2,3 and 4 table sng's.. sng is a term giving to the fact that a certain amount of ppl have to sign up before the tournament can start.. my question is when does it stop becoming an sng and starts becoming a mtt.. and whats the best straregy for both.
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    You need to identify why it is that you are stalling ...

    Is it because as the blind increase you protect your stack?
    Do you watch too closely your position in a tournament and do you let this position play your cards rather than playing the cards and players themselves?
    Is finishing in the money your goal or do you want to win it?

    Find the root cause and then look into what you need to do strategically to over come it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dopemope223
    but they also have 2,3 and 4 table sng's.. sng is a term giving to the fact that a certain amount of ppl have to sign up before the tournament can start.. my question is when does it stop becoming an sng and starts becoming a mtt.. and whats the best straregy for both.
    Technically a 2 table SnG is an MTT (multi table tournament). A sng is simply a tournament that starts when the field fills up as opposed to at a scheduled time. There is no reason that you couldn't have a scheduled one table tournament or a 1000 person sng.

    Personally, I don't think that playing sngs (at least the one table variety) are a good way to practice for larger tournaments. At least for the the stratagies involved are pretty much exactly opposite one another.
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