The pokersavvy videos only help so far. The ones i watched were like right so ive got AA here..ive got a boat here...ill just win every race i play then. Seems to me that it all comes down to timing and luck. The deeper stacked tourneys are different, but there arent many for low buy ins. The problem with attempting to be aggressive and bluff a lot in low buy in tourneys is you come across guys who dont fold anything and if you never get a hand you have nowhere to go.

Here's how you play micro, don't bluff. The end.

Originally Posted by tightagressive

go to pokersavvy plus and get a free 7 day trial. watch and absorb as much as you can. if possible record all the mtt videos on your computer using a free program called camstudio.

Awesome. I watched bond18 clean up $4k in $25 tourney and although he's sucked out a couple of times there's a heap of things he's doing that I'd never think of.

Originally Posted by 22Fish

Anyone want to skype/msn whilst playing some tourneys today?

I'd be up for this. Skype me on in4rehab next time you're keen and I'll join in.

Originally Posted by clumber

The pokersavvy videos only help so far. The ones i watched were like right so ive got AA here..ive got a boat here...ill just win every race i play then. Seems to me that it all comes down to timing and luck. The deeper stacked tourneys are different, but there arent many for low buy ins. The problem with attempting to be aggressive and bluff a lot in low buy in tourneys is you come across guys who dont fold anything and if you never get a hand you have nowhere to go.

I also disagree with this in those videos they also say things like "Ok if the button raises we defend here with KJo" and when to fold to a button raise etc. Those types of things I had a lot of problems with.

Originally Posted by MJPerry

I'm spamming my own stuff here but since we're also brown-nosing TA then check this out for a beginner's guide to tournaments:

tEh_R3aLde4L in Tournament poker: Part One»Bluff Europe Magazine
tEh_R3aLde4L in Tournament poker: Part Two»Bluff Europe Magazine

Yeah I read those on another thread a while back but I'm still rubbish!

Only kidding, these articles were pretty useful too.

Post what you think you struggle with in4rehab?

The kind of decisions where you have no idea where you are at.

Originally Posted by 22Fish

Post what you think you struggle with in4rehab?

The kind of decisions where you have no idea where you are at.

I don't really get into a lot of hard situations where I have no idea where I'm at so it's hard to provide examples. I think that's kind of the problem though. I don't take enough risks, I just wait till I see a situation where I can see I hold a clear advantage and then I get in there. Problem is that these obvious advantages don't come up often enough. While I'm patiently grinding away the blind levels are increasing and I'm not keeping pace. Basically I'm a cash player who's not adjusting to the fact that the blinds go up and everyone's not 100BB's deep.

From what I can gather from these videos I'm watching I need to be better at things like sensing smaller advantages over my opponents range and spots where I have a good amount of fold equity on a 3bet. My preflop addiction to the "pot" button needs to go too, MJPerry's articles have a really good bit on bet sizing.

I think the only way through this is to just experiment with being more aggressive, taking more smart risks mid game and to be less obsessed with getting my chips in ahead. But thanks for your help everyone anyway.