What strategy do you like for tournaments where you must finish in the top 5 of 10 players (i.e. bodog double your money tournaments)?

play tight til blinds get high and ship tons of hands in position when it gets 6 handed, no one wants to bust sixth, so you can be ultra aggro when it gets to sixth... no reason to gamble too much in the beginning of them... and this question needs to be geared towards if they are turbos or not, that makes such a huge difference....

Originally Posted by burntfuze

play tight til blinds get high and ship tons of hands in position when it gets 6 handed, no one wants to bust sixth, so you can be ultra aggro when it gets to sixth... no reason to gamble too much in the beginning of them... and this question needs to be geared towards if they are turbos or not, that makes such a huge difference....

its so much easier to get top 5 in non turbo if you have the patience, its probably worth is as far as hourly rate goes to pay the extra rake and play non turbos...

thanks, what are your thoughts on turbos?

Anyone else have more detail on how to win these? It seems like a great way to build a bankroll...

Don't get to aggressive in the beginning unless you have a premium hand, it's not worth losing the chips in the beginning. When it starts to wind down to six or seven players, everybody will tighten up for the most part. You should be able to steal a good amount of pots easily depending on your position. I've just been playing tight in the beginning and loosening up a little bit more each time somebody busts out. I play five dollar Double or Nothing tournaments at PokerStars.