How To Win Poker Tournaments
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MC Book
By MC Book
Published on July 9, 2008
Here are three key plays you must learn to use in order to win a poker tournament. Raise in a back position pre-flop as the first player in a pot.
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Here are three key plays you must learn to use in order to win a poker tournament.
1. Raise in a back position pre-flop as the first player in a pot. If you are on the button, cutoff (one position to the right of the button) or the power position (two right of the power position) look to raise pre-flop when you are first in the pot. This is a play that is more effective starting from the middle stages of the event. The reason this play works so well is that other players tighten up as the risk to enter a pot costs more chips.
2. Re-raise from the button or in the blinds when a late position player raises first in the pot. This builds on the first move. A smart player will use play #1 in hopes of adding the blinds and/or antes into his chip stack. As a result, you should re-raise these players when you are on the button or in the blinds when you think your opponent is trying to steal. Your opponent is going to think you have a premium hand since you put in a re-raise and will be hard pressed to call your raise.
3. Calling in the big blind with a range of hands when the pot odds are more than 2-1. You have to learn how to call raises in the big blind with a range of hands. Too many players simply fold afraid of their opponent's hand. Example: Your opponent raises to $300, the pot is $450, and your in the big blind for $100. It will cost you only $200 to win $450, and you have 5-6 suited. Call and take the chance of winning a big hand. Learn these three moves and your results in a poker tournament will improve right away.
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1. Raise in a back position pre-flop as the first player in a pot. If you are on the button, cutoff (one position to the right of the button) or the power position (two right of the power position) look to raise pre-flop when you are first in the pot. This is a play that is more effective starting from the middle stages of the event. The reason this play works so well is that other players tighten up as the risk to enter a pot costs more chips.
2. Re-raise from the button or in the blinds when a late position player raises first in the pot. This builds on the first move. A smart player will use play #1 in hopes of adding the blinds and/or antes into his chip stack. As a result, you should re-raise these players when you are on the button or in the blinds when you think your opponent is trying to steal. Your opponent is going to think you have a premium hand since you put in a re-raise and will be hard pressed to call your raise.
3. Calling in the big blind with a range of hands when the pot odds are more than 2-1. You have to learn how to call raises in the big blind with a range of hands. Too many players simply fold afraid of their opponent's hand. Example: Your opponent raises to $300, the pot is $450, and your in the big blind for $100. It will cost you only $200 to win $450, and you have 5-6 suited. Call and take the chance of winning a big hand. Learn these three moves and your results in a poker tournament will improve right away.
Improve you poker game and get a Free Poker Evaluation at my Tournament Poker Book web site.