With this format, there is only one move. ALL IN. If you're not playing push poker in this game, than you're kidding yourself. A good tournament for you should be a series of 60/40 races that hold up. Yes it is a lottery. It's a lottery bent slightly in your favor, if you choose better cards to race with. There should be no talk of pot odds, or too many preflop callers. ALL IN. Every time you are going to raise, you PUSH.

I play a home game where blinds start at $5-$10, and we get 1000 chips. Each game lasts about an hour and a half, and we don't have to push each time we raise. That's fine with me. I would outright refuse to start with 300 chips. It's not poker. It's a race party. Oh did I say Party?