Tournament Poker

Stacksizes: Hero 220k Villain 245k Blinds: 4k-8k 900 ante starting pot 16.5k We are 5 handed and villain is UTG and raises to 20k, Hero...

when to play loose and when to play tight in a mtt, any feed back

Limper is playing 35/12 through 60 hands. My note says he called a UTG raise with T8o in BB (it was probably in ante stages facing 2.5x raise). ...

Which forum offers better players in the MTT forum? Any general opinions? I've noticed that FTR has some damn impressive players, but I'm fairly new...

I have chosen these lovely two tourney's t be stubborn with. Anyone else play these? And just how tight are you going at them. I find myself...

Hero: 13k UTG Villain:21k MP Blinds: 50-100 I limp UTG with KK hoping for a possible reraise, Villain min raises from middle pos and there´s 2...

Lately I'm on $11 9-player turbo SNGs. What's the best way to deal with players in this type of game who play several tables at once? The typical...

The big stack on the button was LAGGing it up, as you might expect. Shove over here or wait until the (slightly) shorter stack busts out? Difference...

I was dealt QQ three times in 50 hands or so. Criticize my lines. Flatting in hand 2 is probably the most original thought here. Villain in hand 1...

Is folding the right move here with ATC? Or is this a call? I don't have SNGWiz and not confident enough to work out the equity myself. PokerStars...

Hi all, My first post here but I have been reading the forums for a while. I have quite a solid sng game and have played a lot of double or...

Villain is new to me, only 8 hands...no showdowns. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 12 Tournament, 10/20 Blinds (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter...

I'm bored. Let's play a game. Imagine Hero is playing in an interesting and stimulating Double or Nothing game (OK, stretch your imagination)....

FTP is running an SNG promotion 3/5 to 3/7. I thought it would mean the average skill level of players would be diluted with the normally non-SNG...

These were the notes I had on SB. Stats hadn't come up yet. 44/13/1.6 over 45 shoves very wide even level 2/3 -38% ROI, -$4466 over 1270 ...

EDIT: Title should say "2nd nut flush draw." Didn't really know what to make of this decision. A tough fold or an easy shove? I'll let you...

What's the best way to extract chips from this 65/35/6.0 LAGGtard? Just call his minraise and see if he'll fire again on the turn or get 'em in now?...

Utg seems pretty laggy but early and no real showdowns so? would of called a shove from utg, was expecting BB to fold. Full Tilt No-Limit...

This title will no let me change it... Two Pair in BB vs UTG Limper Villain is 27/7 over 30 hands ...came to table with this stack. I'm...

Has anyone played these for fun or on stars? I'm talking about the 0.25/90 man, 0.25/45 man, or 0.10/360 man. I've played in a few and won a...

This hand is from the Turbo Takedown. We are sitting around 3000th place with 1500-2000 player to be eliminated before the bubble (5000 paid). ...

Up until this point of the match, villain has not shown anything remarkable, so we could safely assume he's a standard tight reg. First time in this...

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, 24 Tournament, 30/60 Blinds (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com saw flop Hero (MP) (t2540)...

Is this ATC spot? What would be calling ranges for blinds? Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, 3 Tournament, 400/800 Blinds 25 Ante (4 handed) BB...

He's running 28/16 or so for 20 hands. He had the chips when he got to table, has won a couple small pots with out showdown I have doubled up...

blinds are super tight. open limper is 44/10 ish over small sample, but seems loose passiveish. overlimper is 95/0 and might be a complete idiot. ...

Hey.... I ususally do pretty well in Sng's but quite often go on a bad run when building a stack playing out of my roll and stacking off... if I'm...

I kind of suck in this specific bubble situation, when I have a hand that has showdown value, but it's very risky to take it to showdown. WWYD?...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 11 Tournament, 25/50 Blinds (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Firstly don't know what...

Final 8 from live tourney, these spots are sorta standard I suppose but I'm second guessing myself on both of these hands. Final 5 make money,...

limper is 27/0 15 hands SB 47/33 15 hands BB (tourney chip leader) is 23/23 43 hands. He also has an iron man medal thing. 14 left. Two...

If Big Stack big blind had not been in the hand, I would have just shoved the flop. I suppose I'm not folding, but I still need to protect against...

Opp's stats were something like 27/22 at this stage. He had been playing very aggressively with the big stack. I haven't run this through SNG Wiz,...

Basically, it's the age old question. It's early game, so not much help in the reads department. How do we play vs overcards in this spot? How did...

wondering if my P/F game was ok, since i had to suckout many times to win. i went long streaks without a hand which really cut into my stack,...

if button would of shoved i would of called seeing that even if sb won i would make the money, but with the button leaving some behind he would...

PokerStars Game #40007395352: Tournament #285010425, $5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (200/400) - 2010/02/19 15:17:46 ET Table '285010425...

Hello all I've been an avid reader of these forums for a long time now. I am creating a SNG Strategy blog and would like for you guys to spit out...

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, 24 Tournament, 40/80 Blinds (5 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com UTG (t1365) MP (t2625) Hero...