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Mtt Poker Strategy In A Nutshell
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MTT strategy is the hardest and most dynamic skill in poker. Multi table tournaments can be hugely rewarding with ROIs in the thousands of percentiles. This article will discuss early/middle/late stages of tournaments to give you an indepth knowledge of how to play.

First of all I'm going to recommend a few things

- PokerSavvy or PokerXfactor. Subscribe to one of these instructional video streaming sites! Their importance cannot be stressed enough and the strategy you will learn there is priceless.

- Poker Office or Poker Tracker. Get one of them! Poker Office can be free if you rake enough hands by playing one of their affiliates. PT3 costs ~$90.

Early MTT Strategy 10/20 to 200/400

This varies from turbos to deepstacks. I'm going to apply all my strategy tips to semi-deep normal speed games. I.e. 3,000 chips, 15 minute blinds.

Start the tournament off by playing TAG (tight aggressive). If you have PO or PT running then you want to play about 20 hands very tight to get a feel for the table. This is hugely important as you will find out who will be raising light in position and you can adjust your calling range when necessary.

You really want to only be playing premium for the first few levels. Don't get involved in EP or MP with KQ/KJ or even AJ on a raised pot. If the structure is good, then you will be fine to double up or build a stack before the blinds start getting big. Even if you are unlucky enough to go card dead, you will be able to double up with some of the advice I will give later.

Early stages in MTT strategy is very boring. You rarely need to worry about the opponent you're playing and just have to sit back and be incredibly patient. If you are impatient and start raising/calling marginal hands preflop then you will leak chips that are vital for a double up later on.

There's nothing to it. Just sit back and play TAG. Don't bother making bluffs or tricky plays. Keep it simple and it will pay off for later stages where you can start to get tricky.

Mid MTT Strategy 300/600 to 1000/2000

Ok. Now you're getting deep. If you have picked up the hands and played them right without leaking chips then you should be on a 20-30bb stack or more.

Here's some key moves you need to remember:

- Stealing
- 3-betting
- TAG

It's important to keep a tight image. You don't want to keep stealing blinds every orbit or even every other orbit. Players will begin to 3-bet you light preflop and you'll start leaking precious BBs.

Hopefully you have been on the same tournament table for most of the game and you have a good 80 or so hands on your opponents. Keep an eye out for the players who raise 3% of the time and the players who raise 20% of the time. These are hugely important stats.

If you find yourself getting short stacked, then do not let yourself blind out. This is horrible play and people are constnatly busted

doing so. You need to find the next opportunity to make a big steal preflop, or to double up with a premium.

15bb stacks are the best!

15bb stacks have the most fold equity for shoving. If there is someone on the BTN or CO who has been raising 15% of the time preflop and he raises your big blind, you should be shoving back at him with a big range. The best cards to do so are hands like 45 suited to 9T suited. Anything higher and you will be dominated if you are called and may be a 30% dog or less. 45 may only be 5-high, but it has a better chance against AK than A5 does. Think about it, the BTN has raised 3bbs and you shove 15bbs from the big blind with 45s. The pot before your shove is 3bbs + sb+bb+ante. At semi-deep stages you could be earning yourself 5bbs for that 15bb stack of yours. That's 33% increase. If villain raises from the BTN or CO a lot then chances are he is doing it with air and will fold. And if he does call, then you're still not bad odds for a double up. Just because you have a bad hand preflop, doesn't mean you can't win and double up. Everyone needs a bit of luck at some stage in an MTT.

Late MTT Strategy 500/1000 to HU!

You're now deep. If you have got 15bbs or less then do as said above and make it your prime aim to double up or take down huge pots by 3-betting preflop. If you're a big stack then DO NOT get carried away. All too often people who have big stacks try to bully the table too much and get caught up with odds to double up a short stack.

You want to still play TAG but increase your raising range. If tables are getting short handed then start raising preflop with suited aces, suited connectors and all the premiums of course. Remember that other deep stacks are going to be hugely scared of you. You can take them out in one foul swoop so remember to keep 3-betting roughly once every 3 orbits if they have shown that they raise light preflop. Always look to your left and make sure you know what stack sizes your opponents have. Don't constantly steal from 10-15bb stacks with very little as they are very likely to shove light. Remember that if you have a tight image, UTG raises are hugely respected. Don't be frightened to raise (standard 2.5bbs) with a hand like 67s as you can catch a huge flop or represent a huge hand. Aggression is hugely important, but blind aggression is a big stacks downfall.

The basic lessons you should have learned is that it is important to not let your stack get blinded out. Don't be frightened to make moves with very weak hands if you think that you're opponent is going to fold.

Remember - Players raising ranges are generally much much larger than their calling ranges. If a tight player shoved back at you from the BB would you even call with AQ? A lot wouldn't.

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