"In order to win tourneys, you have
to keep from going all-in."

How do people like Stu Unger, Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson could win the biggest event more than once?



"The beginning section teaches patience, patience, patience! To the new players out there, Hold'em isn't black jack, you cannot play every hand!

Basically tight play works both online and in the real world...

I see the online players rely too much on betting huge amounts or moving all-in.

The bluff can have the same effect if they bet less, and it will keep the bluffer in the tournament and give him a chance to win. Also, a smaller bet has a bigger chance of being called when you do have the hand."


"little poison," is a strategic antidote for learning how to Fold bad hands.
Here's what you do:

Pretend that every card in the deck from seven (or even eight) on down is poison... toxic...a threat on your life.
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"little poison," is a strategic antidote for learning how to Fold bad hands.
Here's what you do:

Pretend that every card in the deck from seven (or even eight) on down is poison... toxic...a threat on your life.
"You win in the long run if you're a better player, but if you don't make better decisions, it will be tougher to win.

You must know when you're not playing your best. be able to step outside of yourself."

Not only that, pretend that if even one of your cards is little, it will poison the other card and make your whole hand unplayable.

Once you use this Idea; you'll come to look at little cards in a whole new light.  6-7? Ack! Poison! Throw it away! 6-7 suited? Ack! Suited poison! Throw it away! Even little pairs are little poison if you can't play them in position against a large field. And ace-little is definitely little poison  Your Ace will be outkicked time and time and time again, and you will DIE.




"The beginning section teaches patience, patience, patience! To the new players out there, Hold'em isn't black jack, you cannot play every hand!

Basically tight play works both online and in the real world...

I see the online players rely too much on betting huge amounts or moving all-in.

The bluff can have the same effect if they bet less, and it will keep the bluffer in the tournament and give him a chance to win. Also, a smaller bet has a bigger chance of being called when you do have the hand."

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"In order to win tourneys, you have
to keep from going all-in."

How do people like Stu Unger, Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson could win the biggest event more than once?
They must have gotten lucky...
actually, they just rarely put themselves
in a position where they were all-in. The year 2003, before my hand with Moneymaker,
I was only all-in one time during the whole tournament.   Moneymaker was only all-in one time against me.
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                 "Folding"
I played poker for ten years before I discovered folding in 1984.  In Las Vegas at the top of the Poker food chain, sat the folders. I couldn't get over how comfortable the folders were, with all of it, with the folding, the comments, they'd just sit there behind their tall stacks and long smiles, and muck, one more time.

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"In Limit Holdem it's about
being very aggressive
while No Limit Holdem
is all about the trap."

If you want to win big money playing tournament poker you have to play aggressively. The key a successfully aggressive player is to be selectively aggressive. Going overboard . . . can easily turn into just being reckless.

A cautiously aggressive player will raise more; looking to pick up the blinds first; pick up the pot on the flop second; and hope to make a strong hand third.  If he gets any resistance from his opponents, he will "duck and cover" by throwing his hand away; unless he's got a very strong hand himself.

There is an old adage in poker that I think sums up that last point, "If you bluff a bad player you then become one."  Stay aggressive against the weak players but don't get caught running without the ball when they show interest in the flop.
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Dont play to impress opponents.

If you vary from your game you're risking losing a lot of money that should have stayed in your purse or wallet.

Sitting and waiting for an hour won't look very impressive to opponents, instead of a fancy play, But this is the way to win at poker.

One of the best times to bluff is when an opponent is staring you down, reaching for his chips, or otherwise threatening to call.

You should be  reluctant to bet a marginally strong hand into a consistent bluffer. You'll often make more money checking and calling.
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Join the 'Good Hands' People: Make sure you have some idea about the hands you will play from various starting positions before looking at your cards.  

Playing marginal hands can be your undoing.
Play few hands, but play aggressively when you are dealt a good hand. Actually, you'll gain and learn as much or more by watching your opponents when not involved in a hand than by vying for pots with them.
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