Adjusting your strategy when the blinds increase.
by PokerStrategy.com
1. Introduction
You survived the first few rounds of the tournament because you stuck to the rules and only invested your chips into profitable situations. Now the blinds are rising and account for more and more of your chip stack - but also for the chip stacks of your opponents. It'll steadily become more and more expensive to see a flop.
If your chip stack is 24 Big Blinds, you cannot continue to play as you did before. You won't just call small pocket pairs any more. You'll play more aggressively and you'll either raise before the flop or fold.
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| You play more aggressively. If you enter a hand, you'll do this by raising. | |
You'll also start to play more aggressively in the later positions to attack the blinds with even weaker hands if the situation is favourable. We call this Blindstealing and it is explained further in this article: A special move: Blindsteals
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| You'll attack the players in the blinds more frequently. (Blindstealing) | |
If one player raised in front of you, you either move all-in or you fold. Under certain circumstances you move all-in even with slightly weaker hands. This is called a Stealreraise and is explained in this article: A special move: Stealreraises
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| You'll counteract a raise from your opponent with an all-in (stealraise) more frequently. | |
In this article you'll receive a starting hands chart, which is suited for this kind of phase in a tournament when you and your opponents have 24 Big Blinds or less. It's a substitute for the old chart, which you used for playing with large chip stacks.
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QUESTION 1: Which crucial level of chips marks the change from playing with a large chip stack to playing with a medium chip stack? a) If your chip count has reached 24 Big Blinds or is shrinking further.b) If your chip count has reached 13 Big Blinds or is shrinking further. c) If your chip count has reached 14 Big Blinds or is shrinking further. QUESTION 2: How does your game change if you have reached 24 Big Blinds? a) Nothing changes.b) You will only enter a hand by raising. c) You will only play very few hands. QUESTION 3: Blindstealing is important when you have a medium-sized chip stack. What is Blindstealing? a) Making use of a mistake in the software to purposely miss paying the Blinds.b) Targeting the players in the Blinds, even with weaker hands. c) Defending your Blind from attacks upon it. QUESTION 4: If you have a medium-sized chip stack you will frequently carry out Stealreraises. What is a Stealreraise? a) Targeting the players in the Blinds.b) Moving all-in after a raise from another player, which you would do even with weaker hands. c) Using the advantage of being the first one to raise before the flop. |
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