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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
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April 2006
World Series of Poker® on $240 a Day
chips. However, if my plan goes awry, I don’t get impatient, because I know as long as I have $1,000 in chips half an hour, I can apply pressure to enough players at the 50-100 blind level to have a good shot of rebuilding my stack.
I suggest playing some online sit-and-goes and experiment with each style. Don’t necessarily over- commit to one way, but understanding how to play both styles will give you two advantages. You will be able to recognize the other players’ tendencies and you will become comfortable playing the big stack or the little stack.
Next week, I will discuss the di erence between an hour-long satellite and the two-day $1,500 buy-in event to which you gain entry.
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over AQ than KK is over A2. Also, TJ is less of a dog to AK than AQ is.
Check out Dan Harrington’s second book (the red one), Harrington on Hold’em Expert Strategy for No Limit Tournaments: Endgame,
2 and Kill Phil: e Fast
to wait awhile before picking the hand to call my opponent’s all-in bet.
Track to Success in No-Limit
Hold ’em Poker Tournaments
(reviewed in the February
2006 issue of this magazine)
by Blair Rodman and Lee
Nelson for more on how to
adjust your play based on
your size of your stack relative to the blinds. I came back from a 4:1 heads-up chip-de cit by putting all my money in twice with an edge, and then was able
“Should you go in to the satellite with a plan set in stone?Notnecessarily.You have to pay attention to
whatplaysout”
Should you go in to the satellite with a plan set in stone? Not necessarily. You have to pay attention to what plays out. If you are starting with only $1,000 in chips and 15-minute blinds and you lose a few hands and nd yourself down to $500 with 25-50 blinds, you have to pick your one decisive moment: re-raise a loose raiser or try to lure a big-stack
into a loose all-in call against your premium hand.
If I start with $1,500 in chips and 25 minute blinds,
I might splash around a little to see if I can get some