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Originally Posted by minerman
Any recommendations? I've googled for articles on this and I haven't been able to find too much helpful on this exact topic.
I think I agree 100% with what you're saying. If I have 20 bigs, I am probably not folding TT too many times to a preflop all in (although it seems -EV for me to just open shove all in pre...wouldn't do that), where as I would usually fold TT most times to an all in when I have 50 bigs.
I guess my exact question is, at how many bigs, do I need to stop playing hands like K9s/89s? 25? 40? I just don't know...
I say this yesterday because I had 44 bigs (after having 100+ for hours) and I decided not to call a 4x raise with 3-3 and of course a 3 hits the board and the original raiser, who had the same stack as me, shipped it to another guy. I think maybe that was a mistake to tighten up that early...I ended up not getting any other chances to double, flipped for my stack and busted with a low payout after 7 hours of good play and good cards. Maybe that was my chance to go deep but I tightened up too early.
So the pot was or could have been multiway, we don't know your position or if calling 4x would close the action or allow a potential squeeze bet.
All of this info matters. You do need better, more precise strategy, just from your recollection of this important hand that you regret.
You are right, seek a deeper game.
Start with the basics, you can not skip over the basics.
Go with the Harrington books on MTT.
Just those alone should take you from a mildly losing player to a moderate winner.
And most of the more advanced strategy builds on Harrington, without the need to relearn it.
Don't try to reinvent your game all at once.
Make small adjustments based on what you want to incorporate into your game, and remember that s few good or bad tournament results may not indicate long term results.
At that point, you will be able to study any hand you play, and be certain you played it correctly, FOR YOUR STYLE.