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01-28-2017 , 02:32 PM

Matt_PBA

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So I will be playing in a small buy in tourney. I am assuming I should play somewhat like a NL Holdem tourney. Tight the first levels of 20 minute blinds and loosen up a little to steal on the button, or is button stealing not as common in O8. I searched for strat on 2+2 but was not finding anything. Any advice is always appreciated. Have a great weekend.

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01-28-2017 , 04:38 PM

monikrazy

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Image should be really low on your list of concerns for a small stakes mtt, most of the players will be quite weak, I recommend going in guns blazing and playng agressive throughout, if players are afraid to tangle with you in marginal spots at the later levels that will be a huge advantage

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01-28-2017 , 04:59 PM

Matt_PBA

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Okay thank you for the advice. I was going to use the low buy in live tourney as education. I hope to someday play in bigger buy ins. I just don't have a lot of tourney experience. I play a lot of cash, but that is a different game of course.

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01-28-2017 , 05:29 PM

lotuspod2

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Any info on the structure? Mainly is it FL/PL/NL?

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01-28-2017 , 06:15 PM

Matt_PBA

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Originally Posted by lotuspod2

Any info on the structure? Mainly is it FL/PL/NL?

It is FL with blinds going up every 20 minutes. From my understanding it will be an older crowd, for example 50 and above. Should be interesting.

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01-30-2017 , 06:12 AM

GrimIsCool

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Originally Posted by Matt_PBA

It is FL with blinds going up every 20 minutes. From my understanding it will be an older crowd, for example 50 and above. Should be interesting.

So 1 hand per level?

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01-31-2017 , 01:55 PM

Matt_PBA

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Originally Posted by GrimIsCool

So 1 hand per level?

Yep! To make it worse, I got a super old dealer ,who dealt super slow and could not read the low. It sucks when you have to tell the dealer the low. But hey I made it to the final table. All old people who wanted to chop. They wanted to get to the buffet. So I agreed. Since I only had 6000 in chips and the blinds were 1500/3000. I did have fun though. I will try again. Are higher buy in limit 08 tourneys the same. Do they have the same problem at WSOP? After all they need lots of dealers, I cant imagine every dealer is good at dealing O8.

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01-31-2017 , 10:35 PM

TuscaloosaJohnny

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Despite all the rookie dealers you see every year the ones I've seen in the WSOP O8 are pretty competent.

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