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12-24-2023 , 02:21 AM

Eboi

stranger

Join Date: Nov 2023 Posts: 3

In an MTT I never know when it is the right time to take a likely flip apart from being shallow stacked. When middle or large stack when should you take flips? (apart from vsing quite small stacks desperate to double)

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12-24-2023 , 08:17 AM

nath

the second coming of the second coming

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 68,694

I think you need to be more specific, not only what kind of situations you are talking about, but even what you mean by "taking flips."

The pot odds matter, the action matters, what kind of hand you have matters. It's kinda hard to answer without more detail.

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12-24-2023 , 08:38 AM

oldskool87

adept

Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 843

In general part way through mtts when stacks start to get shorter and you have say 0-45 bbs you can take most spots that are +EV so long as your not close to the bubble

Example:

Hero in sb with 35bbs. HJ opens to 2x, btn calls hero looks down at A2s if both HJ and btn are decent and can fold I’ll likely rip it in here. a good chunk of the time I’ll pick up the 6/7 blinds and if I’m called I have decent equity. I’ll do the same thing with AK, JJ etcc

Hope you can see it’s less about taking a flip and taking +ev spots

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12-24-2023 , 11:04 AM

pokerfan655

old hand

Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,387

It's not so much taking a flip as finding spots to run bluffs that can be considered marginal, yet need to happen late game to win a big tournament. Think a lot of this comes with experience - I would focus on playing less tables and figure out how to exploit people late game. Find people who are opening too light, over folding, calling too light, etc. MTTs especially the cheaper ones are insanely exploitative and being able to chip up without showdowns is how to max your profit

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