Hey, I've been playing MTTs for a week now and would like to share the last tourney I've played.

Thank you.
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Tools you need:
Poker platform
Tracking software
GTO+/PioSolver
SimpleGTO
PokerSnowie
Snapshove

First we reg in a bounty tournament (Preferable early stage, but any would do)
We employ the hyper-aggressive strategy and raise all-in every hand.

Party, $0.50 Buy-in (1,150/2,300 blinds, 280 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 8 Players
Hero (BTN): 123,940 (53.9 bb)
Preflop: Hero is BTN with 9 3
2 folds, MP2 calls 2,300, MP3 calls 2,300, CO calls 2,300, Hero raises to 96,696, 2 folds, MP2 calls 73,113 and is all-in, 2 folds
Flop: (161,116) 6 8 K (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Turn: (161,116) J (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: (161,116) 6 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Results: 161,116 pot
Final Board: 6 8 K J 6
MP2 showed 9 A and won 161,116 (85,423 net)
Hero showed 9 3 and lost (-75,693 net)


Repeat until players are aware of your strategy and try to adjust to it.

Party, $0.50 Buy-in (1,150/2,300 blinds, 280 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 8 Players
Hero (CO): 48,247 (21 bb)
Preflop: Hero is CO with T 9
UTG+2 raises to 5,060, MP1 calls 5,060, MP2 calls 5,060, MP3 folds, Hero raises to 45,770, 2 folds, BB raises to 52,062 and is all-in, UTG+2 raises to 96,979 and is all-in, MP1 folds, MP2 calls 57,505 and is all-in, Hero calls 2,197 and is all-in
Flop: (233,609) J Q J (4 players, 4 are all-in)
Turn: (233,609) 8 (4 players, 4 are all-in)
River: (233,609) 6 (4 players, 4 are all-in)
233,609 pot
Final Board: J Q J 8 6
BB showed 4 4 and won 12,285 (-40,057 net)
UTG+2 showed A K and won 21,006 (-41,839 net)
MP2 showed K 2 and lost (-62,845 net)
Hero showed T 9 and won 200,318 (152,071 net)

Now that your strategy is face up we've to continue maintaining our image.
Repeat your move until called.

Party, $0.50 Buy-in (1,150/2,300 blinds, 280 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 7 Players
SB: 12,285 (5.3 bb)
BB: 55,420 (24.1 bb)
MP1: 155,776 (67.7 bb)
MP2: 93,910 (40.8 bb)
Hero (MP3): 200,318 (87.1 bb)
CO: 235,487 (102.4 bb)
BTN: 188,125 (81.8 bb)
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with T Q
MP1 calls 2,300, MP2 calls 2,300, Hero raises to 197,800, 2 folds, SB calls 10,855 and is all-in, 2 folds, MP2 calls 91,330 and is all-in
Flop: (205,825) 6 3 J (3 players, 2 are all-in)
Turn: (205,825) A (3 players, 2 are all-in)
River: (205,825) K (3 players, 2 are all-in)
Results: 205,825 pot
Final Board: 6 3 J A K
SB showed 9 A and lost (-12,285 net)
MP2 showed A 2 and lost (-93,910 net)
Hero showed T Q and won 205,825 (111,915 net)

Party, $0.50 Buy-in (1,150/2,300 blinds, 280 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 8 Players
Preflop: Hero is CO with T 9
UTG+2 raises to 5,060, MP1 calls 5,060, MP2 calls 5,060, MP3 folds, Hero raises to 45,770, 2 folds, BB raises to 52,062 and is all-in, UTG+2 raises to 96,979 and is all-in, MP1 folds, MP2 calls 57,505 and is all-in, Hero calls 2,197 and is all-in
Flop: (233,609) J Q J (4 players, 4 are all-in)
Turn: (233,609) 8 (4 players, 4 are all-in)
River: (233,609) 6 (4 players, 4 are all-in)
Results: 233,609 pot
Final Board: J Q J 8 6
BB showed 4 4 and won 12,285 (-40,057 net)
UTG+2 showed A K and won 21,006 (-41,839 net)
MP2 showed K 2 and lost (-62,845 net)
Hero showed T 9 and won 200,318 (152,071 net)

You might notice, players start to tighten up.
But that doesn't affect our strategy.

Party, $0.50 Buy-in (1,275/2,550 blinds, 300 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 6 Players
Preflop: Hero is BB with 4 2
UTG raises to 5,800, 3 folds, SB calls 4,525, Hero raises to 316,958 and is all-in, UTG calls 228,807 and is all-in, SB folds
Flop: (476,814) 6 8 5 (2 players, 2 are all-in)
Turn: (476,814) 7 (2 players, 2 are all-in)
River: (476,814) 3 (2 players, 2 are all-in)
Results: 476,814 pot
Final Board: 6 8 5 7 3
Hero showed 4 2 and won 476,814 (241,907 net)
UTG showed A K and lost (-234,907 net)

Party, $0.50 Buy-in (1,550/3,100 blinds, 355 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 8 Players
Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 3 8
UTG+2 raises to 9,300, Hero raises to 263,500, 6 folds, UTG+2 calls 88,685 and is all-in
Flop: (203,460) 5 8 5 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Turn: (203,460) 4 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: (203,460) Q (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Results: 203,460 pot
Final Board: 5 8 5 4 Q
UTG+2 showed K A and lost (-98,340 net)
Hero showed 3 8 and won 203,460 (105,120 net)

Now that we've outplayed our opponents it's time to change the strategy.
We fold exactly one hand, for balancing purposes.

Party, $0.50 Buy-in (1,700/3,400 blinds, 390 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 7 Players
Preflop: Hero is BB with A A
MP1 calls 3,400, 4 folds, SB completes, Hero checks
Flop: (12,930) 4 A 9 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero folds, MP1 checks

We continue employing our strategy of raising.
We're still not out of the danger zone, so suffering losses might occur.
Stay strong and continue following the strat.

Party, $0.50 Buy-in (2,050/4,100 blinds, 470 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 8 Players
Preflop: Hero is SB with 6 J
UTG+2 folds, MP1 raises to 10,250, MP2 calls 10,250, MP3 calls 10,250, CO folds, BTN calls 10,250, Hero raises to 213,200, 3 folds, BTN raises to 258,410 and is all-in, Hero calls 6,680 and is all-in
Flop: (476,750) 5 4 6 (3 players, 3 are all-in)
Turn: (476,750) 7 (3 players, 3 are all-in)
River: (476,750) 4 (3 players, 3 are all-in)
Results: 476,750 pot
Final Board: 5 4 6 7 4
Hero showed 6 J and won 476,750 (256,400 net)
BB showed 9 T and lost (-2,950 net)
BTN showed A Q and lost (-220,350 net)

At this point you should have a healthy stack and continue playing as regular (take in mind if you're not moved from the table, the dynamics of your current table would be strange)

You can also continue, but take in mind that you can suffer several bad beats in a row and lose the tournament.
Having a positive mindset and reading ''The Mental Game of Poker'' really helps.


If we lose the tournament I suggest trying that to other tourneys.

If your graph starts to look like this


It might be time to employ a new strategy!




After deleting your client and most of poker related software on your PC, I suggest to start eating correctly,
Do not drink 18 hours per day,
Go to gym, find a girlfriend and don't be a complete degenerate.
MoC on poker.
Thanks.

How many 50 cent tourneys do you need to win to pay for all of that software?

By my calculations about 150 of them

It's not 100% required by the strat, but it's nice to have so you can do your study better.

I remember the times when i used to believe in myself

smh

Why im so weak nowadays. Does anyone care to help?

Good thread, Sheep chuckled.

Thanks Mr. Sheep!
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