How to play MTT (multi-table tournaments) MTT - this multi-table tournaments (born multi-table tournaments), the most popular form of poker tournaments around the world. Virtually all commercial competition, broadcasted on TV are multi table tournaments (same IUCN - the biggest tournament of the planet). To participate in the tournament, the player needs to buy-in, and often it is preceded by a screening stage - when it comes to major live tournaments. As well as in the CIS, all MTT competition is divided into 3 stages, but there are some differences between tournaments. For example, the MTT may last for several days in a row, plus you can move between the tables in order to maintain their equality. However, the overall strategy remains uniform for both MTT and LPG. At the beginning of multi-table tournament, all players an equal amount of chips. In the case of turbo MTT it is 1500. But we are talking about its classical form of - Freezeout, where the number of chips starting from 3000. At the first stage of the tournament you have to be a tight player, but better - a rock. You should not worry that you fold your hand in hand - you take your the next steps. But to lose most of the chips at the beginning - a very serious loss. Therefore, the general advice is: Point Guard TT-AA + AKs. If you are in the first position, you can restrict all aces and kings. You have to play the card depending on the conditions - which is now the most profitable game what size up the blinds in the stack, and what, in fact, you have a stack and rivals. Recently, in the initial stage is not as important. MTT-middle stage of the tournament, it - the main, is to identify who is who on the approach to the final stage of money. Here you have to show your game - the one with which play in cash games. If the cache is not about you, heres a brief explanation: you have to move away from overly tight strategy and make the game elements (semi) bluff, blind stealing, aggressive type of techniques to check-raise, but do not overdo it. In enacted starting combination now includes almost all couples, senior and middle suited connectors mastevye aces etc. You must become more loose player to throw due skill accidentally hit here fish and mega-tight players who play too neatly. Incidentally, this is the reason for an unsuccessful game cash game players in the tournament - they simply can not rebuild their game and understand that each stage has its own strategy. At the middle stage of the tournament you need to make sure to gather more stack to the final table. And then it can use psychological techniques - for example, an attack on those who will respond only monster cards, ie into small stacks. But then came the final stage. Now, if you have a big stack, you can not even look at their cards. Here to play by an opponent, and apply a loose aggressive strategy. Players with a small stack will shove virtually rubbish - because they need to somehow stay in the game. You can use it - and go on the attack against them, and the larger players who will still be playing cautious. If you are the chip leader, you can now make one player after another - note that this is you do not need to be engaged at an early stage. Of course, the risk of the final table need big. The only caveat - do not be a maniac. You do not get into the finals in vain to give away his stack at 28o? Profit MTT divisible among several players. Depending on the number of participating, their number can be up to several dozen. Each poker room has its own characteristics of multi-table events. There are multi-table tournaments on one indicator that you should always follow. This M number. It is the ratio of your stack to the sum of the blinds and antes, and may belong to a 5-subgroups. The more your M, the more comfortable position you have, and the more cautious game you have to show. Do not threaten your stack blinds - once again why risk it? This applies to all stages of the tournament. Even if you are on the main stage have comfortable M in the area of 15-20, then you do not need too zaluzovyvat your game and take risks. M> 20 - this is the most comfortable zone, M is equal to or less than 1 - death zone, which means that your position on this tournament can save a fortune. Thus, the general advice MTT tournament play: - At different stages of multi-table tournament play by different strategies (tight, regular, loose); - Attack the small stacks, being the chip leader, and do not get involved in a battle with the chip lead, if you - a small stack; - All the while looking for the number of M, and if it is safe, you can even be on the main stage of a tight player; - Watch the other players - among them, as in the cash game, too, there are different types of players.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 10:47:06 +0000