1.When you are just out of the money.
If you are short stacked, you need to be very careful when committing your chips,
especially with a call.
If you have a large stack, look for opportunities to push the short and medium stacks
around - especially the medium stacks. These players will be a lot less likely to want a
confrontation with you, and it should be open season on their blinds and antes.
If you have a medium or small stack, you need to be a bit more careful. Remember,
though, that the other players - even the larger stacks - don't want to tangle with you.
They just want to steal from you without a ght. Be prepared to push them around a
little, and even to push back occasionally when they try to bully you. This often turns into
a game of Chicken between the bigger stacks to determine which large stack will let the
other steal most of the blinds.
2.At the nal table
Very little adjustment is necessary until you are one player away from the nal table.
Here, again, you should tighten up slightly because this is the next point where the
payout structure handsomely rewards outlasting other players.
Look for opportunities to push around the other players, and the smaller stacks in
particular. This is good advice throughout the nal table.
Many people might ask, what about heads up?
There are no more tournament adjustments necessary. You are essentially playing a
winner take all freezes-out for the di erence between rst and second place.
He says, “Tournament adjustments should be subtle. It is rare that your play would be
dramatically di erent in a tournament. When in doubt, just play your best game. And if
you never adjust from that, you've got a great shot of winning, no matter what game
you're playing. “
Another excellent way to hone your skills and make a little cash is at the sit and go’s.
Chapter 14 - Playing Sit and Go’s
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Sit and go tables are a wonderful place to hone your game and make a little money. You
can learn many, many things at the sit and go. These tournaments are usually low-cost,
fun, and convenient. There are always sit and go’s going on in the major online poker
rooms. You can play them quickly (usually less than an hour), and there’s no scheduling
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