Tagged: poker strategy

Another advanced strategy that most experienced tournament participants understand is the gap concept. The basic principle with this strategy is that it usually takes a much stronger hand to call a raise than it does to make the initial raise. This adage holds true no matter what kind of poker game the player is participating in. But it is more important in a poker tournament because of the closed nature of the games – you obviously cannot pull out more money and use it if you lose all of your chips (especially if the rebuy period is over). Poker tournaments...

It may come as a surprise that the strategies that one will use for a poker tournament differs greatly from the strategies that are used in a live ring game structure. Even though a player will have to look out for the same things when playing poker – trying to spot favorable odds and also a positive expected value (most especially in a live game). But in a tournament, there is one thing that you must pay the most importance to, and that is you have to survive above everyone else. In a tournament, once you have run out of...