This hand came up in a rebuy tournament at Poker Stars. It comes from a pro who contributes in our poker forum and often plays these $3 rebuys that usually have massive fields from 3,000 to 5,000 players. Given the ease of which a rebuy can be clicked for $3, you can imagine the final table to be rather profitable and I am sure Copp has made it there several times.
Cautious early leads to winning later in tournaments.
So here I am in midnight madness at full tilt poker, which is a tournament I play often but unfortunately haven't had much fortune in. Nevertheless I often play it for the pure ambition of knocking out Michael Craig. Of all the times that we have been in this tournament together however, I have only been at his table maybe once or twice and we didn't have any altercations. Not only that, the guy is usually out within the first hour of the tournament anyway so that seriously negates any knockout opportunities.
The forum is packed with controversial poker tournament hands like this one that will help develop and improve your overall strategy. Phaedrus says: I am sure this will be viewed by many (including many much better players than me) as at best a controversial fold, at at worst moronic... and yet I folded it pretty confidently...... Its pretty close to the money bubble of a large field MTT. I have less than 2BBs in chips and have to post the BB. I am about 503 of 110 left and money starts at 495.
Frustration from a cash player: I'm a cash game player. Just recently I started playing tournaments. I play at least 2 a day. Now, maybe this is not enough yet to actually ask HOW you guys do it? But it seems I always get eliminated the same way. My question is about LUCK factor. Does luck contribute a major factor in winning a tourney? It seems that every time I enter a tourney I go out the same way.
Are small connectors money losers in poker tournaments?
Small connectors are tough hands to play at the best of times, but in regards to poker tournament strategy I feel it is ultra important to keep your costs to a minimum (as in late position, multi-way pot) while simultaneously surveying the size of the stacks of those limpers and their propensity for huge errors. If both of these factors are present, then make the call if you are Green, Yellow or Orange MZone.
Ok what can I say. Most of these are poorly played hands - yes I do have them - LOTS! I went through some video footage at the request of one of my many emails from subscribers asking about how to play a certain hand. Pocket Jacks come up quite a lot and Daniel Negreanu even says they are tough to play.