Glyn: Are you the Glyn who TDs thoue southern area, ie the FTT touney at the Flagstaff with Caleb (dealing the FT)?
Anyway... Yes I folded a turned set, as I explained, cos the turn also made a flush and it was a 4 way pot and still early and in a $1 MTT
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I seem to have gotten an image of TAG on these forums, and rereading my posts I see why, but personally I dont put myself on any particular style.
Usually in a (large) MTT I
will play TAG for the first level or 2, mainly just to give me time to pick up any tendancies of of other players/get the feel of my table. As the tournament progresses I play many different styles, trying to keep my opponents 'off balance' in regard to my play. In tourneys with antes, I get quite aggressive,especially at the levels with an high ante:SB ratio, and also on the $$$ and FT bubbles. Within an hour at later levels, I can play TAG-LAG-LP-TAG just to mix up my game.
In SnGs (45-90), I loosen up a bit more right from the get go, but still change up my play as the tournament progresses. The 180s I treat more like MTTs.
In STTs, i will play extremely TAG down to about 5-4 left, as imo, this is the best way to play them: Let other knock each other out playing their suited 89's and whatnot, then clean up the remnants... Another opinion I have about STTs (9-10 handed) that I was discussing at my local away venue is the worst place to finish is 2nd... Its 3rd or 1st for me, ie once we are 3 handed I will take alot more risks to build a winning stack.
Most of my online poker time is spent in HU SnGs and HUTRNs, where I am extremely LAG... and, if I may say so, quite successful....
online time is spent approx 60% HU, 30% spent between STTs, MTTs, Ring, and 10% trawling forums and strategy sites to improve my game.
I am only just beginning to add PLO to my resume, so most of the above is NLHE exclusively (I never play limit)...
Most of the hands I have posted here have actually been from 888pl online games and honestly I
do tend to play more TAG, esp early in these games, as Im not overly impressed with the standard of play (chasing too much etc - or like pauly in last night's $3 6max BigPete?
[TID btw Pete
]), and alot of ppl play exactly the same as they do in the 'away' mega-turbo shortstack freerolls... Hence I do tend to play somewhat differently than if I was in the FTP 750K or PS Sunday Millions (admittedly I have only ever Sat'd into either of these, but my point is: a tourney of higher standard)
Having won a few of the $3 buyins, and also watching the FT play out when I make it but bust before HU, I personally think most people (and not just on 888) suck HU.
On 888 I have only had 1 decent HU battle and that was with Ursula in the Sunday $3 6max a few weeks ago... and in the chat even she admitted to not being overly comfortable (nor in
her words 'very good) at HU.
The reason I started playing HU SnGs is that (obv) if you dont know how to adjust to HU play after a full table, you will never WIN a tournament, unless you get lucky or so outstack 2nd place its not even a competition.
I found I was good at it, and my skills in this area of the game increased quicker than full-table play, so I started to play more and also HUTRNs. imo, this is the biggest adjustment needed in tournament poker, the HU stage, even though at the FT or a STT the play varies as each player is eliminated, 3 handed is still very different from HU.
I might paraphrase this last paragraph in a seperate post and possibly write some things about HU play, especially the leaks I tend most to see when playing or watching FTs on 888 if there is any interest.
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