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Last minute Main Event tournament strategies from my yet to be published Terrence “VP Pappy” Murphy’s

"HALLOWED HOLD’EM POKER STRATEGIES"

MY 71 Best Tournament Strategies

1. The object of tournament play is to win chips, not just survive. 2. Selective aggression is the best style. 3. Make sure you are well rested. 4. Get people to fear and respect you. 5. Try to get reads on your opponents. 6. Avoid the good players. 7. Attack the bad players. 8. Who is predictable? 9. Avoid the very aggressive players. 10. Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open. 11. Always be aware of what’s going on at your table. 12. Concentrate on reading one player at a time. 13. Who is nervous when they bet or raise? 14. Who is relaxed when they bet or raise? 15. Don’t be afraid to risk all your chips when you have a big edge. 16. Make smaller bets and raises. 17. Make more smaller bets and raises with or without a good hand. 18. Even with your best hands, be more inclined to bet big rather than go all-in. 19. Be prepared to fold if the going gets hot. 20. Stay focused and keep your composure. 21. Look for your opponents mistakes. 22. Look for tells. 23. Look for the actors. 24. Stay calm. Don’t get excited. 25. Playing aggressively, be prepared to win and lose a lot of chips quickly. 26. If you bet and get raised, make the third raise some of the times. 27. In late position, open with a lot more hands. 28. Try to find a reason to play more hands. 29. Mostly, fold under the gun. 30. Play a lot of pots, but not every pot. 31. Vary your play. 32. Make a slightly larger raise in middle position. 33. Always be aware of the size of the pot. 34. Always be aware of what kind of hands that can beat you. 35. Take your time before responding to a raise. Think it through. 36. Dare to lose a lot of chips if you have the edge, but don’t do anything stupid. 37. Slow-play and check-raise every now and then. 38. Always figure out the approximate odds. 39. Play your normal, standard strategy, most of the time. 40. Enter more pots raising. 41. Don’t gamble on 50-50 hands. 42. Slowly build up your chip stack. 43. Go after the small stacks. 44. You have to go after the blinds occasionally. 45. Be willing to gamble more later in the tournament. 46. Always try to guess what your opponents might have. 47. After the flop, make more half and pot sized bets with your good hands. 48. Try to see flops as cheaply as possible. 49. Preflop, call an all-in with A-A only early in the tournament. 50. Don’t play too many drawing hands unless a lot of players are in the pot. 51. Don’t bluff very often. 52. Avoid the big stacks. 53. Position can be more valuable than your cards. 54. Every single chip is precious. Guard them with your tournament life. 55. You will need to get lucky or you will finish out of the money. 56. Always factor in your chances of going broke and losing the tournament. 57. If you are playing tight, you will have to put in some small bets and raises occasionally or no one will call you when you get a good hand. 58. Give all check-raisers respect. 59. If you feel you have read you opponent correctly, don’t be afraid to fold your good hand. 60. Keep you opponents guessing. 61. Get those extra bets from your opponents. 62. Value bet more. 63. Don’t sweat letting the small pots go. 64. When in doubt, fold. It’s only one hand. 65. Try to be the leader at your table. 66. It’s tough to do, but try to steal some pots. 67. Low pairs should be played cautiously. 68. Don’t get too carried away with a high pair. 69. Study the better players. 70. Survival is obviously important, but you must accumulate chips. 71. Never, ever give up!... and just throw your last chips away.

"In poker, if you can't control yourself, someone else will!" --VP Pappy