This isn't going to be an article telling you specifically what amount of buying you need before you take a shot. I don't know enough about kelly criterion and besides that the subject has been covered a million times already (including RonFezBuddy's article MTT Bankroll Management Guidelines and Game Selection Tips) . I will instead make the focus of the article about what skill set you need to compete at different levels and how to acquire that skill set. I'll start with what it takes to make the move from low to mid stakes (by mid stakes I mean 20-50 rebuys, 200$ freezeouts and majors). The Fundamentals of Mid Stakes To move from low to mid stakes your going to need a strong understanding of the fundamentals. A strong understanding of the fundamentals will generally get you a pretty good [More...]
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Hey guys. Following on from last week’s podcast, Daryl “aaaaaaaa” Jace is back for Part 3 of his TPE Theory Vid on Exploiting Tendencies, which makes an excellent set of theory videos. The main focus for the next couple of weeks however is the Dual Live Sweat from Bigdogpckt5′s and KidCardiff6. This week there are three parts of the series, still in the early stages. Videos Bigdogpckt5′s and KidCardiff6 109r Dual Live Sweat (Part 2,3,4 of 10) Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 2 sees Ben “KidCardiff6” Warrington continue his live sweat, which currently consists of 5 tables including the $109r, and now we have “Bigdogpckt5′s” on his right, so the fun begins! I love Ben’s discussion on how he structures his daily grind schedule and the potential pitfalls of large field tournaments. Once again Ben can’t win a [More...]
The ability to evaluate an opponent's hand range is an important concept for tournament players. Understanding this skill can assist in making thin value bets, big folds, lasting longer in tournaments, making more money, and enable you to play hands as optimally as possible. So what exactly is a hand range, often referred to simply as range? This article will help define and explain the concept, list tools available online to help calculate hand ranges, and give an example of how one should go about evaluating their opponent's range in tournament play. I define one's hand range as the following; the set of possible hands a certain player can be holding given the available information. It should be noted that not only do your opponents have a hand range, but so do you. The concept of using [More...]
Hey guys, this week we have another podcast, this time with Daryl Jace on exploiting tendencies, as well as four new videos. We get the start of what I am pretty sure is the longest ever video series that TPE have done – a huge ten parter featuring Bigdogpckt5′s and KidCardiff6 running deep in the same tournament! Podcast February 10th, 2012 – Gathering Information and Exploiting Tendencies with Daryl Jace http://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/podcasts/ For the third week in a row we are treated to a TPE podcast, this time featuring Daryl Jace. As you will have seen from watching his videos, particularly the most recent series, he is a master of gathering information on the whole table and then using it to his advantage. In this podcast he discusses all of this and more. It is also great listening just to [More...]
Hey guys, a lot of content this week including four new videos, a TPE live podcast, and a new article, so we will get straight into it. Podcast TPE Live – 2012 World Series of Poker w/ bigdogpckt5s and aznAllin007 (32:42) http://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/tournament-poker-edge-live-podcast/ The boys from last week’s strategy podcast are back, but this time they give us the first offering of TPE live for the year, discussing the schedule for the 2012 WSOP. It certainly makes the whole TPE nation jealous hearing about the sick house with a pool for a whole summer in Vegas, but is interesting to follow the progress of our favourite pros! Videos This week the Merge 100k tourney is in the spotlight, with Daryl “aaaaaaaa” Jace giving us parts 4 and 5 of his 6 part series where he takes it down, and Shaun “Cougars4444” [More...]
Anyone who has traveled the tournament scene or frequents online tournaments from home knows that a majority of unprofitable players lack the same skills. There are a few skills, concepts, and theories that fall into this category. The one that stands out to me most in recent memory is lacking the ability to make thin value bets. Most players understand how to get more chips with their big hands, but what separates small winners and losers from more successful players is value betting: the ability to accumulate chips with mediocre holdings and exploiting slight advantages on the river. There are two common spots in tournaments where I see this happening; when a majority of draws miss and when a bluffing hand turns into a hand of value. Holding Hands of Value when Draws Miss The first and probably [More...]
Hey guys, thanks for the feedback on last week’s article, I am glad you like it and I hope you find it useful. I’m not sure about you guys but my favourite part of TPE is the podcasts, so I was really excited when I opened up iTunes to see a new podcast downloading. Add to that, we get four videos from four different series this week, so there is something for everyone! Podcast January 25th, 2012 – MTT Strategy with bigdogpckt5s and aznAllin007 http://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/january-25th-2012-mtt-strategy-with-bigdogpckt5s-and-aznallin007/ http://www.tournamentpokeredge.com/january-24th-2012-podcast-hands/ As usual with the podcast, the strategy talk is second to none. I listen to a lot of poker podcasts, and these guys are really in the top echelon in terms of strategy, and it’s pretty funny to boot, especially when bigdogpckt5s and aznAllin007 are on. This week we are treated to some discussion [More...]
What a week it has been for TPE! One of the newest additions to TPE, Brendon “Brendooor” Rubie has taken down Aussie Millions Event 1 for a cool $200k! Brendon is well known in Australia and has been crushing tournaments in Australia for some time now but this is his biggest score to date. Well done Brendon! Hope you can keep the rungood going for the rest of the Aussie Millions. Videos Turning to the action on TPE this week, there are four new high stakes videos from DannyN13 and Daryl “aaaaaaaa” Jace, so if you play high stakes, or love the in-depth analysis and table dynamics, make sure you check out the videos this week. Pokerstars Big $162 Final Table Hand History Review with DannyN13 (Parts 3,4 of 5) Part 3 Part 4 DannyN13 changes pace and [More...]
Some of the most common questions we hear at Tournament Poker Edge revolve around backing and getting backed. Should I look to get backed? How do i go about getting backed? And so on. Additionally, with the current state of poker in the US, many backers have been left in a particular challenging spot. Some are dealing with having mass amounts of money online. Others are dealing with a stable of horses that can no longer play. And some have had to deal with horses just straight up stealing from them. We recently sat down with Paul "Zima421" Dlugozima to try and give you a bit of a "behind the scenes" look at running a staking organization. You can find a link to Paul's staking thread on 2+2 here. Can you tell us a little bit about your poker [More...]
It is often said that limping during the high blind phase of ten man SNG’s is not really considered to be a good idea. As a rule then there are very few opponents left and so limping usually invites a raise or a shove depending on stack size. However there are instances where this could be correct as part of a balancing strategy and this could especially be the case against opponents that you play regularly. Let us say that the blinds are 300-600 and you have a stack of 7200 while your two opponents have stacks of 3900 each. There are only three players remaining and so all of you are in the money. If you have the button here with a playable hand like 10c-8c then is raising the automatic choice? I think in most cases then it [More...]
