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There exists an fascinating dynamic in Sit down and go Tournaments that happens to me approximately one out every single five times I spot in the money. The predicament happens when I’m the chip leader and can take any of the other 3 remaining gamblers out of the tournament in any given hand. In fact, I have them all protected and there is fairly probably a quick stack facing eradication on the bubble with no cash. When this occurs, there may be a system I engage that confirms me as the odds on favorite to win initially place.

Let me offer you a situation for instance. I am at a 9 seated, $10 plus $1 sit and go on Full Tilt Poker – my preferred new site. All gamblers started with 1,500 chips and there are four gamblers left. I take place to be the chip chief with 6,850 though a brief stack who has just 525 chips would be to my immediate left. Another 2 players are both around 3100 in chips and have stiffened up for an anticipated in-the-money finish. The blinds are one hundred / two hundred and I’m the little blind while the quick stack awaits my next move as one other 2 gamblers folded and I’m holding Ace, nines.

Surely I am the favourite here, and under regular conditions would put the quick stack to an all in decision. Rather – I fold and hand over my small blind to the shorter stack who now sits at a somewhat relieved six hundred and twenty five chips. Why would I do that, you may ask? Having the other 2 tight gamblers, set on making the money is an benefit to a massive stack in this situation, because having that 4th player still alive means that I can nevertheless threaten them with bubble play. Meaning, I can take much more blinds, out of position when the two tight gamblers are the little blind and huge blind.

With a very good chip lead like this one, and a number of tight gamblers, I wish to extract as a lot of blinds as I can because I want my dominant place even more powerful as the session alterations into heads up play. This is in thinking with the 1st or third philosophy, exactly where I know I’m going to generate the money, except I wish to be aggressive short handed most of the time, so that I have extra than my fair share of 1st area payoffs. Let us say in the above situation that 1 of the other players collects all the chips rather than me. We have heads up and guess what? We are nearly even in chip count. Then it may possibly be anybody’s game. Yes, I generally do still have an benefit, but I truly want the sort of benefit wherever I am also a four to one or even 5 to 1 chip chief! This will virtually remove the chance of my challenger winning the tournament by drawing out. And we all know how frequently that happens heads up. I have a video of this exact method in my free of charge sit down and go poker video series.

Maintain this opportunity in mind as you have into a money position. Do not begin playing like you are just joyful to generate the cash, play like you might be content to take the cash!

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