MTT Tips

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Some players like to play loose early to try and gain a big chip stack then slow down, so that way they either go out early or are in pretty good shape to run deep... this way they feel they are saving themselves from wasting time to just sit there folding and folding to end up bubbling. So they hit early and then tighten up and run deep, or just go out early and play another game or try again next time. AND when you get a big chip stack you have room to try and steal blinds and stuff once that stage of the tourney arrives.

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Most agree that it is better to play tight because chips in the first blind levels aren't worth as much as they are when the blinds get larger. For example: blinds are 10/20 and someone raises UTG+2 3xBB and you 3bet to 9xBB OTB and everyone folds, you win 4.5BBs profit, which equals 90 chips. Now if you did that when the blinds were 100/200 you win 4.5BBs profit, and that is 900 chips... See the difference?

So I think most players play tight early on, and once the blinds go up, then they open up their rane slightly to adjust for stealing the blinds, etc.

I like to switch it up and use both styles depending on how I feel, which probably isn't a good choice. You should stick to the style that works best for you(ie: most profitable), and your style of play. Also, it depends on the payers you are playing against, I believe if the whole table is playing loose, then you should tighten up &&& if the table is playing tight then you can loosen up.