Wild Style

[PokerWarrior]

Hey guys, new member here but long time visitor. I just want some comments on my playing style in tournaments. Anyways here goes. At first i like to call alot of things when the limit is low just to see if i hit anything on the flop like suited connectors, low pp, and high card K or A.
Then i will start playing like a maniac till i get down to about 600 or so chips, i then start playing super tight like a virgin ass, it seems to work well and throw people off on what kind of player i truly am seeing as i come in 1st most of the time, i find people calling my huge bets when i have Cowboys or Bullets. Any comments?

[homerdash]

Are you calling preflop raises with these hands or just limping? Limping low pocket pairs or getting decent implied odds to call a raise and hit a set = good. Calling a raise heads-up with low PP = bad. Suited connectors are decent, but I wouldn't go out of my way to play an 86 suited. Kx and Ax are pretty much terrible hands, A9 is the lowest I'd go with Ax and KJ/maybe KT is the lowest I'd go with Kx, and I definitely wouldn't be calling a raise with them unless I got fantastic odds.

You're setting yourself up to lose if you fritter all your chips away early. Yeah, you might be able to double up when you get your AA/KK, but you're not always going to get that hand when it counts. Just play tight if that's what you're comfortable with and show a bluff/steal or two if you want to make your table image loose.

[gabe]

Are you calling preflop raises with these hands or just limping? Limping low pocket pairs or getting decent implied odds to call a raise and hit a set = good. Calling a raise heads-up with low PP = bad. Suited connectors are decent, but I wouldn't go out of my way to play an 86 suited. Kx and Ax are pretty much terrible hands, A9 is the lowest I'd go with Ax and KJ/maybe KT is the lowest I'd go with Kx, and I definitely wouldn't be calling a raise with them unless I got fantastic odds.

You're setting yourself up to lose if you fritter all your chips away early. Yeah, you might be able to double up when you get your AA/KK, but you're not always going to get that hand when it counts. Just play tight if that's what you're comfortable with and show a bluff/steal or two if you want to make your table image loose.

calling a raise with a PP headsup = good if the raise is less than 10% of your stack and they have about the same stack size as you.

[homerdash]

This is true. But in SnGs, especially on Party, those factors can get out of range fairly quickly. And I suppose he'll have the chips to call <10% raises if he stops going in with K9 and A6.

[TLR]

Intersting style.

I dont know which site you play in, but I play in pokerstars and it is very hard to rebound from a 600 stack (initial stack is 1500).

Although it is contrary to the common belief I agree with the concept of playing a bit looser in the beginning of the tournament, especially from late positions.

I am usually willing to risk up to 20% of my original stack to see a few flops for cheap with relatively weak cards (QJo, J9s, QTs, KTo) because if I hit I usually get paid very nicely, and in lower limit Sng there are usually 2-3 very weak players, which will bleed their chips and get knocked off first, I want to enjoy their chips, and it does not happen if I only camp and wait for monsters.

After I increase my stack a bit (hopefullly by 50-70% of the original stack) I would play tighter with a few timely steals